Violinist Yehudi Menuhin was born in which City?
Yehudi Menuhin Yehudi Menuhin Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, (22 April 191612 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 greatest violinists of the 20th century. Yehudi Menuhin was born in New York City to a family of Lithuanian Jews. Through his father Moshe, a former rabbinical student and anti-Zionist, he was descended from a distinguished rabbinical dynasty. In late 1919, Moshe and his wife Marutha (née Sher) became American citizens, and changed the family name from Mnuchin to Menuhin. Menuhin's sisters were concert pianist and human
Yehudi Menuhin Devi and Iyengar were students of Krishnamacharya, a famous yoga master in India. Menuhin used a number of famous violins, arguably the most renown of which is the "Lord Wilton Guarnerius 1742". Others included the "Giovanni Bussetto 1680", "Giovanni Grancino 1695", "Guarneri filius Andrea 1703", "Soil Stradivarius", "Prince Khevenhüller 1733 Stradivari", and "Guarneri del Gesù 1739". Yehudi Menuhin Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, (22 April 191612 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 greatest violinists of the 20th century. Yehudi Menuhin was born in