TOWN HALL.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1379, 28 September 1916, Page 32

TOWN HALL.

MIROVITCH-PIASTRO CONCERTS

Music-lovers will have an opportunity of hearing two brilliant artists, Mon. Alfred Mirovitch (pianist) and Michael Piastre (violinist), who commence their season in Auckland this evening also Friday and Saturday next. Both artists come from the Petrograd Conservatoire of Music, M. A. Mirovitch having won the famous Rubenstein prize, which is one of the highest diplomas a pianist can acheive Mons. Piastro was a pupil of Auer, and scored a notable success m Petrograd, where he won the thousand ruble gold medal prize. The J?^ l Telegraph of recent date says. Ti e two new Russian artists, Mons. Alfred Mirovitch and Michael Piastro, attracted a large and eager audience to the Town Hall. It is a matter of

congratulation on both sides —to the visitors who ventured so far afield, and to the musical public to seize the rare opportunity—the chance of hearing well accredited Russian instrumentalists in an important programme. Certainly no artists could wish for greater appreciation: the demonstration was unusual, and rightly so. There is an arresting distinction in the work of both, which augurs well for their recitals under more intimate conditions.” The box plan is at Wildman and Arey’s.