NIECE OF TOLSTOY
NOTED PIANIST’S WIPE Notable arrivals by the flying-boat Awarua on Friday from Sydney were Ignaz Friedman, pianist, and his wife. Madame Friedman, who is also a ’ pianist, states that she is still her husband’s musical pupil. She first met him over 30 years ago when she was sent from her home in Russia to Vienna to continue her musical ■ studies. Ignaz Friedman was her teacher. Madame Friedman, who is a niece 1 of Tolstoy, the Russian author, does ' not always accompany her husband ■ on his tours, but during recent years ! has visited with him Yugoslavia, Hun--1 gary, Scandinavia, and Spain. She has l just paid her first visit to Australia, and is delighted to be in New Zea--1 land, which she is also visiting for the ’ first time.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 244, 16 October 1940, Page 6
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