 She was taken to Paris at the age of four when Yehudi and Hephzibah went to study there.Marcel Ciampi, engaged to teach Hephzibah, initially refused to entertain the notion of teaching Yaltah at such a young age.However, Yaltah so impressed him with her spontaneous rendition of Schumann's "Kinderszenen" that he remarked, "Mrs. Menuhin's womb is a veritable conservatory," and agreed to take her on as well.