MUSIC
Ida Haendel's Stringed Saga
A brief look at the amazing 85-year career of the accomplished violinist
Image: Courtesy Ida Haendel London
Image: Courtesy Ida Haendel London
- 1928
- Born in Chelm, Poland
- 1932
- Starts playing sister’s violin
- 1933
- Wins prestigious Warsaw Conservatory Gold Medal
- 1939
- Moves to London just in time to avoid Nazi invasion of Poland
- 1940–45
- Now a UK citizen, she frequently plays to entertain wounded Allied troops in London hospitals.
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- 1946
- Becomes first soloist to perform with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
- 1946
- Plays at Carnegie Hall in New York, her first US performance
- 1952
- Moves to Montreal with her parents and continues touring worldwide
- 1973
- Joins the London Philharmonic Orchestra for tour of People’s Republic of China, the first Western orchestra to appear there since the Cultural Revolution
- 1991
- Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (one step below knighthood) by Queen Elizabeth II
- 2006
- Performs for Pope Benedict XVI at the former concentration camp Auschwitz
- May 23, 2013
- Scheduled to perform with the Portland Chamber Music Ensemble 45th Parallel at the Old Church, 7:30 p.m. 45thparallelpdx.org
