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Knut Utler
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Press Coverage of the Menuhin Competition 2008

The Menuhin Competition 2008 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