Steve Rubell and Vladimir Horowitz at Studio 54, 1978
Despite his marriage, there is considerable independent evidence that Horowitz was gay or at the least inclined towards males. He is attributed with the quote: “There are three kinds of pianists: Jewish pianists, homosexual pianists, and bad pianists.”
Horowitz underwent psychological treatment in the 1950s in an attempt to alter his sexual orientation. In the early 1960’s and again in the early 1970’s, he underwent electroshock therapy for depression.
