Background
Chotzinoff, Samuel was born on July 4, 1889 in Vitebsk, Belarus. Son of Mayshe Bear and Rachel (Traskenoff) Chotzinoff.
Chotzinoff, Samuel was born on July 4, 1889 in Vitebsk, Belarus. Son of Mayshe Bear and Rachel (Traskenoff) Chotzinoff.
At ten, Samuel began taking piano lessons under Jeanne Franko, and later under Oscar Skach, at the Columbia University in New York. Chotzinoff also studied theory and composition at this University under Daniel Gregory Mason. He also pursued a general academic course at this University.
He reached the peak of his career as accompanist when in 1919, he undertook a tour with celebretad violinist Jascha Heifetz.