Nathan Milstein
Nathan Milstein ( born December 31, 1903jul / January 13 1904greg in Odessa, Russian Empire, .. † 21 December 1992 ) was an American violinist of Ukrainian origin. He is considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century.
Life
Milstein was one of seven children. Even as a four year old he was because the mother wanted to pacify the rebellious child, first at Pyotr S. Stolyarski violin lessons. He made his debut as an eleven year old with Glazunov's Violin Concerto under the baton of the composer. 1916 moved to Milstein Leopold Auer, the master of the Russian violin school of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
From 1923 he undertook with his friend, the pianist Vladimir Horowitz, concert tours throughout the Soviet Union. 1925 had both together acclaimed performances in Western Europe (including Paris and Berlin). His next stop was Brussels, where he studied with Eugène Ysaÿe who encouraged him. In 1929 he undertook with Horowitz and cellist Gregor Piatigorsky a tour of the USA, known as "The Three Musketeers". He played on the "Ex- Goldman " Stradivari, which he henceforth " Marie- Thérèse " called. Since the 1960s, he celebrated with his piano accompanist Georges Pludermacher worldwide success. Stir among soloists and orchestras, he also aroused so often that he even always changed the fingerings during concerts and rehearsals, because in his view restricts always consistent fingering the interpretations one.
Milstein was active into old age as a soloist until he had to end his career due to an intricate hand fracture.
Works
Milstein became famous among other things for his recording of the Sonatas and Partitas of Johann Sebastian Bach, with whom he has created a valid still the standard of the highest art.
The Paganiniana Variations ( for solo violin on the Caprices of Paganini and concerts ) as well come from his pen as numerous transcriptions and piano accompaniments, among others, for the 24 Caprices Op. 1 of Paganini. Became famous his cadenzas to recordings as well as the romantic violin concertos of Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky.