Michael Rabin - Chopin Nocturne No.8

Michael Rabin - Violin Leon Pommers - Piano Biography Michael Rabin (May 2, 1936 - January 19, 1972) was an American violinist of Romanian descent. He began to learn the violin when he was seven. His father George, a violinist in the New York Philharmonic, noticed his talent. A lesson with Jascha Heifetz was arranged and the master advised him to study with Ivan Galamian, who said he had: “no weaknesses, never.“ His mother Jeanne was a Juilliard-trained and successful pianist. He began studies with