Ornstein, Leo
(1892–2002)
Ornstein, Leo. Kremenchug, Ukraine, 11 December 1892 – Green Bay, Wisconsin, 24 February 2002 Ornstein’s father was a cantor in Kiev; as a child prodigy, he received lessons from Anna Essipova (not Alexander Glazunov, as often stated) at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. His family left Russia for the United States to escape the pogroms against Jews; his arrival in America is usually dated 1907, but his wife claimed that 1901 is correct. He continued his musical education in New York at the…