VISIT OF VIOLIN GENIUS
Zoraida. the Violin Genius who is to give a recital in the Theatre Royal on Friday, the 24th February, is not only a mighty technician, but is also a great interpreter. He is certainly the most romantic Violinist since Paganini, who died in 1840. He plays in such a manner that the work being performed becomes an absolute melodic expression of his own mood. Those who hear him in one of his great solos will always remember the profound meditation—almost coma —into which he seems to fall; allowing, as it were, his vsry soul to float out on the waves of melody, which throbs and shakes with sensitive thrills, until, in the utter stillness of the room, it is hard to tell when the notes actually cease to vibrate. Such Violinists as t hi: only come once in a century, and Zoraida is this decade: gi t to the list of immortal Virtuosi.*
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 28 January 1939, Page 9
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