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Yehudi Menuhin School

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Yehudi Menuhin School
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Information
TypeIndependent day and boarding school
Music school
Established1963
FounderYehudi Menuhin
Department for Education URN125428 Tables
PresidentDaniel Barenboim
Head teacherRichard Hillier
GenderCoeducational
Age8 to 19
Enrollment73
HousesHarris House, Music House, White House and Middle Block
Websitehttp://www.yehudimenuhinschool.co.uk

The Yehudi Menuhin School is a specialist music school in Surrey, England, founded in 1963 by violinist Yehudi Menuhin.[1] The school is one of the five established musical schools for school-age children in the United Kingdom, along with Chetham's School of Music, Wells Cathedral School, the Purcell School and St. Mary's Music School, Edinburgh.

The school aims to give pupils the best musical education possible, with internationally renowned teachers including Simon Fischer, Natalya Boyarskaya and Ruth Nye. The current Director of Music is Malcolm Singer.

Notable former pupils

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