Following his role as a member of the awards jury at the 1955 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition, Menuhin secured a Rockefeller Foundation grant for the financially strapped Grand Prize winner at the event, Argentine violinist Alberto Lysy. Menuhin made Lysy his only personal student, and the two toured extensively throughout the concert halls of Europe. The young protégé later established the International Menuhin Music Academy (IMMA) in Gstaad, in his honor.
Following his role as a member of the awards jury at the 1955 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition Menuhin secured a Rockefeller Foundation grant for the financially strapped Grand Prize winner at the event Argentine violinist Alberto Lysy Menuhin made Lysy his only personal student and the two toured extensively throughout the concert halls of Europe The young protégé later established the International Menuhin Music Academy (IMMA) in Gstaad in his honor