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Nathan Milstein (1903-1992), Russian American violinist, renowned for the beauty and purity of his tone. A student of the influential Russian violinist Leopold Auer at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, Milstein made his debut in 1915 and lived in the United States after 1929. His strong, refined playing and intellectual approach to music were widely admired. He performed extensively with the Russian American pianist Vladimir Horowitz and the Russian American cellist Gregor Piatigorsky and was associated with the Belgian violinist Eugène Ysaÿe in Brussels.



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