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Show Boy Violin Prodigy Out of San Francisco has come another an-other boy violin prodigy, Ruggerio Ric-cl, Ric-cl, just eight years old, who made New York music lovers and critics gasp in wonder when he appeared as soloist with the Manhattan Symphony orchestra a few nights ago. Young Ricci is a pupil of Louis Per-singer, Per-singer, under whose guidance that other amazing young violinist, Yehudi Menuhin, attained world wide fame at the age of ten years. These two young -. sters are conceded to be among the .' greatest present day masters of the violin, old or young. Of Ricci's playing of the Mendelssohn Mendel-ssohn concerto, Mr. Chotzinoff. musical musi-cal critic of the New York World, said: "Master Ricci's performance revealed as a matter of cold fact, a technical mastery of the violin and a genius for interpretation that' places him In a class with the handful of the greatest liring violinists." Also that he possesses pos-sesses "a temperament that burn;, unceasingly, un-ceasingly, a burning vitality that makes every note he plays momentous." momen-tous." High praise that from a metropolitan' met-ropolitan' critic, and others- were equally enthusiastic. Ricci's father is an Italian day laborer, la-borer, and the boy has been adopted by Miss Beth Lackey, his teacher's aslstant, while his musical education Is being financed by Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick Bartlett, wealthy Chicago-ins. Chicago-ins. It is pleasing to know that the child will not be permitted to play too often In public until he is more matured, and that his genius will be developed tinder the most favorable circumstances. circumstan-ces. Undoubtedly he gives promise of becoming one of the great violinists violin-ists of all time. |