Pianist from Switzerland
| HE Hungarian-born Swiss pianist Bela Siki (left) opens his New Zealand tour next week. He will be heard in broadcast recitals from all YC stations on Wednesday and Saturday. : Described by Paris Soir as a pianist of "sincerity and technique, temperament and constructive will," Siki was once a pupil of Dohnanyi, During the war he was a soloist for Radio Hungary. In 1946 he was made a professor at the Budapest Conservatoire, and the following year travelled to Geneva to study under the famotts Dinu Lipatti. He took first place at the 1948 International Competition of Executants. During numerous concert tours of Europe and Britain, Siki has appeared as soloist with such orchestras as the Tonhalle and the Winterthur, under the batons of outstanding conductors like Ansermet, Paul Sacher and Jean Fournet. His current tour of Australia and New Zealand results from his being heard at a performance in Switzerland by the ABC’s Diréctor Music. Three other guest, a : the NZBS will be giving performances next si as rh her rer who has been singing » pes r "ih Woolmore, soprano, @ 4 Own © Che are anist Ernest Jenner. Gold will" Sreasy. arias with the National Orchestra: gg Tar eae vs ge will be heard in duets with "pierwite" ‘from: yo on Friday and. Sunday. Expose Megnecs performance will be of . Ireland's Concerto in E Major..with the National Orchestra at Christchurch on ‘Saturdae The concerto will be part of a special half-concert to commemorate John Ireland’s anniversary.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 780, 2 July 1954, Page 6
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