Yehudi Menuhin: The Violin of the Century

Yehudi Menuhin is one of the most acclaimed classical musicians of the 20th century, and this documentary offers an in-depth look at his remarkable career. Compiled from archival sources spanning nearly 50 years, Yehudi Menuhin: Violin of the Century follows this remarkable artist from his early days as a child prodigy to his later period, in which in addition to performing the great works of the classical repertoire, he began to explore the musical vocabularies of jazz and world music. Yehudi Menuhin: Violin of the Century was named 1996's Video of the Year by Gramophone, one of the world's leading classical music publications.