Nathan Milstein

Born in Odessa, Russian Empire, - American violinist. January 13, 1904 (O.S. December 31, 1903) - December 21, 1992 the fourth child of seven, to a middle-class Jewish family with no musical background Milstein’s mother recognized Nathan’s early interest in music and forced her young son to take violin lessons, hoping it would keep him out of trouble. In 1909, Milstein began to study with Odessa’s most prestigious v…