https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/01/ida-haendel-obituary
According to the obit, Haendel was born in 1923. Her bio listed her birth year as 1928, but like Beethoven, it is thought her birth year was changed to make her appear to be more of a prodigy than she actual was. Her first recognition was in 1933 when she won the Huberman prize playing the Beethoven violin concerto. If 1923 is her correct birth year this would be at the age of 10, quite remarkable. However, if it was 1928, that would be at the age of 5! She most famously entered the first Wieniawski Violin Competition (in her native Poland) in 1935 where she finished 7th and was awarded a special prize. That was the competition that 16 year old Ginette Neveu won over the favored 26 year old David Oistrakh who finished second.
We saw Haendel about 10 years ago playing the Brahms Violin Concerto (one of her specialties) with the Academy of St. Martin's in the Field conducted by Neville Marriner. She would have been 86 or 87 most likely. It was at the St. Martin's Church on Trafalgar Square in London. We were just walking by the church and saw the sandwich board announcing the concert, which was to begin in a few minutes. I went up to the ticket office and they had two tickets that had been returned. They were for the second pew, the first where people were allowed to sit and we sat within 10 feet of Haendel and Marriner - quite a treat.
Last year we were invited to a private concert at J and A Beare's violin shop in London, located behind Wigmore Hall. Four great violins were being demonstrated, 3 Strads and 1 Guaneri del Gesu. One of the three Strad's was Ida Haendel's. It was being sold for around 5M GBP. One of the representatives said that Haendel was in ill health.
Larry
According to the obit, Haendel was born in 1923. Her bio listed her birth year as 1928, but like Beethoven, it is thought her birth year was changed to make her appear to be more of a prodigy than she actual was. Her first recognition was in 1933 when she won the Huberman prize playing the Beethoven violin concerto. If 1923 is her correct birth year this would be at the age of 10, quite remarkable. However, if it was 1928, that would be at the age of 5! She most famously entered the first Wieniawski Violin Competition (in her native Poland) in 1935 where she finished 7th and was awarded a special prize. That was the competition that 16 year old Ginette Neveu won over the favored 26 year old David Oistrakh who finished second.
We saw Haendel about 10 years ago playing the Brahms Violin Concerto (one of her specialties) with the Academy of St. Martin's in the Field conducted by Neville Marriner. She would have been 86 or 87 most likely. It was at the St. Martin's Church on Trafalgar Square in London. We were just walking by the church and saw the sandwich board announcing the concert, which was to begin in a few minutes. I went up to the ticket office and they had two tickets that had been returned. They were for the second pew, the first where people were allowed to sit and we sat within 10 feet of Haendel and Marriner - quite a treat.
Last year we were invited to a private concert at J and A Beare's violin shop in London, located behind Wigmore Hall. Four great violins were being demonstrated, 3 Strads and 1 Guaneri del Gesu. One of the three Strad's was Ida Haendel's. It was being sold for around 5M GBP. One of the representatives said that Haendel was in ill health.
Larry
