All Yehudi Menuhin articles
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The Strad Calendar 2024: 1742 ‘Lord Wilton’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin
Best known as Yehudi Menuhin’s instrument for much of his career, the violin is still in an excellent state of preservation
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Great violinists: Yehudi Menuhin
Julian Haylock examines the player whose openness and sincerity gave even lighter music a profound emotional resonance
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Which string players received titles of honour from Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II?
The Strad chronicles which British string players received titles of honour throughout Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s 70-year reign
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Queen Elizabeth II: a life alongside string players
We take a look at a few iconic moments in string history during the reign of HM Queen Elizabeth II
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Yehudi Menuhin's marked-up copy of Bach's Solo Violin Sonata no.2
Have a small peek into the workings of Menuhin's interpretation. Taken from The Strad's May 2016 issue.
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Violinist Yehudi Menuhin's first appearance in The Strad, aged 10
We republish a snippet introducing the prodigy to Strad readers in 1926
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Menuhin Competition 2020 announces 44 successful live round candidates
The 44 violinists, chosen from a pool of 321 candidates, will compete in Richmond, Virginia from 14-24 May 2020
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‘He had the ability to touch the soul’
The writer, broadcaster and Menuhin biographer Humphrey Burton remembers meeting Yehudi for the first time in 1959
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Tasmin Little appointed co-president of The Yehudi Menuhin School
British violinist takes up new role after retiring from concert performance
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Obituary: Fredell Lack, 19 February 1922 - 20 August 2017
Child prodigy violinist who went on to be one of America’s most prolific teachers
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Menuhin Competition 2018 to take place in Switzerland for the first time
The biennial violin contest's jury has also been announced, including Maxim Vengerov
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Yehudi Menuhin's 'Khevenhüller' Stradivarius violin copy by Emile Français
The instrument was made expressly for the great violinist for his 19th birthday, writes Stewart Pollens
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Yehudi Menuhin always let the student find their own voice, says violinist Daniel Hope
Hope speaks about Menuhin's influence on his life and career
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Ravi Shankar, Alla Rakha and Yehudi Menuhin Trio
Ravi Shankar: 'Our teaching is based on oral tradition; our music is not written down.'Yehudi Menuhin: 'That's why it's alive!'Violinist Yehudi Menuhin discusses and plays Indian music with friend and colleague Ravi Shankar.The Strad's May 2016 Menuhin Centenary issue is out now – download through The Strad App ...
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Violinist Yehudi Menuhin on the importance of practice
Anything that one wants to do really, one must do every day. It should be easy to the artist and natural as flying is to a bird' Violinist Yehudi Menuhin talks about the importance of practice. The interview is taken from 'The Menuhin Century' boxed set of ...
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James Ehnes performs on the Guarneri 'del Gesù' 'Lord Wilton' violin
James Ehnes performs Tchaikovsky's Melody, op.42 no.3 on the Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù' 'Lord Wilton' violin, 1742. The instrument was one of several great Cremonese violins associated with Yehudi Menuhin, who acquired it in 1978 from Jacques Francais in New York. On his death in 1999 it ...
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The Strad May 2016 issue is out now
Our Yehudi Menuhin centenary edition celebrates the violinist and visionary in interviews and pictures
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Yehudi Menuhin performs Bach at the age of 69
Yehudi Menuhin performs the Prelude from Bach's Solo Violin Partita no.3 in 1985 at the age of 69. The Strad's May 2016 issue, celebrating the life of Yehudi Menuhin, is out now - download on desktop computer or through The Strad App.
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12-year-old Yesong Sophie Lee gives 2016 Menuhin Competition winning performance
12-year-old Yesong Sophie Lee gives her winning performance in the 2016 Menuhin Competition Junior Finals at London's Royal Academy of Music.The young violinist leads the Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra as soloist in Summer from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and also performs the world premiere of the new commission for ...
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Yesong Sophie Lee wins Menuhin Competition 2016 Junior Division
This year’s contest, celebrating the centenary of its famous namesake, takes place in London