NEWMAN CHRONOLOGY OF
DATES AND EVENTS

 

1904	Manchester	Philip Newman born May 12th
1910	Manchester	Takes first violin lessons
1916	Liverpool	Attends Dr Fox's Hebrew School
1916	Liverpool	First hears Ysaye at a concert
1920	Manchester	Enters Manchester College of Music under Brodsky and Arthur Catterall
1924	Brussels	Brodsky advised Newman to go to study with Ysaye's first assistant.
1924	Brussels	Enters Brussels Conservatoire to study with Albert Zimmer
1926	Brussels	Wins 1st prize playing Ernst Violin Concerto in F sharp
1928	Berlin	Arrives to study with Willy Hess
1929	Berlin	Forms duo with Anna Pinkasovitch
1931	Berlin	Leaves Berlin in February
1931	March 4th	Attends first performance "Peter the Miner" with Ysaye
1931	May 11th	Plays for the dying Ysaye
1931	Berlin	Returns to Berlin
1935	Manchester	Gives concert in Manchester Free Trade Hall on Thursday February 12th
1935	Manchester	Strad Magazine reports concert in May edition
1937	Brussels	Newman introduced to Queen Elizabeth of the Belgians
1939	Palma	Meets Casals for the first time in Grand Hotel
1942	Lisbon	Takes up residence
1942	Lisbon	Acquires Ex Vieuxtemps Guanarius of 1742
1942	Lisbon	The 17 year old Luiz Rabelo becomes Newman's pupil
1942	Lisbon	Becomes first ex national to be appointed Professor of violin at Lisbon Conservatoire
1950	England,Spain,Italy and Germany	Concert tour
1950	Manchester	Plays Beethoven Violin Concerto at Free Trade Hall
1953	Germany	Performs Saint-Saens Violin Concerto in B minor op 61
1954	Manchester	Newman's father Harris Newman dies, the oldest practising Cantor in England
1954	Belgian Congo	On tour and first meets Dr Albert Schwitzer
1954	Spain	Plays at Prades Festival
1955	Brussels	Works with Francescatti,Oistrakh and Menuhin with whom he is photographed
1956	Johannesburg	Records Paganini Violin Concerto #1 for South African Broadcasting Company, no trace of this recording has been found
1956	Brussels	Gala Concert on April 11th compered by Douglas Fairbanks at which his uncle attends
1958	Spa Belgium	Ysaye International Violin Festival July 24th, with Kogan, Strern, Milstein, Gertler and Bobesco
1958	Moscow	Member of Tchaikovsky Competition panel of judges
1958	Moscow	Broadcasts his comments about Tchaikovsky Competition on BBC World Service
1959	Spain	Concerts at Sala Born
1961	Spain	Prades Festival with Oistrakh and Casals
1962	Pollenza	Founds Pollenza Festival September 1st
1964		Interviewed on radio and plays Bach Chaconne
1964		Performs at Symponicum of Europe
1964	Brussels	Concert attended by the Queen which was recorded in part and is the only surviving example of his playing extant
1965	Brussels	Plays Beethoven Violin Concerto in November, at same venue
1965	Brussels	November 23rd Queen Elizabeth dies
1966	Moscow	Judge at Tchaikovsky Violin Competition
1966	Pollenza	Last performance at festival on September 4th
1966	Palma	November 23rd Newman dies shortly after giving concert - he was to have appeared on TV in a program about the first anniversary of the Queen's death that evening
1966	Lisbon	A memorial programme broadcast by Radio Portugal
1966	Polenza	Dr Alfonso Jaume completes bust of Newman
1967		An LP with a booklet is issued by a group of friends of the concert in Brussels the year before.
1986	Manchester	Newman's sister Pearl inaugurates a prize for violinists at the Royal Manchester College of Music in memory of her brother
1987	London	Symposium Records issues a new LP of the Brussels concert in 1966 adding speeches and a biography of Newman

Cheniston K Roland O.L. (Violin Historian) (C) 1997

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