Michael Rabin publicity photo 8x10 violin violinist

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For sale I have an original publicity photo for the legendary violinist Michael Rabin.  After an amazing career, he died at 35, purportedly from an over-dose.  Excellent condition.  There are pinholes in the margins that do not affect the image.  8 x 10.  USPS Priority Mail.
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Michael Rabin
(May 2, 1936 – January 19, 1972) was an
American
violinist
. He has been described as "one of the most talented and tragic violin virtuosi of his generation". His complete
Paganini
"24 Caprices" for solo violin are available as a single CD, and an additional 6-CD set contains most of his concerto recordings. Despite his brief career—he died at 35—they remain seminal interpretations.
[1]
Michael Rabin was of
Romanian
-
Jewish
descent. His mother Jeanne was a
Juilliard
-trained pianist, and his father George was a violinist in the
New York Philharmonic
. He began to study the violin at the age of seven. His parents encouraged his musical development. After a lesson with
Jascha Heifetz
, the master advised him to study with
Ivan Galamian
, who said he had "no weaknesses, never." He began studies with Galamian in New York and at the
Meadowmount School of Music
and the Juilliard School. His Carnegie Hall debut took place in January 1950, at the age of 13, as soloist with the National Orchestral Association, playing
Vieuxtemps
'
Concerto No. 5
[2]
under the direction of
Léon Barzin
. Subsequently, he appeared with a number of American orchestras before his
Carnegie Hall
debut on 29 November 1951, at the age of 15, in the
Paganini
D major Concerto
, with
Dimitri Mitropoulos
conducting the New York Philharmonic. His 1958 recording of this concerto is considered by many to be the most impressive recording of this work, and the recording itself is notable for the fullness of tone.
His first London appearance took place on 13 December 1954, at age 18, playing the
Tchaikovsky
Concerto in D
at the
Royal Albert Hall
with the
BBC Symphony Orchestra
.
Rabin recorded concertos by
Mendelssohn
,
Glazunov
, Paganini (No. 1 in D major; 2 recordings),
Wieniawski
(
No. 1 in F-sharp minor
,
No. 2 in D minor
) and Tchaikovsky, as well as
Bruch
's
Scottish Fantasy
and the Paganini
Caprices
for solo violin. He recorded the
Bach
Sonata No. 3 in C major for solo violin, and the Third and Fourth
sonatas for solo violin
by
Eugène Ysaÿe
, as well as other virtuoso pieces, including an album with the
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
.
Rabin played in a
bel canto
style. For many years, he played the "Kubelik"
Guarnerius del Gesù
of 1735. He toured widely, playing in all major cities in the U.S., Europe, South America, Southern Africa,
[3]
and Australia. He even appeared on a 1951 episode of the variety television series "
Texaco Star Theatre
."
During a recital in
Carnegie Hall
, he suddenly lost his balance and fell forward. This was an early sign of a
neurological
condition which was to limit his career from then on. His death, at 35, resulted from a fall in his apartment in New York City.
[4]