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Biography
Ida Haendel , Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE (reportedly born 15 December 1928 The Strad magazine dated March 1937 gives her birth date as 15 January 1923; her precise age is in doubt) is a United Kingdom|British violin ist of Poland|Polish birth.
Career
Ida Haendel was born in Chelm , a small city in Eastern Poland. She took up the violin at the age of three and as a seven-year-old was admitted at the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy|Warsaw Conservatory .cite album-notes |title=Ravel: Tzigane, Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Hartmann: Concerto funébre |bandname= Karel Ancerl , Czech Philharmonic |year=2003 |first=Eva |last=Petrášková |coauthors=(transl.) Ivan Vomácka |page=12 |format=CD |publisher= Supraphon |publisherid=SU 3677-2011 |location= Prague http://www.supraphon.cz/cs/katalog/databaze-titulu/detail-titulu/? idtitulu=2002734 She later studied with Carl Flesch and George Enescu in Paris . During World War II she played in factories and for British and United States|American troops. Her career developed after the end of World War II. Her autobiography, Woman with Violin , was published in 1970. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1991. Haendel has lived primarily in Miami , Florida for many years and is actively involved with the Miami International Piano Festival. http://miamipianofest.com/artists/haendel.html "Biography: Ida Haendel", Miami International Piano Festival She has the reputation of being as accomplished and brilliant a violinist as Yehudi Menuhin and Isaac Stern .
Ida Haendel's recording of the Violin Concerto (Sibelius)|Sibelius Concerto , with Paavo Berglund and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra , is a highly acclaimed interpretation that garnered praise from Sibelius himself.Norris, Geoffrey, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturecritics/geoffreynorris/5899800/Ida-Haendel-and-Simon-Rattle-Elgars-Violin-Concerto-CD-review.html "Ida Haendel and Simon Rattle: Elgar's Violin Concerto", Telegraph (UK), 28 Jul 2009 "In 1949, Sibelius heard her interpretation, commenting afterwards that she “played it masterfully in every respect. I congratulate myself that my concerto has found an interpreter of your rare standard.”
Ida Haendel has said that she has always had a passion for German music.(German) http://www.welt.de/welt_print/article2878242/Der-Geigerin-Ida-Haendel-zum-80.html " Der Geigerin Ida Haendel zum 80", Die Welt , December 15, 2008 In 1948-49 she recorded Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven 's Violin Concerto (Beethoven)|Violin Concerto , with Rafael Kubelik conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra. In 1993 she had her concert début with the Berliner Philharmoniker . Germany's female star virtuoso Anne-Sophie Mutter craves her opinions and Maxim Vengerov regards her with awe.Lebrecht, Norman, http://www.scena.org/columns/lebrecht/000621-NL-IdaHaendel.html "Ida Haendel - The one they don't want you to hear", La Scena Musicale , June 22, 2000
Other acclaimed recordings are her renditions of Johannes Brahms|Brahms ' Violin Concerto (Brahms)|Violin Concerto (including one with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sergiu Celibidache ) and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky 's Violin Concerto (Tchaikovsky)|Violin Concerto with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted Basil Cameron . http://www.jose-sanchez-penzo.net/ihaendel.html "Ida Haendel Homage Page" by José Sánchez-Penzo
In June 2009 Haendel appeared on a Channel 4 television programme entitled ''The World's Greatest Musical Prodigies in which she advises 16 year old British composer Alex Prior|Alexander Prior on which children to choose to play his composition. http://www.aptonline.org/catalog.nsf/b419d0213e452ec785256db10052d22b/0282a2ac58ce70e4852576a8005731be/$FILE/World%27s%20Greatest%20Musical%20Prodigies.pdf "FACT SHEET: TITLE: THE WORLD’S GREATEST MUSICAL PRODIGIES", Channel 4 '', 2009 http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-worlds-greatest-musical-prodigies/articles/alexander-prior-16-conductorcomposer "The World's Greatest Musical Prodigies", Channel 4, 30 March 2009
Family
BLP unsourced section|date=November 2011Current surviving immediate family: Sister - Alice Grunberg, Nephews - Richard Grunberg, Emil Grunberg, Great Niece - Robyn Grunberg Great Nephew - Corey Grunberg
References
Reflist Use dmy dates|date=August 2010 Persondata | NAME = Haendel, Ida | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 15 December 1928 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Haendel, Ida Category:1928 births Category:Living people Category:People from Chelm Category:Jewish classical musicians Category:Jewish violinists Category:Polish classical violinists Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Category:Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom Category:Polish Jews Category:American people of Polish-Jewish descent Category:Honorary Members of the Royal Academy of Music Category:Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition prize-winners
