Polish-born violinist renowned for an intense lyricism combined with classical rigour The Polish-born violinist Ida Haendel, who has died aged 96, enthralled audiences around the world with a ...

She was never quite as famous as the men: Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, Jascha Heifetz. But if you heard Ida Haendel play violin once, you knew her tone anywhere: the shuddery, overwhelming pointedness ...

The Polish-born violinist Ida Haendel has died at the age of 91. A player who studied with Carl Flesch and George Enescu and who made her London debut under the baton of Sir Henry Wood, Haendel’s ...

Ida Haendel, a Polish-born virtuoso violinist who was widely regarded as one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century, passed away in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday, at the age of 91. Born into a ...

A link to the early-20th-century school of violin playing, Ms. Haendel was a noted champion of the concertos of Britten, Walton and Sibelius. By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim Ida Haendel, the ...

John Suchet talks to the octogenarian violinist about her incredible career - and why she's got no plans to slow down any time soon. After taking up the violin an astonishing 82 years ago, Ida Haendel ...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla.MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Ida Haendel plays what she calls her “fiddle” to a small audience at a friend’s apartment late into the night. Her chin fits snugly into the violin. Her body is ...

IDA Haendel, who was regarded as one of the foremost violinists of her generation and was described by critics as “the grande dame of the violin”, has died from kidney cancer, aged 96, in a nursing ...

It's not every day that London concert-goers can see the great violinist Ida Haendel in action, let alone for free. But on 9 December, Haendel, the doyenne of the violin world, will be at the Wigmore ...

“You played it masterfully in every respect…I congratulate myself that my concerto has found an interpreter of your rare standard.” Jean Sibelius These words formed part of the Finnish composer’s fan ...

IDA Haendel, who was regarded as one of the foremost violinists of her generation and was described by critics as “the grande dame of the violin”, has died from kidney cancer, aged 96, in a nursing ...