Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image

Violinist Arrives

(N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON, Sept. 14. A French violinist has arrived in Wellington to join the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation Symphony Orchestra. He is Henri Bittar, the orchestra’s first French member. His appointment is a sequel to a meeting in the United States with Maurice Bonney, the present guest conductor of the orchestra. Mr Bittar began playing the violin at the age of six. He was trained by his father, a teacher at the Paris conservatory, and later by the French virtuoso, Jaques Thibaud. Mr Bittar has brought with him his £3OOO Jean Baptiste Guadanin violin.

This article text was automatically generated and may include errors. View the full page to see article in its original form.
Permanent link to this item

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19650915.2.33

Bibliographic details

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30856, 15 September 1965, Page 3

Word Count
98

Violinist Arrives Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30856, 15 September 1965, Page 3

Violinist Arrives Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30856, 15 September 1965, Page 3