Yehudi Menuhin
Acting
Born April 22, 1916 · New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, (22 April 1916 – 12 March 1999) was an American-born violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in Britain. He is widely considered one of the great violinists of the 20th century. He played the Soil Stradivarius, considered one of the finest violins made by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari. Yehudi Menuhin was born in New York City to a family of Lithuanian Jews. Through his father Moshe, he was descended from a rabbinical dynasty. In late 1919, Moshe and his wife Marutha (née Sher) became American citizens, and changed the family name fro…
Known For · 40 titles
The Mike Douglas Show
Great Performances
NDR Talk Show
What's My Line?
Wetten, dass..?
Fan School
Eurovision Song Contest
Le Grand Échiquier
The Steve Allen Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
Boulevard Bio
Zeugen des Jahrhunderts
An Audience with...
The Kennedy Center Honors
HARDtalk
BBC Young Musician
Leute
Van de Schoonheid en de Troost
The French as Seen by…
Previn and the Pittsburgh
Menuhin and Karajan - The Concert Great Moments in Music
Stage Door Canteen
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Music 55
The Music of Man
Yehudi Menuhin, chemin de lumière
Sabine und die hundert Männer
Menuhin, A Family Portrait
Glenn Gould: Extasis
Rostropovich: L'archet Indomptable
The Memory of Justice
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Yehudi Menuhin - Concert Magic
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: The First 50 Years
Big and Small
Teacher
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
The Chinese Word for Horse
Yehudi Menuhin: The Violin of the Century
Karajan: Mozart Violin Concerto No 5, Dvorak Symphony No.9