Styles of address, awards, and honours Yehudi Menuhin

awards , honours

freedom of city (edinburgh, scotland, 1965)
in 1965, while still american citizen, menuhin made honorary knight commander of order of british empire, entitled him use postnominal letters kbe, not style himself sir yehudi. after menuhin gained british citizenship in 1985, knighthood upgraded substantive one, , became sir yehudi menuhin kbe.
the jawaharlal nehru award international understanding (1968).
became president of trinity college of music (now trinity laban conservatoire of music , dance), 1970
the léonie sonning music prize (denmark, 1972)
nominated president of elgar society (1983)
the ernst von siemens music prize (1984)
the kennedy center honors (1986)
appointed member of order of merit (1987)
his recording of edward elgar s cello concerto in e minor julian lloyd webber won 1987 brit award best british classical recording (bbc music magazine named recording finest version ever recorded ).
the glenn gould prize (1990), in recognition of lifetime of contributions
wolf prize in arts (1991)
ambassador of goodwill (unesco, 1992)
on 19 july 1993 menuhin made life peer, baron menuhin, of stoke d abernon in county of surrey.
sangeet natak akademi fellowship highest honour conferred sangeet natak akademi, india s national academy music, dance , drama (1994)
the konex decoration (konex foundation, argentina, 1994)
the otto hahn peace medal in gold of united nations association of germany (dgvn) in berlin (1997)
honorary doctorates 20 universities, including oxford, cambridge, st andrews, vrije universiteit brussel , university of bath (1969).
in european parliament in brussels, room in concerts , performances held called yehudi menuhin space .
menuhin honored freeman of cities of edinburgh, bath, reims , warsaw.
he held gold medals of cities of paris, new york , jerusalem.
honorary degree kalamazoo college
elected honorary fellow of fitzwilliam college in 1991
he received 1997 prince of asturias award in concord category along russian cellist mstislav rostropovich.
on 15 may 1998 menuhin received grand cross of order of saint james of sword (portugal).




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