viacheslav atroshenko the china mail page 8 10th october 1953

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viacheslav atroshenko the china mail page 8 10th october 1953

The then talented 18 year old pianist who left Hong Kong by plane for Australia to continue his studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, accompanied by his mother and younger sister. He was seen off at Kai Tak by Mrs H. Ryloff

Date picture taken
10 Oct 1953
Shows person / people
Viacheslav Ivanovich ATROSHENKO [1935-1994]

Comments

Viacheslav was my brother. He was very talented as a pianist. When he was just 11 years old, he was invited to be the soloist with a Hong Kong orchestra. I think that must have been in 1946. In the middle of the performance, my brother lost his place in the music and froze. The conductor quietly went over to the piano, pointed out on the sheet music where to begin again, and then started conducting again. While this was going on, the entire audience was absolutely silent! I was terrified! There was thunderous applause at the end of the piece.

Hi Paul, 

Thanks so much for sharing that delightful anecdote with us! I hope this newspaper cutting will be of some interest to you and your family. It's a very distinctive name - if I find any more information I will try and post them here on gwulo as I scan a lot of newspapers for my own family history.

Kind regards

David