PIANIST ARRIVES.
M. BENNO MOISEIAVITSCH. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, July 26. The decided return to popular favour of the concerto was noted in Australia by M. Benno Moiseiwitsch, the Russian-born pianist, who arrived from Sydney to-day, for a concert tour embracing the four main centres. Known as The Poet of the Piano, he spoke of the appreciation shown by the Australians in orchestral work. More writing was being done for orchestras than for individual instruments, he said. He had also noted a. great improvement in the quality of music, the outlook for which was generally promising. ■This is his first visit to New Zealand as a British subject, he having been naturalised recently.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 201, 26 July 1937, Page 8
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113PIANIST ARRIVES. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 201, 26 July 1937, Page 8
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