In this video, made by young violinist siblings Leia and Leo Zhu during lockdown, Leia pays homage to the great violinist Ida Haendel, who died on 1 July 2020 at the age of 96. Also shared is footage of Leia’s meeting with Haendel in February 2018 (from 3.30). The video has been shortlisted in the Cinemagic Belfast Young Filmmaker 2020 awards.

Read The Strad’s Ida Haendel obituary: Ida Haendel: Grande dame of the violin

Watch: Ida Haendel plays Bach’s Chaconne in 2002

Watch: 12-year-old violinist Leia Zhu plays Kodály with cellist Amit Peled

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