Word: virtuoso
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Virtuoso: The reward of the instrumental virtuoso in glory and cash is beyond that of any other honest profession (except that of the prima donna...
...music concert. The novelty on the program was Wenzel Matiegka's charming if uninspired trio for flute, viola and guitar, with 'cello part added by Schubert; ensemble a bit ragged, but guitarist Richard Zaffron contributed delightfully quaint twanging and strumming. Flutist Karl Kraber ended concert by deftly tossing off virtuoso solo part in Telemann's sturdy A-Minor suite for flute, strings and continuo...
Offstage, Jaime Laredo acted much like any other 14-year-old, friendly, natural, a little shy with strangers. But when he appeared as violin soloist in Cleveland's Severance Hall, his chubby face was transformed with the artist's intensity, and he played with enough virtuoso technique to excite his listeners. More important musically was the emotional force with which he performed everything from Mozart to Bloch. Said Cleveland's noted Violinist Giorgio Ciompi: "His outstanding quality is that he puts his mind, his emotions, his bow together and gives himself completely," Said Conductor George Szell...
...Elliott Sextette (ABC-Paramount). A lightly swinging combo headed by versatile Virtuoso Elliott, heard here only on vibes and the mellophone. It is worth the price of admission ($3.98) to hear Jazz Me Blues bellowed on the mellophone, which is a country cousin of the French horn and sounds something like a trombone with a code in its doze...
First Violinist Helmut Heller of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra was one of the many professionals in the crowd. Said he: "Igor Oistrakh is a virtuoso performer reminiscent of Heifetz. I have heard the boy several times, and it is clear to me that he has not reached his father's stage of development. The son plays largely from the subconscious; the father has succeeded in ennobling his art by playing consciously without sacrificing those qualities of the subconscious that enrich his playing...