Yehudi Menuhin
(1916-1999), Violinist, conductor and philanthropistYehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin
Sitter in 45 portraits
Internationally renowned violinist Menuhin was born in New York, and first played with an orchestra at the age of seven. He maintained an international reputation throughout his life, playing with most of the world's major orchestras. During the 1950s Menuhin performed at the Aldeburgh Festival, and Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears joined him for concerts at the Menuhin Festival Gstaad, which he established in 1957. Menuhin also went on to establish the Bath Festival in 1959, and the Yehudi Menuhin School of Music in 1963. In 1968 he performed Britten's Violin Concerto at the Edinburgh Festival.
by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1956
NPG x2028
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print on tissue and card mount, 1956
NPG x35407
Yehudi Menuhin; Diana Menuhin (née Gould)
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 1956
NPG x21329
by Yevonde
black and white reprint on card mount, circa 1957
NPG x131745
Yehudi Menuhin; Diana Menuhin (née Gould)
by Yevonde
black and white reprint on card mount, circa 1957
NPG x131746
Yehudi Menuhin and (Edward) Benjamin Britten
by Kurt Hutton (Kurt Hubschman)
bromide print, 1958
NPG x15235
Yehudi Menuhin and (Edward) Benjamin Britten
by Kurt Hutton (Kurt Hubschman)
bromide print, 1958
NPG x15236
Yehudi Menuhin in rehearsal with an orchestra
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, early 1960s
NPG x128673
by Lotte Meitner-Graf
gelatin silver print, circa 1963
NPG x136834
Yehudi Menuhin; David Oistrakh
by Michael Peto
modern bromide print from original negative, September 1963
NPG x138052
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 10 January 1968
NPG x165663
Sir Adrian Boult; Yehudi Menuhin
by Fox Photos Ltd
bromide press print, 8 April 1969
NPG x184255
Eric William Fenby; Yehudi Menuhin
by Unknown photographer
resin print, 1970s
NPG x27595
by Press Association Photos
bromide press print, April 1976
NPG x184081
by Olivier Laffely
bromide print in window mount, 1989
NPG x35295
after DeBellis
offset lithograph, early 1930s
NPG D38369
by Gordon Anthony
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 8 September 1948
NPG x137542
Related People
- Diana Rosamond Constance Grace Irene (née Gould), Lady Menuhin (wife)
- Gerard Menuhin (son)
- Hephzibah Menuhin (sister)
- Jeremy Menuhin (son)
- Marutha Menuhin (née Sher) (mother)
- Moshe Menuhin (father)
- Yaltah Menuhin (sister)
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