This year's Menuhin Competition had extensive coverage in
national, regional and international media. See and read some selected articles
underneath.
Note that the individual articles are quite sizeable documents and
take a while to open when you click on them.
"What Menuhin did like was encouraging young musicians, so
he conceived his event with two special features: first that it would be more a
festival than a contest, and second that it would be for young
players."
Read full article about Yehudi's Children - Preview Article in Classical Music Magazine 15 March
2008
Vengerov gives masterclass and concert at Yehudi Menuhin
Competition
Read full article in Classic FM Magazine
March 2008
Adopt a violinist for Menuhin Contest - school children will
have an opportunity to learn more about classical music and art and the healthy
musician, both passions of Yehudi Menuhin.
Read full article in
the Western Mail 5 March 2008
"Oz has nothing like this" - fans travel 22,000 miles to
attend Menuhin Competition in Cardiff.
Read full article in the
Wales
Echo 18 April 2008
Fighting off the competition - How a virtuoso contest benefits
local schoolchildren.
Read full article in Link Magazine
Spring 2008
Rugby World Cup - But for violin. The Menuhin Competition is
in Wales for the first time as it celebrates its 25th anniversary. But
music fans from all over the world have been able to watch it this year as the
competition is being broadcast live on the internet for the first
time.
Read full article in the Western
Mail 18 April 2008
Raw emotion on display from contestants, jury and audience
members alike at this year's Yehudi Menuhin International Violin
Competition.
Read full 3 page article in The Strad Magazine
July 2008 page 2 page 3
