ANDRE SKALSKI
ON SATURDAY NIGHT^F Andre Skalski, the" brilliant Polish pianist, who is at present visiting New Zealand, and who will give a recital in Masterton on Saturday night, comes with a great reputation. He has hihdv made a tour of the East; Dutch Indies, Japan and China. pan, Skalski was one of the two pianists who have ever played by royal command, and he recounts an amusing experience. “There were in the palace three perfectly good pianos. Yes, they were valued at 2000 guineas each. But when I tried them! They were useless and terrible. Very brilliantly, I thought of a friend. I had who was connected with the Y.M.C.A. in Japan, I explained my really dreadful position to him, and we smuggled a piano into the palace with the aid of some friendly officials. Of course, the Prince never knew —perhaps otherwise I should have left my. head on a pike at the city gate as a remembrance. Instead, ho presented me with a set of pearl link? and studs.” 1 Playing before the-King of Siam, Skalski found that his majesty w r as extremely musical aiid played many instruments. The Japanese -and Chinese press were enthusiastic. over the young Pole, who studied their ic eagerly.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 49, Issue 14960, 11 July 1923, Page 4
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