- published: 31 Oct 2013
- views: 15913
Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE (22 April 1916 – 12 March 1999) was an American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. He was born to Russian Jewish parents in the United States, but became a citizen of Switzerland in 1970, and of the United Kingdom in 1985. He is often considered to be one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century.
Yehudi Menuhin was born in New York City, United States, to Bielorussian Jewish parents from what is now Belarus. His sisters were the concert pianist and human rights worker Hephzibah Menuhin and the pianist, painter, and poet Yaltah Menuhin. Through his father Moshe Menuhin, a former rabbinical student and anti-Zionist writer, Menuhin was descended from a distinguished rabbinical dynasty.
Menuhin began violin instruction at age four under violinist Sigmund Anker; his parents had wanted Louis Persinger to be his teacher, but Persinger refused. Menuhin displayed extraordinary talents at an early age. His first solo violin performance was at the age of seven with the San Francisco Symphony in 1923. Persinger then agreed to take Menuhin as a student. When the Menuhins went to Paris, Persinger suggested Yehudi go to his own teacher, Eugène Ysaÿe. He did have one lesson with Ysaÿe, but did not like his method or the fact that he was very old. Instead, he went to the Romanian composer and violinist George Enescu, after which he made several recordings with his sister Hephzibah. He was also a student of Adolf Busch. In 1929 he played in Berlin, under Bruno Walter's baton, three concerti by Bach, Brahms and Beethoven. In 1932 he recorded Edward Elgar's Violin Concerto in B minor for HMV in London, with the composer himself conducting, and between 1934 and 1936 he made the first integral recording of Johann Sebastian Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin.
Actors: John Scott (editor), Daniel Iron (producer), Neve Campbell (actress), Maria de Medeiros (actress), Arsinée Khanjian (actress), Ben Chaplin (actor), JJ Feild (actor), John Light (actor), Kevin Lucas (writer), Kevin Lucas (producer), Kevin Lucas (director), Sue Milliken (producer), Aanya Whitehead (producer), Avril MacRory (producer), A.V.T. Shankardass (producer),
Plot: The most celebrated woman composer of her time is dying. When she slips into a coma her closest friends, violin impresario Yehudi Menuhin and literary intrigue Anais Nin, are divided about what to do. "Owl Song" tells the inspiring and heroic story of the most important woman composer of the twentieth century Peggy Glanville-Hicks - a brilliant, witty, pipe-smoking, suit-wearing dynamic individual; a musical pioneer who forged a formidable career in Europe and North America in the mid-twentieth century. Amongst her many achievements she made history by being the first woman to be commissioned to write an opera in the USA. Based on a real life story about an inspirational woman who at the height of her career was heralded as the most important female composer in the world.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Louis Jean Heydt (actor), Hugh Herbert (actor), Jean Hersholt (actor), Count Basie (actor), Pat Flaherty (actor), Henry Armetta (actor), Eddie Hall (actor), Ralph Bellamy (actor), Xavier Cugat (actor), Edgar Bergen (actor), Ray Bolger (actor), Benny Baker (actor), William Demarest (actor), Lloyd Corrigan (actor), John James (actor),
Plot: "Dakota," a young soldier on a pass in New York City, visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theatre and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. Dakota meets a pretty young hostess, Eileen, and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance.
Keywords: actor, actress, bandleader, burlesque, chinese, comedian, dancer, dummy, engagement, entertainment