Michael Rabin - A Feinstein

In Michael Rabin: America's Virtuoso Violinist
Anthony Feinstein tells the poignant story of the life and career of one of history's greatest violinists. As a child prodigy
Rabin had the classical music world at his feet. Notable successes included a coveted EMI contract
recording the soundtrack for an Elizabeth Taylor movie
and guest appearances on the Milton Berle Show and the Bell Telephone Hour.Yet no sooner had Rabin taken his place alongside such illustrious colleagues as Heifetz
Milstein
and Stern than he abruptly and inexplicably disappeared from the concert stage. For three years
the public saw and heard little of him. In the mid-1960s
Rabin resurfaced and painstakingly began rebuilding a once-great career. Then one morning
the music world awoke to news of his sudden
mysterious death at age 35.For the first edition of this biography
Feinstein had unprecedented access to Rabin's private papers and medical history. Now he draws on additional material obtained from recent interviews with Rabin's colleagues
girlfriends
and management. The result is an added appreciation of Rabin's remarkable family
his cloistered upbringing
and a micromanaged career that ensured not only great success but also periods of deep despair. Michael Rabin: America's Virtuoso Violinist is more than a story of a great violinist. It is also the moving account of a man of rare talent who never stopped battling to find personal happiness on that fragile journey from wunderkind to adulthood.