Horovitz, Vladimir

Horovitz, Vladimir
(1904–89)
   US pianist. Horovitz was born in Kiev, and settled in the United States at the age of twenty-four. He became one of the world’s finest pianists, celebrated for his technical virtuosity. He was greatly influenced by Toscanini, whose daughter he married.

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