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Patricia Travers (December 5, 1927 – February 9, 2010) was an American violin child prodigy and actress who withdrew from public performances at age 23. She lived in Clifton, New Jersey, her entire life. ==Career== Travers began violin lessons at age four which led to her first public performance at age six in the Falls Village, Connecticut, summer music festival, Music Mountain.〔 She later performed on CBS radio 'Ford Sunday Hour' show when she was nine.〔 She soloed with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under Efrem Kurtz at Lewisohn Stadium at age ten where she played “Symphonie Espagnole” In 1940, she played the Mendelssohn Concerto with the National Orchestral Association at Carnegie Hall under Leon Barzin. She appeared in the 1941 film ''There's Magic in Music'' with Irra Petina, Diana Lynn, and Allan Jones. In addition to a speaking role, she played Anton Rubinstein's Romance in E flat in the film. She was part of a cultural exchange program after WWII which had her touring Germany. Dai-keong Lee wrote Incantation and Dance for Travers which she performed in a 1947 recital at Carnegie Hall.〔 Lorin Maazel conducted several performances with her as part of the Pittsburgh Symphony.〔 She also performed Brahms' Violin Concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra several times in 1951.〔 One of her final works was a recorded performance for Columbia Records of Sonata No.2 for Violin and Piano by the American composer Charles Ives, the first complete recording of that work. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Patricia Travers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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