Evening star. [volume], March 18, 1962, Page 6, Image 110

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9 Mr. and Mrs.
Musicians
By RUTH DEAN
Star Staff Writer
Carmen Romanenko...
THE 96-member National Symphony Orchestra can boast of a
musical togetherness perhaps unmatched by any other n' ■ vK
major symphony. For 22 of its musicians are married to other
musicians and eight of them play in the symphony.
Other top orchestras throughout the Nation have couples as V
members, but it is unusual to find four in the same orchestra ~ kva
The Symphony even to
gether again Ivan and Carmen Romanenko.
Both first violinists in the orchestra, they met in Europe
the summer of 1944 in Salzburg's famous Mozarteum. one
Europe's top masters
Russian-born Ivan was already an T*
Carmen, born was her So
they separate ways/They --«■'• »
years • 1
They were two years now have two - La]
as were the of the three
other
violinist, and Harold Wright, principal clarinetist, and his wife | ' ’
continued on page 8 and h er husband Ivan, both violinists with the National Symphony.
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Harold Wright plays a clarinet. His wife Ruth plays a flute.
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