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Watch "Making Menuhin: The Documentary" December 3 at 9 PM on VPM PBS.
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Like many major events, last year’s Menuhin Competition was scuttled due to pandemic. However, over 40 top young violinists will now get a chance to compete in this year’s event virtually.
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At one point, Kayleigh Kim put down the violin to focus on speed skating. She thought it might be her future. But a simple suggestion by her mom prompted her to start playing again and she fell in love with it. Now she’s studying at Juilliard and participating in the Menuhin Competition.
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A musician, dancer and writer, 14-year-old Shannon Ma uses her violin and her pen to defy stereotypes about Asian musicians and recognize them for their passions and abilities.
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After winning the Menuhin Competition Oslo 2010, Kerson Leong experienced a turning point. He was just 13, but the Ottawa native was about to embark on a journey that would take him to cities across the globe and position him as “Canada’s next great violinist.”
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Growing up in South Dakota, Maya Anjali Buchanan loved the open space and mountains, and doing her share on the family farm. But learning violin in a rural area is challenging. In this debut episode of Making Menuhin, we trace Buchanan’s roots in Rapid City and her path to becoming a senior competitor in the Menuhin Competition.