Michael Rabin was an American violinist born on May 2, 1936, in New York City, USA. Rabin's father, a violinist with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, and mother, a pianist who studied at the Juilliard School, nurtured Rabin's early musical talents. By age five, Rabin began playing the piano and soon started learning the violin under a father's guidance. In 1947, Rabin debuted with the Havana Symphony Orchestra, performing Henryk Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor. Rabin released a first recording, 11 Capricen (1951) by Niccolò Paganini, under Columbia Masterworks, and later signed with Capitol-EMI in the 1950s. Rabin recorded multiple violin concertos, notably 24 Capricen (1958) for solo violin, which inspired Itzhak Perlman’s own recording in 1972. Rabin ceased studio recordings after 1959 but performed until passing away on January 19, 1972, at age 35.
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