"Proved beyond doubt that the stringed giant of the orchestra is a very agile instrument in the hands of a star performer"
- Bournemouth Evening Echo
“Young as I was, I soon realised the fact that, however profoundly versed a composer may may be in the rules of musical science, he cannot dispense with the one thing needed - creative genius. Although this is natures gift, and is only bestowed upon a few, it needs unwearied industry and cultivation”
Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf