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2 unusual facts about Joel Ryce-Menuhin


Joel Ryce-Menuhin

Joel Ryce-Menuhin was born as Joel Taylor Rice in Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois to Joseph Kenneth Rice (1901–1998) and Emily Bours Thompson Rice (1898–1982).

In 1962, the duo won the Harriet Cohen International Music Award for their London debut, in a program largely devoted to works by Schubert for four hands.


Chen Jiafeng

Chen won 1st Prize at the 9th Wieniawski International Violin Competition in Poland, with further prizes from the European Union Music Competition and the Frederic Chopin Academy of Music, and 2nd Prize at the 13th Menuhin International Violin Competition in Cardiff.

Kam Ning

The young Kam appeared in an episode of the popular British television programme Blue Peter when she was eight, playing Paganini's Caprice No.5 in a segment featuring students from the Yehudi Menuhin School.

Menuhin

Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999), American-Jewish (later Swiss, then British) violin virtuoso and conductor

Moshe Menuhin (1893-1983), teacher and author, father of Yehudi, Hephzibah and Yaltah Menuhin

Menuhin Festival Gstaad

The Menuhin Festival Gstaad is a music festival founded by the great violinist Yehudi Menuhin held every summer since 1957 in the Swiss alpine town of Gstaad.


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