GEORGE ELWOOD'S SUCCESS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1219, 30 August 1911, Page 5

GEORGE ELWOOD'S SUCCESS.

WINS THE PREMIERE PEIX AT • LIB3E. News has reached Wellington that George Elwood, the 'cellist of the Ehvcod trio, of Christchurch, who, with his brother and sister, toured Now Zealand last' year prior to leaving for Europe, has won the Premiere Prix at the Liege Conservatoire. This >s a very high honour, and in this particular instance tho win is all the nioro meritorious ns it is understood that this is the first time in the history of the Conservatoire that the Prix has been won by a first-year student. Furthermore, the decision of tho judges was George Ehvood has been receiving one lesson a week from M. J:an Gerardy, the famous 'cellist, who, speaking to a Wellington resident now touring tho Old World, stated that ho was moro than satisfied with tho progress made by tho boy, and thnt if he kept on as ha was going lie would undoubtedly make a great virtuoso of the 'cello. 11. Gerardy also spoke highly of the prospects of the threo Ehvood children as a tno.

Writing of Gcorgo Ehvood over a year ago, tho Dominion', said: "Georgo Elwood, tho little 'cellist, raeltod a cold audience into enthusiasm. His tono makes a direct appeal to tho heart, as his technique docs •to the head, and even when alert for shortcomings ono is amazed at tho smoothness of his bowing and tho high degree of finish ho imparts. He must be hailed as a genuino musical prodigy."