The Music Plays On — Ida Haendel

The great violinist, Ida Haendel, passed away yesterday at the age of 91, or 96, depending on the obituary one reads. Regardless of the veracity of her age, we have lost one of the greatest violinists of the twentieth century.

Ida Haendel was born in Chelm, Poland. At the age of 3 she started to play the violin and it was apparent from the very moment she picked up the instrument that she was a natural. Her…