Neveu was born in 1919 and at the age of seven-and-a-half performed the
Bruch Concerto in Paris.  In 1931 she met Carl Flesch who was so impressed
by the tweleve year old Neveu that he assumed responsibilty for her musical
education.  It was at Flesch's insistance (and with his financial help)
that she became a late entrant in the 1935 Wieniawski Competition.  She
had just six weeks to learn the repertoire for the competition.  In all
there were one hundred and eighty competitors, amongst the oldest being
the out-and-out favourite, a Soviet competitor eleven years her senior
called David Oistrakh.  That Neveu captured the first prize was nothing
less then a sensation.  A international career was immediately launched.
As mentioned she was killed in a plane crash in the Azores on October 28,
1949.

There quite a few of her recordings out there.  Dutton, on it's super
budget label (CDBP 9710) has re-released the Brahms Concerto and a bunch
of shorter works which is probably a good place to start.  She recorded
for EMI which still has most of her work available on CD.  In addition
there are various air checks on a variety of labels.

Peter Schenkman, Toronto, Canada