Yehudi Menuhin

E111972

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

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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
Yehudi Menuhin fullName Yehudi Menuhin self-link
Yehudi Menuhin honorificTitle Yehudi Menuhin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Baron Menuhin
Ravi Shankar associatedAct Yehudi Menuhin
Plaisir d’amour hasNotablePerformer Yehudi Menuhin
BWV 1001–1006 frequentlyRecordedBy Yehudi Menuhin