Violinist, born in Odessa, S Ukraine. He began his concert career there in 1919, soon playing with Horowitz and Piatigorsky. He left Russia in 1925, gave recitals in Paris, and made his US debut under Stokowski in 1929. He became a US citizen in 1942.
Nathan Mironovich Milstein (31 December 1903 — 21 December 1992) was a Ukrainian-born violinist who took United States citizenship in 1942 after spending much of his life there.
He was born in Odessa.
When Auer went to Norway in 1917, Milstein went back to Odessa. About this time Milstein also became a pupil of Eugène Ysaÿe for a few months.
Milstein made his American debut in 1929 with Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
He is considered one of the 20th century's leading violinists and was especially well known for his interpretations of unaccompanied Bach sonatas and Romantic works. He is also known for his long career: he performed in public into his mid-80's, only to retire after suffering a broken hand.
Milstein was also a transcriber and composer, arranging many works for violin and writing his own cadenzas for many concertos.
He received a Grammy Award in 1975 and was awarded the Legion of Honour by France in 1968.
He died in London ten days before his 89th birthday.
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