Zamira menuhin biography

Born in 1939, Zamira dedicated much of her life to continuing her father's legacy.
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Zamira Menuhin Benthall, daughter of legendary violinist Yehudi Menuhin and Nola Nicholas, has died peacefully at her home on 31 July at the age of 84.

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The Power of Practice: How Music and Yoga Transformed the Life and Work of Yehudi Menuhin

Menuhin’s Path to Embracing Yoga

Menuhin exhibited a strong idealism and open-mindedness about the world, both during his childhood and later as a yoga practitioner. His early family life played an important role in laying the foundation for this worldview, while his inherent idealism and culturally inclusive beliefs provided the emotional and spiritual groundwork for his embrace of yoga as an adult. When viewing the early influences and musical career that formed the foundation for Menuhin’s remarkably creative and spiritual life, it is really no surprise that he felt so drawn to the practice and discipline of yoga as an adult.

Development as a Classical Performer

EARLY TRAINING

Menuhin was born in New York City on April 22, 1916. His parents, Moshe (“Aba”) and Marutha (“Imma”) Menuhin had arrived in America as part of the wave of Russian Jewish immigration in the early twentieth century. His mother proudly named him Yehudi, which means

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The Honourable Zamira Menuhin Benthall, daughter of legendary violinist Yehudi Menuhin and Nola Nicholas, has died peacefully at her home on 31 July at the age of 84. Her funeral will take place on 16 August in Pembury, Kent, UK.

Menuhin Benthall was born in 1939 and spent much of her life continuing her father’s work, serving as a governor and vice-president for the Yehudi Menuhin School for many years. Between 1960–1969 she was married to Chinese pianist Fou Ts’ong, with whom she had one child, Lin Siao Fou-Menuhin. She later married British anthropologist Jonathan Charles Mackenzie Benthall in 1975, with whom she had children William Jonathan Menuhin Benthall and Dominic Gabriel Menuhin Benthall. The latter has served as a governor at the Menuhin school since his mother’s retirement.

The Yehudi Menuhin School paid tribute to Menuhin Benthall through a social media post:

‘We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Zamira Menuhin Benthall… As Yehudi’s daughter, Zamira was a beloved member of our community. Present and f

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MENHUIN, Hon Zamira 1939-2024

She was the only dau of the violinist & LP Baron MENUHIN1916-99 and his 1st w Nola Ruby d of George NICHOLAS of Melbourne, Australia. She m 1st 1960 (div 1969) the concert pianist Fou Ts'ong and had a son. She m 2nd 1975 Jonathan Charles Mackenzie b 1941 3rd s of Sir (Arthur) Paul BENTHALLKBE 1902-1992 sometime head of that gentry family of Benthalland Mary Lucy PRINGLE1905-88 scion of that gentry family of Whytbank, and had a further two sons.

Obit in the Times of 8 Aug 2024:

Zamira Menuhin obituary: Daughter of the celebrated violinist

Custodian of Yehudi’s legacy who set up Concerts for Children, which helped 800 boys and girls

… According to Tony Palmer’s book Menuhin: A Family Portrait (1991), Zamira was the child to whom Menuhin was closest, and it was she who kept his flame burning after his death in 1999…

… Zamira Ruby Menuhin was born in Los Angeles in 1939, the elder of Menuhin’s two children by his first wife, Nola (née Nicholas), who was from a wealthy Australian family; her younger brother, Krov, became an u