Ida Haendel

Ida Haendel, CBE (born December 15, 1928) is a British violinist of Polish descent.

Career

Haendel was born in Chełm, small city in Eastern Poland. She took up violin at the age three, as a seven-year-old was admitted at the Warsaw Conservatory.cite album-notes |title=Ravel: Tzigane, Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Hartmann: Concerto funébre |albumlink= |bandname=Karel Ančerl, Czech Philharmonic |year=2003 |notestitle= |url= |first=Eva |last=Petrášková |authorlink= |coauthors=(transl.) Ivan Vomáčka |pages=p. 12 |format=CD |publisher=Supraphon |publisherid=SU 3677-2011 |location=Prague |mbid= [http://www.supraphon.cz/cs/katalog/databaze-titulu/detail-titulu/?idtitulu=2002734] ] Later she studied also with Carl Flesch and George Enescu in Paris. During World War II she played in factories and for British and American troops. Her career developed after the end of World War II.cite album-notes |title=Ravel: Tzigane, Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Hartmann: Concerto funébre |albumlink= |bandname=Karel Ančerl, Czech Philharmonic |year=2003 |notestitle= |url= |first=Eva |last=Petrášková |authorlink= |coauthors=(transl.) Ivan Vomáčka |pages=p. 12 |format=CD |publisher=Supraphon |publisherid=SU 3677-2011 |location=Prague |mbid= [http://www.supraphon.cz/cs/katalog/databaze-titulu/detail-titulu/?idtitulu=2002734] ] Her autobiography, "Woman with Violin", was published in 1970. She was made a CBE in 1991. Haendel has lived primarily in Miami, Florida for many years.Fact|date=February 2007

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