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Rosina Lhévinne

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Rosina Lhévinne · Arts & Literature

What

Pianist and teacher

When

1880, Kyiv (then Russian Empire, now Ukraine) — 1976, Glendale, California, USA

Where

Russian Empire · United States

Biography

Rosina Lhévinne is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Pianist and teacher

How & why

Rosina Lhevinne was a Russian-American concert pianist and one of the most influential piano teachers of the 20th century at the Juilliard School. Her students included Van Cliburn, John Williams and James Levine, and she performed into her nineties. She was Jewish, emigrating from Russia and later fleeing to the United States.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

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Pianist and teacher

1880

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music