MISCHA ELMAN
RUSSIAN VIRTUOSO INTERVIEWED REFRESHING PERSONALITY A sturdy little aßuss is Mischa Elman, th« eminent violinist, v ivta will exert the charm of the Pied Piper of Ramejin over the Wellington public- at the Towa flail t-l-ri.s evening, He is short, .s-tockily built, fair of skin a . H d i 1? -* 1 vel 7 definite view on alt tftijigs, a. jiiie Bonfidence in -hi-ms-olf and spirits that is exhiiar*Q„f#el. 'Jhat is the wo ; rti! On© tedfe the exuberant Slnvouie ' te-itmera-aienf of the -M-ycar-old. virtuoso without; tetnng hini plav- simply exudes r. -til hirii. Having heard Klttiait V Jit jjlqlbonriiej one finds it difficult «■: rest ran! oneself in iiufe: wards to express the impression he Brakes,. ]| 0 comes of musical: stock, His father was a nohnist, and. his grandfather was (to quote Mr. Elman, .sen.) just ns fcieat <i fiddler as M.iseh,a. ( but that was • Si long age, before the era ■of clever -iitigrepnos and bis fees. Misdia' has now be.211 before, tho public—an ick-1 in. . ahd 'Ajnefica—for ten- .ve-a-rs, I Vy were is tite for him tte nieasti-re or his art, but to-dav ha statids out itr the fore-rank of tho groat violinists of the day, awl is a prinio tavounte with n.njie!!c<!s t-'orousliout- the . cj'Vwsed WorM. , ,"I was agreeably surprised, l -' said he in we •eourse of an 'lint the people of Australia were so musical :« riiey are. I do not; mnan that slightingly, but <me gets a<-c-us ; - tomed to bear people on tto other si'do of the world say how iitUc thev know «ut hew, and express doubts as" to the wisdom Of Jiiy coitiiwg. This, wrh-aps, M naUir.ii, as the opportunities 0 f haar-a-rtists are so tare, ncee&artlv so because you are so 'far aw.iy. But to Wy great styrp-rise, and inetfsble dei fowu-d. Australian audiences wonderi';iily appweiative and enshnsiasi'iOj just as imic.li as any' a : t;dience could be in,any part of the world. I honestly helsose that Aestr-ali-a, is .going to fee one of tie greatest niitsical ogtffitofls 13i the wr-rld. You. wiil sco--;;ir,o will show 1" And your programme?—are they the same as you would Submit to a Eit.r&pC4i tj aiu':Vnoe? , "Preeisely—why not? It is my duty w play the best—to make them trv to i.itde.rsi:a.'id the best in music. And t-liat was an easy tpk. They simply levod te 'best J eouM give tJvent. I played tt-fi coueertos of' Bretluivci!, Tschaikovsk.v, aiitl MeMdeissohii in Melbourne and Sydney, J.ou could not givo i.hem a-fty-Wlig ttioi'e classical than tlio Beethoven t or.e-ji.to, and that was the most popu--1-a-r piece I pbye.d. Oil, ihc-v like ih,. goad music all right-. I. only wish I eot-tl'd play some of them hero with orchestra, as I. -'did ifi Australia." Spda.kttig atimft modern eomfrKWrs. 't3w narae. of til,; mvst-lfyiiig Schonlserg cropped tip. .Mr. Klisan .said lid was a difficult iiia-!}. to discuss. . Hp .'md h.eard pleaty <tf hjs jnusic, whicli was all very ;str?.nge and we«i . Appfeo-ia-tiott of" this rdmposer Was a miittor- of Some felt that, tl.oy liked it —that -there- was somotliing in othars did not. He slid not, Stiij, e,-i !S ivas jiafcUrsHy a ijttlff tNtiid at cXjs-rcss-iltg ait ojiuifon oh the works of sttch as So many nvi'stakes had been miide, ever, by eminent nuKieian-i ill eor.dctnaing a<>\v writer-s-. It }Vas <sb ill tliß ease Wa-gnei' and Rk-har:! Sfcra,uss._ Hasty opinioits on iritis-'ical composifir.ns ware to bo avoided, Auwii-g.' t-ho Russian coiijpo-sfirs of tofdair, Btravhisky stood, out:. a : gjari'tj whose works the wbo'ie world wouicj one day -npprcoiaie. lin'chniaiiiiKiir fras £®dt'h<jt comfio.ser of i.ra.ii.secn,l:!:ii !aletit who wa's lieiter kniiwn everywhere. He w;»s only about ,35 years of ago now. 1 (nit Jmfo-rtvi'.tifl.tely was a very sjgjc ftian! ■fiteaJno'ttv wis. it niastei* df oicTiestrar tion; Mfftj perhaps., a) 1 ! inspired <»om-pc-sftf, but still regarded as wo of TCnseia's foreii-Yosfc coii>pf»se.rs. Do you eonipnse .yourself? "Oh, y«s—but not ysjt for the mihlic. f Hv.isf- first. <£i> rotiiid the world as a violimst, and ten ihev wiil all kti'iw me for what I am —see?" And bow do you like this" part of tl-ttv world ? "I lite is greatly—l just feel that I am at homoi I fpn-l—-'have vatt ever ■baft-fa Lpfftfoil in n. fow? Well, yrnir m l'.ou.nd- and round, and then find yoursi'd? on the spot where von staffed."' t came from Aiiierira. palled at tho beautiful llivivaiian. then eamc i.»l! tho fray across Mm spa to find farther 011 tie- sairift ■eou'cHi-iofts-, .and thn sano warn'i-'tiatMred rtud ii'iielligeiit audience that I -vet at Itom-e, That- is wntiderf'tl to r>if ! " With that t'dpßdeiiees eiid.es. aiiS Mischa El-iiiaii attacked a plate of Stewart c '?.*a.i:d -oysters with' the sbnr.p-sel aimetiie of vouth The result w?c an added respect for Now Zen In id and its natural resources.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2191, 2 July 1914, Page 8
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