VISIT OF MISCHA ELMAN

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 148, 24 June 1914, Page 2

VISIT OF MISCHA ELMAN

A TALENTED VIOLTNIST. To music lovers of the Dominion the visit of Mischa Elman is one fraught with more than ordinary interest, for this young virtuoso is universally acknowledged as without an equal in. the world in the art of violin playing. Consequently his advent hero in the Town Hall on Thursday and Saturday, 2nd and 4th July next, should occasion more than ordinary interest. The Musical Times, England, writes of Elman that "he sets ones mind in a whirl with his startling feats of virtuosity which embrace every school of writing, every style and every period." The Musical Courier, of New York, America's authority on matters musical, wrote: "Mischa Elman is a-natural-born violin player by the grace of God such as the world has seen only rarely ; we consider him oilo of the most colossal violin geniuses tho world has even seen." Then take France; the Paris paper Le, Matin wrote of him . "The boy is a genius: this is no exaggerated statement when r considering in Lhe past such players as Tartim, Viotto, Rode." Spohr,_ down to Ernst, Vieuxtemps, Paganini, etc." Then from Ger many conies the opinion of the Frankfurter Zeitung, which wrote of him "Mischs* Elman now stands _ head and shoulders above the other violinists- of tho day." These are _ only n few of tho universal criticisms which are everywhere written of Elman. In Australia Elman, according to the Melbourne Age, justifies all that had been heard of him, and tho same paper went on to say that Elman had more than upheld his wonderful reputation in a country (Australia) ''which, rightly or wrongly, never t" 1 -- the opinion of any other part of the wOrld of any artist, but bases its own opinion on the man and his work." Misclin. Elman has played before all the crowned heads of Europe, «nd one of his .most cherished possessions is a scarf pin with the Trinco of Wales throe feathers set in diamonds presented him by the present King, before whom Elman frequently plays when in Erin land. Jlischa Filma.il can only give two concerts in this city. Associated with him tire Mile. Era Gnuthiw. the brilliant French-Canadian mezzo-soprano, and Mr. Percy Kahn. pianist, the latter having been with him f o»' ovf six years now. Applications for ndvsn rd booking for the 10s 6d seats arc now being received by the Dresde?\ Piano Company.' Lamb' ton-quay, Wellington. ' Mi 1 . George MusgroVc is directing the Australasian tour.