The. great advances in the past few years, however, would seem to
he ample justification for the greatest optimism that these evils will he
eliminated. Once they are corrected the issue of radio versus concert is
likely to come rapidly to a head. Will the great singers and other musi
cians. seeing the handwriting on the wall, refuse to perform over the air
nr will thev hurry to the radio to get in on the ground floor before it is
too late? Will the radio, otr the other hand, prove a boon to concert pro
ductions? It is likely that thp next three or four years will see decided
indications of what the future holds in store. There are many who arc
pessimistic and just as many who are optimistic. What the future will
disclose, to use the words of a famous bishop, “any -man can prophesv
but only the Lord knoweth.” ’
Two Violinists to Make
Debuts in U. S.
Two new violinist# of European
fame are promised for the American
concert stage this Fall.
Geza de Kresz. a Hungarian by
birth, will play in New York at the
opening Roosevelt recital, supporting
Mary Garden in her first New York
appearance since 1921. De Kresz is
well known in the violin world as a
pupil and protege of the great Ysaye.
He lived for many years in Rumania,
where he was court violinist to that
famous patron of music, Carmen
Sylva, Queen of Rumania. After her
death he spent several years in Ber
lin, going to Canada in 1923 as a
member of the Hart House String
Quartet at the University of Toronto,
over which he now officiates as first
violin.
