The violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin, who has died aged 82, was a figure of international stature and wide appeal known far beyond the usual confines of the classical music world. An astonishing ...

Friday 22 April is the centenary of Yehudi Menuhin’s birth. His biographer has compiled for us a list of 100 facts about the great musician and his musical legacy. 1. Yehudi Menuhin, born in New York ...

Yehudi Menuhin died at the age of 82 in 1999. At the time it seemed somehow symbolic, coming right at the end of the 20th century in which he'd been a superstar violinist, conductor, philanthropist ...

April 22 marks the centenary of violinist Yehudi Menuhin (born Yehudi Mnuchin in New York). After 12-year-old Yehudi Menuhin played three concertos in Berlin, Albert Einstein famously exclaimed: “Now ...

One hundred years ago, a musician was born who took the world by storm, both with his violin and with his warmhearted humanity. Yehudi Menuhin was born April 22, 1916, in the Bronx to Russian ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Hearing Lord Menuhin of Stoke d'Abernon in 1929 when the great violinist was plain Yehudi, 13, ...

On 22 April 1916, a violinist was born in New York whose artistry revolutionised the world of music. Yehudi Menuhin was more than a great performer; he was a visionary, a pioneer and a humanitarian.

Menuhin had been widely hailed as a boy genius in the press and made his first recording a year earlier. And Menuhin had no bigger fan than my mother. My grandfather and Menuhin’s father were from the ...

Commemorating the 100th year of his birth, Yehudi Menuhin: Who’s Yehudi? explores the extraordinary musical life of one of the 20th century’s greatest violinists. Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill, ...

Diana Menuhin, who gave up a promising ballet career to devote her life to her husband, the violin maestro Yehudi Menuhin, died Jan. 25 in London. She was 90. Devoted, supportive and sometimes acerbic ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The basic facts about Yehudi Menuhin are well known, but it’s good to be reminded of just how famous he was and just ...