- Leo Ornstein was born on December 2, 1892 in Kremenchug, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a composer, known for Do Not Go Gently (2007). He was married to Pauline Mallet-Prevost. He died on February 24, 2002 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA.
- SpousePauline Mallet-Prevost(December 11, 1918 - 1985) (her death, 2 children)
- He first gained fame as a piano virtuoso, performing his own compositions along with more conventional works to packed houses.
- He studied with Alexander Glazunov at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. In 1907, his family fled the anti-Semitism in pre-revolution Russia and settled in New York. He studied at the Institute for Musical Art (now the Juilliard School).
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