The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency - half tiger, half poet.

They had two children Krov and Zamira (who married pianist Fou Ts'ong). When the Menuhins went to Paris Persinger suggested Yehudi go to his own teacher Eugène Ysaÿe. His sisters were the concert pianist and human rights worker Hephzibah Menuhin and the pianist painter and poet Yaltah Menuhin.

Yehudi Menuhin Baron Menuhin OM KBE (22 April 1916 – 12 March 1999) was an American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. He is often considered to be one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century.