A GREAT ARTIST

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 72, Issue 6242, 14 June 1946, Page 4

A GREAT ARTIST

MR JAN RUBINI TE AWAMUTU APPEARANCE Mr Jan Rubini, the international violinist, conductor and composer, will give one concert in the Empire Theatre on Tuesday evening next. Mr Rubini was bora in Stockholm, and was the son of Dr S. Rubini, of Florence, then director of a grand opera company in Stockholm. His mother was a Rusian. danseuse of distinction. Mr Rubini’s first teacher was his father. Later he studied in London under the Russian, Mischa Saharanovich, and Caesar Thomson of the Brussels Conservatoire. Alfter a tour of Europe in 1916, he went to the United States, and save for concert tours to South Africa and Australia, he has been there ever since. Vassili Uster, Russian pianist, will be his accompanist. The Manawatu Times, in writing of Rubini’s appearance in Palmerston North said: Those who were privileged to hear Jan Rubini, world famous violinist, sat enthralled with the magic of a great artist. It would not matter what master Rubini played, he would make it a poem by his artistry and amazing gifts. With his accompanist, Vassili Uster, excellent accompanist and briliant pianist, they are a fine pair and should be enthusiastically greeted by New! Zealand music lovers wherever they appear. Box plans for next Tuesday night’s concert are at Gifford’s, and early reservations are advised.