Mischa Levitsky(1898-1941)
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Born of American parents in Southern Russia, pianist/composer Mischa Levitsky was educated at Juilliard with Stojowski and at the Berlin Hochschule with Dohnanyi, and was twice-awarded the Mendelsohn piano prize. At fifteen, he made his piano debut in Berlin, and at sixteen, in New York, later giving concerts throughout the world. He joined ASCAP in 1940, and his compositions include "Waltz in A"; "Valse Brilliante", "Gavotte", "Cadenza to Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto", "Arabesque Valsante", "Valse Tzigane", and "The Enchanted Nymph" (ballet).