Avshalomov, Jacob (David)

Avshalomov was born of an American mother and a Russian father, the composer Aaron Avshalomov (1894–1965); he received his first musical training in China from his father. Jacob and his mother went to the United States in 1937 and he became a naturalized citizen in 1944. In Los Angeles, he was taught privately by Ernst Toch. The following year he became a student at Reed College, Portland, Oregon, moving in 1941 to the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York,...