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.NystrOi in nteîr oaugn:er, jean, wîiIl spend the wintèr ini the south. Mr. Zoellnér bas openied a studio in' the Fine Arts building ini Chicago silice côming bere froni Cali- formia andi is instructinig students ini pianio and violon- cello. Tbe Zoellner quartet of wbicbh le is the head is also under bis direction. Formerly, wbile livinig on the west coast, hie was a member of an earlier Zoellner quartet composed enitirely of miembers froml bis own family. His father,, joseph, Sr., played, the viola, bis sister, Anitoinettej'the irst violin, and bis, brother, Amandus, the second violin, while joseph- Zoellner, Jr., was cellist and pianist. Altogether this artist bas appeared ini some 3.000, concerts in this country andabroad. ý.Witb the Zoellner quartet, wbicb was decorated by tbe nmother of King Albert of Belgium for notable performances of chamber music, hie concertized in the United States, Caniada, and Europe, and bas played ini almoss.a-u.ivçrsities and cities of mical~~ Con- also er of is>nentaS, uuw, .zechosiovaia, Of Kussian parents. His father as a young mani abandoned a career as a singer and bcna a merchant in'order to s up- port bis, large family. Rudolf was the fifth of a brood of musically alented children and at four, perchcd on a higb stool, couki already play the fansily piano creditably iand was able to read music with facility. Uponi the advice of Alfred Gruenifeld, celebrated Viennese pianist, the boy was taken to Vienna and> placed ùnder, the tutelage of Prof. Richard Robert, and at tweIve made. bis debut as guest artist wtithi the Vienna Sympbony orchestra. Thouh beacheved great successand wasoffered a long ýtour by. entbusiasticé managers, b is teacher and parents decided he -was still toc, younigtô under- take anything so strenuous. so for several yearfs more he cotîtinued bis studies,' routidiiiW out bisr technical' knowledge of music by studyinig composi- tion under Arnold Scboenberg. Wheil finalIy lie did mmflra,@ his caeer 'he -;qikly e-tntàhisfbtdiumg1f as an important artist, concertizing iii France. England, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Austria. Making the acquaintance of *Adolph Buschi, thù violinist, Serkin undertook several tours ini joint recital with this artist' It was four years ago that. lie appeared in the United States for the first tinie, together with Busch, at the Coolidge Festival in Washington. The following winter be nmade bis Amierican l ebut a, soloist under the baton of Arturo Toscanini, wwho. Art Lecturer go N.S. 36 WLUE3TTE J