Yehudi Menuhin
Violinist
Violin virtuoso whose career spanned most of the twentieth century and influenced many prominent artists, including Tasmin Little.
He was able to persuade Louis Persinger to take him on as a student after Persinger initially turned him away as a student.
After watching videos of himself, he realized he had been holding my bow wrong for many years.
He married Nola Nicholas in 1938 and, after their divorce in 1947, he married Diana Gould Menuhin on October 19, 1947.
He and Isaac Stern were both celebrated violinists.