Nigel Kennedy
Nigel Kennedy: Bach Meets Gershwin review – rip-roaring and exquisitely tender
The classical star is a mesmerisingly musical jazz lover
John Fordham
13, Feb, 2018 @12:33 PM
Classical ‘factory line’ takes the joy out of Beethoven and Brahms, says Nigel Kennedy
Lazy tutors are creating musical clones by putting too much emphasis on technique, says violinist
Dalya Alberge
20, Nov, 2016 @12:05 AM
Nigel Kennedy; Oxford lieder festival; London Philharmonic Orchestra/ Vänskä – review
Nigel Kennedy and Georgi Andreev cook up a storm. Plus, Sibelius at his deepest and darkest
Fiona Maddocks
30, Oct, 2016 @7:30 AM
Brix Smith Start: ‘Mark E Smith? He’s complicated’
Ex-Fall guitarist Brix Smith Start survived wild marriages to Mark E Smith and Nigel Kennedy. And now she’s written her memoir…
Sean O'Hagan
01, May, 2016 @7:30 AM
Nigel Kennedy review – still fist bumping, still virtuosic
On a tour that revisits Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, the violinist is still a mass of contradictions, but his skill is intact and the sound compelling
Rian Evans
25, Jan, 2016 @1:27 PM
Nigel Kennedy: The New Four Seasons CD review – affectionate and irreverent in equal measure
The violin world’s Marmite player and his orchestra never sound less than riveting as they overlay and interject Vivaldi with jazz and rock
Erica Jeal
29, Oct, 2015 @6:15 PM
The playlist: jazz – Miles Davis, Gregory Porter, Laura Mvula and more
In this month’s roundup, Kurt Weill does Walt Whitman, Pete Postlethwaite is remembered and Nigel Kennedy communes with the spirit of Hendrix
John Fordham
25, Mar, 2015 @10:30 AM
Nigel Kennedy’s Hendrix Project review – hard-riffing accounts of timeless themes
The violinist rocks the stage with a two-guitar jazz band, taking Jimi Hendrix classics to fresh heights
John Fordham
05, Mar, 2015 @3:47 PM
Best portraits of 2013 – in pictures
From artists to activists and politicians to personalities, a selection of the best portraits taken by Guardian photographers this year
Mee-Lai Stone
26, Dec, 2013 @4:10 PM
Letters: Passing on the baton from the players to the conductor
Letters: Even with 20 players, such was the din that it was impossible to hear my own playing – and thus we had a conductor to tell us when to play, how fast, how loud
06, Sep, 2013 @7:59 PM
Nigel Kennedy interview: 'Conductors are completely over-rated'
From an early age, violinist Nigel Kennedy refused to play by the rules. He still managed to make the bestselling classical record of all time, and next week he plays the Last Night of the Proms
Decca Aitkenhead
30, Aug, 2013 @6:30 PM
Penguin suit out, feather boa in: orchestra gets a Vivienne Westwood makeover
Extravagant designs replace 'boring and outdated' black for the London Contemporary Orchestra – but opinion is divided
Dalya Alberge
17, Aug, 2013 @11:04 PM
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