American violinist and conductor (1916–1999)

Yehudi Menuhin

Western classical music

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American violinist and conductor (1916–1999)

Genres

Western classical music

Record Labels

EMI Classics

Awards Received

Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour

Knight of the National Order of Merit

Order of Merit

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding

Ernst Reuter Medal

Musikpreis der Stadt Duisburg

Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association

Princess of Asturias Award for Concord

Léonie Sonning Music Prize

Glenn Gould Prize

Gramophone Award for Lifetime Achievement

Otto Hahn Peace Medal

Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal

Kennedy Center Honors

Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal

Moses-Mendelssohn-Preis

Albert Medal

Brahms-Preis

Ernst von Siemens Music Prize

Hans von Bülow Medal

Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

honorary doctor of the University of Valencia

Fellow of the Sangeet Natak Akademi

Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword

Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit

Honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Music

Member of, past and present

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Menuhin in 1937

Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM KBE (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.