Eugene Istomin
ABOUT EUGENE ISTOMIN
Renowned interpreter of Beethoven, Brahms, and Schubert. He was known for forming the Istomin-Stern-Rose Trio with Isaac Stern and Leonard Rose.
He was a child prodigy and began performing publicly with his mother when he was six.
He was a bibliophile and consulted on Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers' facsimile editions of books by Joseph Conrad and Thomas Hardy .
He married Marta Montañez Martinez in 1975. She was the widow of cellist and conductor Pablo Casals .
He commissioned and premiered the works of many composers, including Roger Sessions .
