Yehudi Menuhin was a legend in his own time. Born in April, 1916 in New York to Russian-Jewish parents, he made his debut at the age of seven, playing Lalo's notoriously difficult Symphonie Espagnole with the San Fransisco Symphony Orchestra. By 11, he had made his historic debuts in Paris and New York, at 12 in Berlin and at 13 in London, thus launching himself on a career that was to take him all over the world in the ensuing decades, playing with leading conductors and orchestras.