Yehudi Menuhin
Birthday
1916/04/22
Day of death
1999/03/12 (82 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
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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 1...Read more
Acting
(1988) The French as Seen by…
as Self - Interviewee
(1985) Teacher
as we własnej osobie
(1977) The Chinese Word for Horse
as ---
(1996) David Oistrakh: Artist of the People?
as ---
(1991) Menuhin, A Family Portrait
as ---
(1993) Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
as Self
(1988) One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
as Self (uncredited)
(1997) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: The First 50 Years
as Self
(1970) Yehudi Menuhin, chemin de lumière
as ---
(1943) Stage Door Canteen
as Yehudi Menuhin
(1993) The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
as Self
(1976) The Memory of Justice
as Self
(1966) Yehudi Menuhin und Herbert von Karajan – Mozart: Konzert für Violine und Orchester Nr. 5
as Self
(1960) Sabine und die hundert Männer
as ---
(2019) Rostropovich: L'archet Indomptable
as Self (archive footage)
(1966) Karajan: Mozart Violin Concerto No 5, Dvorak Symphony No.9
as Self
(1993) Glenn Gould: Extasis
as ---
Yehudi Menuhin: The Violin of the Century
as ---
(1983) Leute
as Self
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - violinist virtuoso
(1955) Music 55
as ---
(1978) The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
(1981) Wetten, dass..?
as Self
(1987) The Dame Edna Experience
as Self
(1978) The Music of Man
as self, presenter
(1978) An Audience with...
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self - Main Guest
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
(1977) Previn and the Pittsburgh
as Self
(1991) Boulevard Bio
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self
(1977) Fan School
as Self
(1979) Zeugen des Jahrhunderts
as Self
(1979) NDR Talk Show
as Self
(1971) Great Performances
as Self
(1978) BBC Young Musician
as Self
(2000) Van de Schoonheid en de Troost
as himself