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Yehudi Menuhin

American violinist and conductor1916 to 1999

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Teachers and mentors3

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a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Adolf Busch
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Georges Enescou
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Louis Persinger

Taught6

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a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Michael Davis
born 1937
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Emmanuel Krivine
born 1947
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Alexandre Dubach
born 1955
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Jeanne-Marie Conquer
born 1965
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Akiko Ono
born 1978
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Sophocles Politis

Education and career1

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undated
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
studied

At a glance

known as: conductor, politician, autobiographer, jazz musician, violinist, philatelist
degrees: Doctor of Letters, 1968
awards: 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, Glenn Gould Prize, Kennedy Center Honors, Walter Willson Cobbett Medal, 1959, Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, 1962, Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, 1968, Léonie Sonning Music Prize, 1972, doctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University, 1976, Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association, 1979, Hans von Bülow Medal, 1979, Ernst Reuter Medal, 1980, Albert Medal, 1981, Kulturpreis der deutschen Freimaurer, 1982, Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, 1984, Moses-Mendelssohn-Preis, 1986, Buber Rosenzweig Medal, 1989, Brahms-Preis, 1990, Wolf Prize in Arts, 1991, Musikpreis der Stadt Duisburg, 1992, Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit, 1995, Gramophone Award for Lifetime Achievement, 1996, Princess of Asturias Award for Concord, 1997, Otto Hahn Peace Medal, 1997, Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1997, honorary doctor of the University of Valencia, 1999, honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1999, Fellow of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎, honorary doctorate, 1977, Order of the British Empire, National Order of Merit, Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, Order of Civil Merit, Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, Princess of Asturias Awards
member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Académie des beaux-arts, Romanian Academy
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stated by WikidataWikipediaYehudi Menuhin
stated by WikidataWikidataQ156814
stated by WikidataVIAF12312362
stated by WikidataGND118580906
stated by WikidataIdRef027023214
stated by WikidataISNI0000000121208271

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Read on 22 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q156814,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Yehudi Menuhin: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q156814},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Yehudi Menuhin: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q156814