Oddone Savini, Violinist

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 9, 13 September 1929, Page 7

Oddone Savini, Violinist

a To Broadcast from 3YA en S operatic composer, conductor and instrumentalist of ability, professor of music and a literary contributor to aspects of music, Signor Oddone Savini, Who is to appear at 83YA on September 19, possesses high qualifications. Signor Savini is a comparatively recent arrival from Bombay, where he has earned the highest praise in musical cirelés, On arriving in New Zealand he settled at Wellington, where he played 4 Grieg concerto before. the Wellington Musicians’ Society and also in association with Miss Turner, performed a concerto by Cesar Franck. Signor Savini is a native of Florence, where he learned the violin from Upliano Chiti,- and counterpoint from Grazzini, later of the Venice Conservatorium. With his own composition, a three-act comic opera, "Oro Che Vola" ("Flying Gold") he won the Milan. prize in December, 1926. Signor Savini played as first violinist in the principal Italian theatres, and also played under Mascagni, and whilst in Bombay played with the Gonsilez Grand Opera Company. He is now conductor of the Christchurch Orchestral Society, and his performance at 3YA on Thursday, September 19, will be an event of unusual interest and will afford listeners an opportunity of hearing a musician of outstanding qualifications.