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The Yehudi Menuhin School is a specialist music school in Surrey, England, founded in 1963 by violinist Yehudi Menuhin. The school is one of the five established musical schools for school-age children in the United Kingdom, along with Chetham's School of Music, Wells Cathedral School, the Purcell School and St. Mary's Music School, Edinburgh.
The school aims to give pupils the best musical education possible, with internationally renowned teachers including Simon Fischer, Natalya Boyarskaya and Ruth Nye. The current Director of Music is Malcolm Singer.
The school is a registered charity under English law.
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Notable former pupils
- Levine Andrade
- Nicola Benedetti
- Halli Cauthery
- Bobby Chen
- Beverley Davison
- Cheryl Frances-Hoad
- Tasya Hodges
- Timur Ibragimov
- Alina Ibragimova
- Aleksey Igudesman
- Hyung-ki Joo
- Nigel Kennedy
- Tasmin Little
- Jacob Shaw
- Wu Qian
- Alexander Sitkovetsky
- Valeriy Sokolov
- Kathryn Stott
- Marius Stravinsky
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References
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External links
- Official website
- Profile on the ISC website
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