YOUNG VIOLINIST.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 231, 30 August 1937, Page 11

YOUNG VIOLINIST.

A tribute to tbo artistry of Master Alan Loveday, the gifted young New Zealand violinist, is contained in a letter received from a Hawke’s Bay music-lover, who recently hoard this young musician* when he played at Woodford House. “To say that the audience enjoyed every item, is mildly expressing their enthusiasm,’’ sayS the writer. “It was thrilling to sense the keen attention given to both the orchestral and 6010 items. The audience were charmed by the boy’s unaffected personality, and, when after playing no less than nine items, the pupils gave three cheers —and what cheers —ho said: ‘What's that for?’ and when it was suggested he should say “thank you, he reappeared on the stage, and with a delightful smile, said, ‘Oh, thank you very much,’ which gained further applause. “Hawke’s Bay is to be congratulated or. taking Alan Loveday to heart as it lias done for as one member of the Budapest String Quartet said, ‘I heard Inn; play and his technique is wonderful. I d lilfe to see the hoy go abroad—to New York, possibly, where the best masters are —and I really think that in four years, ho would bo the equal of any violinist in the world ? Surely this young New Zealander should Ire sent away to get his chance either by public subscription, or Government grant, or maybe both. What could Hawke’s Bay do to start tho ball rolling?”