The comments appeared in the Deutsche Stimme ("German Voice"), a newspaper published by the right-wing National Democratic Party.

"The Yehudi Menuhin Foundation distances itself completely from the content of the comments made by Gerard Menuhin, and sharply condemns the naming of our foundation and its activities in a media outlet that the [German] Interior Ministry has said 'must be considered part of the extreme right,'" a statement from the foundation read.

The Menuhin Foundation is devoted to music education and cross-cultural exchanges.