Rosina Lhevinne

About

Russian-American pianist who also worked as a music teacher at The Julliard School after World War I and the Russian Revolution.

Before Fame

She began studying piano when she was six years old before later being admitted to the Moscow Imperial Conservatory.

Trivia

She also taught at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

Family Life

She married Josef Lhevinne, a pianist who taught her at the Moscow Imperial Conservatory.

Associated With

Her conductor at her debut with the New York Philharmonic was Leonard Bernstein.