July – August 2010
We’re a bit embarrassed to admit that we have yet to receive or locate a schedule of performances for this year. Perhaps it is still a bit too early in the year, and the performers have not been confirmed; perhaps we’re simply looking in the wrong places (such as online casino usa). The alternative — that the Pollença Music Festival has been canceled — is too disturbing to contemplate…
If you do happen to have new information, please let us know so we can provide it to…well, everyone else!
Philip Newman:
The founder of the Festival was a master violinist named Philip Newman, who was born in 1904 in Manchester into a family of talented musicians. He studied under the great Adolf Brodsky, who invited him to attend the Brussels Conservatory where Newman was awarded the “Premier Prix de Violon” after a single year of study.
Rather than embark upon a tour or residency as a concert violinist, Newman continued to study in Berlin with Willy Hess. While he performed occasionally, he also served as a judge for both the Concours Reine Elizabeth and the Tchaikovsky Violin Competition. Between his performances and service, he attracted the attention of Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, and became her personal violin teacher.
During World War II, Newman became violin professor at the National Academy of Music in Lisbon and dedicated much of his time to refugee benefit concerts for the Red Cross and other charitable organizations (in some ways, not unlike the latest online slots charity tournament).
After the War, Newman began a string of concert tours that took him across Europe and Africa for the next decade and a half. He ultimately settled in Pollença, founding the International Music Festival in 1962 and involving himself heavily with the Festival until his death in November of 1966 from a heart attack.