Ida Haendel

[semloh]

I hope my fellow moderators will forgive a brief digression from our remit!

I just had to note the passing of the wonderful Ida Haendel, aged in her 90s. She will be remembered by some of us oldies as a popular virtuoso performer of the standard violin repertoire and a regular at the Proms. Like Dame Vera Lynn, she was also a wartime performer, generous with her talent, and much loved. She lived a long life, devoted to music and musicians, and worthy of a moment's remembrance...

[Alan Howe]

She was a great musician. I believe my mother saw her at the Proms after WW2, i.e. approx.70 years ago.

[Gareth Vaughan]

A consummate violinist. Marvellous musician.