Jun. 14, 1963. La Gazette (Montreal) by Frances Goltman
Reprinted with the express permission of "Montreal Gazette Group Inc.", a CanWest Partnership

Winning Work Not Shelved

Oskar Morawetz, who this year was awarded the $1,000 prize for a commissioned work composed for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra is going to have it played shortly by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. When Conductor Walter Susskind heard a tape of the local premiere performance, he thought it was Morawetz's best work. Local reaction showed more enthusiasm with bravos and cheers than for any of the five previous commissioned works. Even the fine soloist, Anton Kuerti, has written Dr. Morawetz from New York that he hopes to program it next season. This is really impressive because composers are not always so fortunate.