The Archive · 1936

Girl Violinist to Visit Europe

Japanese Prodigy Asked to Stop Over Here

Efforts are being made by the loca! Japanese Musie Study Society to persuade Miss Nojike Suwa, aged 17, Japan's "wunderkind" violinist, 0 live a recital here on January' 27, When she passes through Shanghai en route to Belgium for advanced study, the "Shanghai Mainichi'

"The girl. will be accompanied by Viscount Kintomo Mushakoji, Ambassador to Germany, returning from furlough.

"A fund of ¥-20,000 has been created through the generosity of Marquis Yoshichika Tokugawa and two others, fo enable Miss Suwa to pursue musical studies in Europe.

The girl made her frst bow before concert audiences ten years ago. Today she is considered among Japan's best violinists, the "Mai

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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