Ida Haendel was born in Chełm, a small city in Eastern Poland. She took up the violin at the age of three and as a seven-year-old was admitted at the Warsaw Conservatory. She later studied with Carl Flesch and George Enescu in Paris.

She made her debut at the Henry Wood proms in 1937, since when she has retuned many time to play for Proms audiences During World War II she played in factories and for British and American troops. Her career developed after the end of World War II.

In 1993 she had her concert début with the Berlin Philharmonic. Germany's female star virtuoso Anne-Sophie Mutter craves her opinions and Maxim Vengerov regards her with awe.

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