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{men'-yoo-in, yuh-hoo'-dee}
The distinguished violinist Yehudi Menuhin, b. New York City,
Apr. 22, 1916, of Russian-Jewish parents, was an outstanding
prodigy. Taken as a child to San Francisco, he studied violin
there with Sigmund Anker and Louis Persinger and made his
public debut with the Mendelssohn concerto at age seven. He
continued his studies in Europe with Adolf Busch and Georges
Enesco and, from childhood, toured to great acclaim throughout
the world. After World War II Menuhin lived mainly in Britain
and Switzerland, and, while remaining active as a violinist
and conductor, became involved with a variety of educational
and philanthropic enterprises. In 1959 he established a music
festival at Gstaad, Switzerland; in 1963 he founded the Menuhin
School of Music at Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey,
England; and in 1972 he became president of the Trinity College
of Music, London. The fruits of Menuhin's explorations of
several musical traditions include collaborations with the
Indian sitarist Ravi SHANKAR and the French jazz violinist
Stephane Grappelli.
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