Horowitz, Vladimir Samoilovich
(*1904)
Horowitz (Gorovits, Gorovets), Vladimir Samoilovich (9–18/10–1–1904[1903 according to his first cousin, Natasha Zaitsev], Berdichev). Virtuoso pianist and comp. Grad. 1921 from the Kiev Cons., where he studied with Pukhal'sky, F. Blumenfel'd , and S. Tarnovsky. Concertized successfully in Kharkov, Kiev, M., and L., then immigrated to Berlin (1925). In 1928 made his US debut in New York's Carnegie Hall, playing P. Chaikovsky's Pf Conc. No. 1. Has since established, via concerts and numerous…