A Tony Palmer film
Features: DVD, Dolby, Digital Audio, Dolby Digital (5.1)
From child prodigy to world-famous conductor and teacher, Yehudi Menuhin was one of the world's most undisputed international ambassadors of music. Tony Palmer's intimate film profile reveals Menuhin's history from his New York roots and sensational Paris debut at age eleven to becoming the first major Western classical soloist playing jazz and Indian music and running a school at Stoke d'Abernon. The film includes exclusive interviews with family and friends, including never-publicly-before-seen archival material owned by Menuhin himself. The conductor is viewed at work with the Asian Youth Orchestra in Hong Kong, the Warsaw Sinfonia in Poland, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and his own chamber orchestra at Epidaurus in Greece.
Editor's Note
The first full-length feature on the world's premiere violinist, this acclaimed documentary (it was the "Grand Award Winner" at the New York International Film and Television Festival) provides a smart and emotional look at Yehudi Menuhin's remarkable history. Tracing his roots from a New York City childhood, through his amazing Paris debut at age eleven, to his illustrious professional career, YEHUDI MENUHIN is an intimate and comprehensive portrait which contains newsreel footage and interviews. It was filmed on location in Saanen, Switzerland; London & Stoke d'Abernon England; Paris, France; Vienna, Austria; East & West Berlin & Dresden, Germany; Warsaw, Poland; San Francisco & New York, USA.
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