Hephzibah Menuhin

Hephzibah Menuhin -Hauser ( born May 20, 1920 in San Francisco, † January 1, 1981 in London) was an American- Jewish pianist and human rights campaigner. She was the sister of the famous violinist Yehudi Menuhin and the pianist, painter and philosopher Yaltha Menuhin.

Life

Like her brother, was also found to Hephzibah, which began at the age of 4 years to play the piano as a musical prodigy. Studies led to Basel at Rudolf Serkin and to Paris at Marcel Ciampi. In 1933 she took together with Yehudi their first record on ( Mozart's Sonata in A major, K. 526), the Candid Prize was awarded as the best record of the year with the. As a duo, they made ​​their debut in 1934 in the Salle Pleyel in Paris, and also occurred in the following decades and over again together on; Hephzibah but distinguished himself in solo concerts in many European and American cities. Among other things, she played the Australian premiere of Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 2. In 1951, she played together with Yehudi the opening of the Royal Festival Hall in London there in 1979 and her last concert appearance, again together with her brother. Although Hephzibah Menuhin was born in the U.S., she spent almost her entire life in Europe. Her father, Moshe Menuhin, who had completed a study with a rabbi and an anti-Zionist writer, was descended from a distinguished rabbinical dynasty. At the age of 17, she married the Australian ranchers Lindsay Nicholas, heir to the manufacturer of the Australian " aspirin ", which she accompanied on his property Terrinallum in western Victoria. There, she brought her two sons. Her brother Yehudi married Lindsay's sister Nola. Both marriages ended in divorce.

Then married Hephzibah Menuhin Richard Hauser, who belonged to the religious community of Quakers. The marriage came a daughter. The family moved to England, where they recorded a foster son. In England, they founded the "Institute for Human Rights and Responsibilities " and the " Center for Group Studies " to encourage students according to their capacity and to be assisted. The family home Menuhin -Hauser was a refuge for those who experienced no human rights in adequate extent. Its stated goal was to help all minorities in the entire world.