The Resume

(April 22, 1916-March 12, 1999)
Born in New York City, New York
Became famous at age 7 with his performance of Mendelssohn's violin concerto
Founded the Yehudi Menuhin School for musically gifted children (1963)
Collaborated with jazz violinst Stephane Grappelli and sitarist Ravi Shankar
Became a citizen of Switzerland (1970) and Great Britain (1985)

Why he might be annoying:

He was a child prodigy.
He was a vegetarian.
He was into yoga and stood on his head 15 to 20 minutes each day.
His son Jeremy said, 'It was impossible to have an ordinary conversation with him, unless you were talking about one of his projects.... Anything personal was viewed as a weakness.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He was married to ballerina Diana Gould for 52 years until his death.
He had a 70 year recording contract with EMI, the longest in the music biz.
During World War II, he played over 500 concerts for US troops and performed for survivors of the newly liberated Belsen concentration camp.
As a gesture of post-war reconciliation, he performed with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler (1947).
After hearing him play, Albert Einstein said, 'Now I know there is a God in heaven.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Born on Earth Day [April 22nd] (Ranked: 1916)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 28]
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Fiddlers
• I Died in 1999 (Ranked: 82)
• I Do Yoga
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[M-Q]
• I Performed in Leonard Bernstein’s 60th Birthday Concert [August 25, 1978]
• Kennedy Center Honorees (Ranked: 1986)
• Knights
• Look at My Album Cover
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 2007)
• Person to Person - Guests [L-Z]
• Profiles 28751-29000 (Ranked: 28792)
• Renounced U.S. Citizenship
• Stage Door Canteen [1943]
• Top 100 Old Time Radio Moments of the 20th Century (Ranked: 89)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 19 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 26 Votes: 57.69% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 18.75% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 59 Votes: 47.46% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 37.50% Annoying