Henderson Daily Dispatch

"A pianist with a musical personality" is the way one New York reviewer greeted Emile Baume: young French pianist at his recent New York recital. In other words, the newsman indicated that the public sometimes likes a pianist to look like one. Baume does that and more - beneath his romantic exterior is a virtuoso whose musicianship is solid and realistic. This is the consensus of critical opinion that has followed every concert this season before his appearance here tomorrow evening at 8:30 under the auspices of the Henderson Cooperative Concert Association.

Since the above mentioned New York journalist has pointed out that it is not amiss to look like a pianist, it might further be said the Baume at the pianoforte recalls certain portraits of Chopin. There is the same curved aquiline nose, the same height of brow, and the same flowing, chestnut colored hair. As for his playing, there is the contribution of the noted commentator who paraphrased Moscheles' legendary remark about Chopin "He looks like his music", and said of Baume, "He looks like the music of Chopin."

Of his playing, critics have written at length, extolling the wealth of poetic imagination and technical brilliancy. He is, this season, in a record-breaking tour of 60 cities which is taking him from Maine to California and from Havana to Bend, Oregon.