On this day 109 years ago, on April 22, 1916 (March 20, 1916 lunar calendar), American musician Yehudi Menuhin was born. On April 22, 1916, American violinist and music conductor Yehudi Menuhin was born in New York to Russian immigrant parents. Enlightened by a tutor, he started learning the violin at the age of 4, received music education under the guidance of famous teachers in San Francisco, Romania, Paris and Switzerland, and performed on stage at the age of 7. From the age of 10 to 13, he gave concerts in New York, Paris, Berlin and London. Since the 1920s, Yehudi Menuhin has started his artistic career. In 1935, he began to travel around the world and perform. In two years, he has given more than 110 concerts. During World War II, Menuhin gave more than 500 performances for Allied forces and the International Committee of the Red Cross. After the war he went to Paris, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Antwerp and other cities and the Soviet Union. 1958-1968 Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of the Baja Festival in the United Kingdom. 1966 Collaborated with the American Symphony Orchestra and performed at Carnegie Hall for the first time as a conductor of the Symphony Orchestra. 1969 President of the UNESCO International Music Council. 1971 Dean of Trinity Conservatory in London. He is also the founder of the International Menuhin Conservatory in Switzerland and the Menuhin School in the United Kingdom. Menuhin received honorary doctorates in music, law, and literature from ten universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, as well as various medals from the governments of France, Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the United Kingdom, and Greece. Menuhin's main works include memoir "The Unfinished Journey", textbook "Violin", anthology "Main Melodies and Variations", "Art and Science as Similar Concepts", "Comprehensive Education", etc. He also made some music recording films. Teenager Menuhin was a music prodigy in the 1920s. Yehudi Menuhin taught college students