Glynis O’Hara
`MUSIC never made violence or a vandal,” says Lord Yehudi Menuhin, visiting South Africa to perform as part of a world tour celebrating his 80th birthday.
The violinist and musical ambassador handed over 200 child-size violins for the South African Music Education Trust (Samet) training programmes to President Nelson Mandela (right) at a banquet last week. Samet will distribute the instruments as temporary loans to scholars and educators.
The antidote to violence, said Menhuin, is “simple – listening instead of shouting … seek to understand and communicate with others”.
Art, he added, should be part of every child’s education from the day of birth.