Yehudi Menuhin

Violinist

Yehudi Menuhin was born in New York City, New York, United States on April 22nd, 1916 and is the Violinist. At the age of 82, Yehudi Menuhin biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
April 22, 1916
Nationality
United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, United States
Death Date
Mar 12, 1999 (age 82)
Zodiac Sign
Taurus
Profession
Autobiographer, Conductor, Jazz Musician, Politician, Violinist, Writer
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Yehudi Menuhin Career

Menuhin regularly returned to the San Francisco Bay Area, sometimes performing with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. One of the more memorable later performances was of Edward Elgar's Violin Concerto, which Menuhin had recorded with the composer in 1932.

On 22 April 1978, along with Stéphane Grappelli, Yehudi played Pick Yourself Up, taken from the Menuhin & Grappelli Play Berlin, Kern, Porter and Rodgers & Hart album as the interval act at the 23rd Eurovision Song Contest for TF1. The performance came direct from the studios of TF1 and not that of the venue (Palais des Congrès), where the contest was being held.

Menuhin hosted the PBS telecast of the gala opening concert of the San Francisco Symphony from Davies Symphony Hall in September 1980.

His recording contract with EMI lasted almost 70 years and is the longest in the history of the music industry. He made his first recording at age 13 in November 1929, and his last in 1999, when he was nearly 83 years old. He recorded over 300 works for EMI, both as a violinist and as a conductor. In 2009 EMI released a 51-CD retrospective of Menuhin's recording career, titled Yehudi Menuhin: The Great EMI Recordings. In 2016, the Menuhin centenary year, Warner Classics (formerly EMI Classics) issued a milestone collection of 80 CDs entitled The Menuhin Century, curated by his long-time friend and protégé Bruno Monsaingeon, who selected the recordings and sourced rare archival materials to tell Menuhin's story.

From 1984 until his death in 1999 he was the first guest conductor of Sinfonia Varsovia with which he performed over 300 times (nearly half of which were between 1996 and 1998). He said that "working with no other orchestra gave me as much satisfaction as my work, as soloist and conductor, with the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra." In his Unfinished Journey: Twenty Years Later he added "It was a true inspiration to spend as much time with them [Sinfonia Varsovia] as possible, to enjoy the deep satisfaction I derive from our music-making together.". In 1991, he became Principal Guest Conductor of the English Symphony Orchestra, a position he also held until his death.

In 1990 Menuhin was the first conductor for the Asian Youth Orchestra which toured around Asia, including Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong with Julian Lloyd Webber and a group of young talented musicians from all over Asia.

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Yehudi Menuhin Awards
  • In 2000 the luxury writing instrument maker Montblanc created limited edition fountain and ballpoint pens in honour of Menuhin, called the Montblanc Writer Series Yehudi Menuhin.
  • Freedom of the City (Edinburgh, Scotland, 1965).
  • Appointed to the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 1965. At the time of his appointment, he was an American citizen. As a result, his knighthood was honorary and he was not entitled to use the style 'Sir'. In 1993, he became The Right Honourable The Lord Menuhin, OM, KBE (see below).
  • The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding (1968).
  • Became President of the International Music Council (1969–1975)
  • Became President of Trinity College of Music (now Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance), 1970.
  • The Léonie Sonning Music Prize (Denmark, 1972).
  • Nominated as president of the Elgar Society (1983).
  • The Ernst von Siemens Music Prize (1984).
  • The Kennedy Center Honors (1986).
  • Appointed as a member of the Order of Merit (1987).
  • His recording of Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor with Julian Lloyd Webber won the 1987 BRIT Award for Best British Classical Recording (BBC Music Magazine named this recording "the finest version ever recorded").
  • The Glenn Gould Prize (1990), in recognition of his lifetime of contributions.
  • Wolf Prize in Arts (1991).
  • Ambassador of Goodwill (UNESCO, 1992).
  • On 19 July 1993, Menuhin was made a life peer, as Baron Menuhin, of Stoke d'Abernon in the County of Surrey.
  • Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship the highest honour conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama (1994).
  • The Konex Decoration (Konex Foundation, Argentina, 1994).
  • The Otto Hahn Peace Medal in Gold of the United Nations Association of Germany (DGVN) in Berlin (1997).
  • Honorary Doctorates from 20 universities, including Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the University of Bath (1969).
  • The room in which concerts and performances are held at the European Parliament in Brussels is named the "Yehudi Menuhin Space".
  • Menuhin was honored as a "Freeman" of the cities of Edinburgh, Bath, Reims and Warsaw.
  • He held the Gold Medals of the cities of Paris, New York and Jerusalem.
  • Honorary degree from Kalamazoo College.
  • Elected an Honorary Fellow of Fitzwilliam College in 1991.
  • He received the 1997 Prince of Asturias Award in the Concord category along with Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich.
  • In 1997, he received the Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • On 15 May 1998, Menuhin received the Grand Cross of the Order of Saint James of the Sword (Portugal).

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Tapestry dealers face off in £1 million High Court battle

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 2, 2024
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Simon Franses, a veteran of selling historic works to the rich and famous at the country's first purpose-built tapestry and textile gallery, appears in a very different context. I can reveal that he has been embroiled in a $1 million court fight over a series of tapestries involving fellow collector and dealer Nathan Levi. Franses, the owner of the prestigious S Franses gallery in St James', London, fell out with Levi, who claims they settled their dispute over S Franses Ltd's purchase of 27 of his tapestries and carpets. According to a High Court writ, Franses already had the bulk of the items in his possession, and Levi was to return the rest to him by the end of March 2020, with Franses agreeing to pay 1 million euros.

Former pupils of Yehudi Menuhin's music academy make sex harassment charges against their teachers

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 18, 2023
In 2013, Nigel Kennedy (main), the school's founding music director, had said that pianist Marcel Gazelle, a former student, assaulted students as young as ten years ago. The long-awaited study by the government's nationwide Independent Inquiry into Sexual Abuse revealed in March that other allegations had surfaced, as well as the school's reported reluctance to move forward. 14 former students have spoken out, releasing reports of sexual, emotional, and physical assault against 15 members of staff that are thought to have occurred between 1964 and 2007. The Department of Education sent a letter in 2019 accusing the Surrey-based school (inset) of "serious administrative shortcomings" related to safeguarding.