Yehudi Menuhin

E111972
conductor human humanitarian violinist

Yehudi Menuhin was a renowned 20th-century violin virtuoso and conductor, celebrated for his expressive performances, extensive recordings, and humanitarian work.

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Label Occurrences
Yehudi Menuhin canonical 12
Baron Menuhin 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf conductor ⓘ
human ⓘ
humanitarian ⓘ
violinist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1999 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920 ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
Knight Bachelor ⓘ
Order of Merit ⓘ
surface form: Order of Merit (United Kingdom)

Order of the British Empire ⓘ
causeOfDeath complications following bronchitis ⓘ
citizenship Switzerland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
collaboratedWith Ravi Shankar ⓘ
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfDeath Germany ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1916-04-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1999-03-12 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish ⓘ
familyName Menuhin ⓘ
founded Live Music Now ⓘ
Menuhin Festival Gstaad ⓘ
Yehudi Menuhin School ⓘ
fullName Yehudi Menuhin self-link ⓘ
genre classical music ⓘ
givenName Yehudi ⓘ
honorificTitle Yehudi Menuhin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Baron Menuhin
instrument violin ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
movement humanitarianism ⓘ
notableFor expressive violin performances ⓘ
extensive classical recordings ⓘ
humanitarian and charitable work ⓘ
notableWork album "West Meets East" with Ravi Shankar ⓘ
recordings of Beethoven violin concerto ⓘ
recordings of Brahms violin concerto ⓘ
recordings of Elgar violin concerto ⓘ
recordings of J.S. Bach violin concertos ⓘ
occupation conductor ⓘ
music educator ⓘ
violinist ⓘ
performedWith Benjamin Britten ⓘ
Glenn Gould ⓘ
Wilhelm Furtwängler ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath Berlin ⓘ
positionHeld music director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ⓘ
principal conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Gstaad ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
sibling Hephzibah Menuhin ⓘ
Yaltah Menuhin ⓘ
spouse Diana Gould ⓘ
Nola Nicholas ⓘ
studentOf Adolf Busch ⓘ
George Enescu ⓘ
Louis Persinger ⓘ

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EMI Classics → associatedWith → Yehudi Menuhin ⓘ
Glenn Gould Prize → notableLaureate → Yehudi Menuhin ⓘ
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade → hasNotableRecipient → Yehudi Menuhin ⓘ
Philharmonia Orchestra → collaboratedWith → Yehudi Menuhin ⓘ
Yehudi Menuhin → fullName → Yehudi Menuhin self-link ⓘ
Yehudi Menuhin → honorificTitle → Yehudi Menuhin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baron Menuhin
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra → notableSoloistCollaboration → Yehudi Menuhin ⓘ
Ravi Shankar → associatedAct → Yehudi Menuhin ⓘ
Plaisir d’amour → hasNotablePerformer → Yehudi Menuhin ⓘ
Sei Solo a Violino senza Basso accompagnato → frequentlyRecordedBy → Yehudi Menuhin ⓘ
Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 → notableCommentaryBy → Yehudi Menuhin ⓘ
BWV 1001–1006 → frequentlyRecordedBy → Yehudi Menuhin ⓘ
École Normale de Musique de Paris → hasNotableAlumni → Yehudi Menuhin ⓘ