Ida Haendel, CBE (15 December 1928 - or 1923, the exact year remains uncertain – 1 July 2020) [a][2][3] was a world renowned Polish-British-Canadian violinist. Haendel was a child prodigy, her career spanning over seven decades. She also became an influential teacher.

Apr 11, 2016 · In a life that spanned the greater part of the twentieth century, Ida Haendel was one of the most enduring idols of the concert platform, an inspiration to both performers and music-lovers through her many recordings as well as her live performances and broadcasts.

Jul 1, 2020 · Ida Haendel, the Polish-born British violinist, died on 30 June. Often known as the ‘grande dame of the violin’, she enjoyed a virtuosic seven-decade career as a soloist, released many best-selling recordings and sat on the juries of several notable competitions.

Jul 8, 2020 · Ida Haendel, the Polish-born prodigy with a fiery sound and unassailable technique who became one of the foremost violinists of her generation, died on July 1 in Pembroke Park, Fla.

Jul 1, 2024 · When Ida Haendel died on 1 July, aged 96, we lost almost the last survivor from Carl Flesch’s famous 1930s class – only Ivry Gitlis is left now. Like him, Haendel had a rather unorthodox career, not helped in her case by some quixotic decisions.

Dec 20, 2021 · Luminary Polish-born Jewish violinist and teacher Ida Haendel has passed away, in Miami – aged 91. A student of Carl Flesch and George Enescu, Ms Haendel will be remembered as one of the preeminent violinists of the 20th Century.

Ida Haendel died on the thirtieth of June. Known as the “grande dame of the violin,” Haendel was one of the last of a legendary generation of fiddlers, and a performer blessed with perhaps unprecedented violinistic longevity.

Jul 4, 2020 · Ida Haendel, one of the greatest violinists of our time, passed away in her Miami home on June 30th, at age 91. Some claim, and not without a reason, that in fact she was at least five years...

Hailed as one of the great violinists of the 20th century, Ida Haendel (1928-2020) “enthralled audiences around the world with a combination of classical rigor and romantic warmth—a mind-blowing mix of fire and ice.”

Dec 25, 2019 · Haendel's violin is a Stradivarius of 1699. Born in Chelm, a small town in provincial Poland, Ida Haendel first picked up her father's violin at the age of 3 and won her first competition, the Huberman Prize, when she was five, playing Beethoven's Violin Concerto.