Yehudi Menuhin became known as a talented violinist at an early age. He is showing his first violin concert in public at the age of 7 years. He also led the orchestra and hold a music festival. In 1963, he founded a music school in the UK for gifted children. Born in New York, U.S., he moved to England in 1959.
Yehudi Menuhin began recording his music in 1928. His recordings were often made with his sister, Hephzibah, who would continue to accompany Menuhin on the piano for 40 years. When he died in 1981, Menuhin told the New York Times," We needed few words. We played almost automatically, as if we were one person."
Menuhin continued to conduct until his death from heart failure on March 12, 1999 in Berlin. He is remembered as a child prodigy whose musical talent spanned some 70 years. As a humanitarian, Menuhin supported hundreds of cultural and charitable organizations. Throughout his life, he maintained a vision of a utopian future.
This is the one of his creation : Yehudi Menuhin plays Paganini
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