Evening star., 1932-01-20
FOUR GREAT ARTISTS LISTED
ON MUSICAL BENEFIT PROGRAM
Bauer, Kochanski, Kinder
and Nina Koshetz to Be
Heard Here January 29.
Proceeds of Concert Will Go
Toward Relief of JobIess
Musicians.
BY E. de S. MELCHER

As an added feature of this Winters
musical Renaissance in Washington, a
! giant festival is being planned as a
| benefit for unemployed musicians,
which should be included among the
| most important musical events this
| city has ever known.
Four artists-Nina KoshetZ, Harold
Bauer, Paul Kochanski and Hans Kin
dler-will appear in a benefit program,
which will be held Friday night, jan
uary 2e, at the Library of Congress.
The proceeds will go to the Musicians
Emergency Aid, Of which Walter Dam
rosch is chairman, In conjunction with
the Musicians Foundation, headed by
Rubin Goldmark.
Koshetz Bauer, Kochanski and Kin
dler-fOur of the greatest opponents
of their particular art appearing on
single program, is something new
in the matter Of local concerts. Rus
sic greatest performer Of native songs,
who has been honored to the extent
OF having had eight modern composers
write songs especially for her: pianist
whose talents have won for him decora-
tionG by the French government and
applause of the world in general; a
violiniSt who ranks among the best
and cellist who still is among the
blue-ribbon artists.
Fame Won by Kinder.
The cellist is Hans Kinder, who has
won such respect and admiration for
his brilliant musicianship at the helm
of the National Symphony Orchestra
that the public has forgotten his first
laurels we're gathered with his cello.
Long before he dreamed Of the Ma
tional Symphony Mr.. Kinder came TO
Washington as soloist OF immense
reputation and worldwide fame He
had served well his term as first cellist
under Stokowski'S baton in the Phila-
delphia OrcheStra-he had played here
many timeS-laSt season as one OF the
stars at Mrs. Townsend's morning mu-
Sicale-and If reference was made to
him as a musician it was taken for
granted that it was as great maestro
of the cello rather than as great
maestro of an orchestra.
The benefit concert of the goth, which
should crowd Mrs. Coolidges small but
technically perfect auditorium to the
doors. will mark Kindler's debut here
this season as solo artist. Other cities
have recently heard him in that ca
pacity, but Washington will have him
only as a fourth TO one of the most IN
teresting programs we are likely to get.
1t is seldom that four such artists
are heard on a single evening. For
this reason there is more than casual
interest attached to the concert.
Special Committee.
Its sponsors. that organization known
as the Friends of Music, whose con-
certS at the Library of Congress are
among the most distinguished in the
country, have made every effort to Sc
cure the best in music and that they
have succeeded is obvious, A special
committee composed of Mrs. Walter
Bruce Howe, Mrs. Tracy Dows, Miss
Grace Dunham Guest and Mrs. Myron
w. Whitney, is arranging the details for
this affair.
All of these artists are we'll known
to washingtonians. Mrs. Townsend has
presented all of them at various times
and they have made frequent appear
ances here both in solo recitals and as
soloistS with orcheStras.
Miss Koshetz has been described often