Nigel Kennedy
Nigel Kennedy review – banter, birdsong and violin heroics
Shifting gears between Bach, Hendrix and Ryuichi Sakamoto, Kennedy and his quartet perform a characteristically wide-ranging and virtuosic set
Erica Jeal
12, Oct, 2023 @11:56 AM
Classical musicians are ‘clone-like’ these days, says Nigel Kennedy
Renowned violinist applauds the technical proficiency of young players although he finds new teaching methods a ‘brain and heart turn-off’
Dalya Alberge
12, Aug, 2023 @2:17 PM
Don Mousseau obituary
Other lives: Manager of musicians, including the composer Michael Nyman and the violinist Nigel Kennedy
Jan Noble
26, Feb, 2023 @3:29 PM
Nigel Kennedy on his Classic FM fight: ‘Hendrix is like Beethoven, Vivaldi is more Des O’Connor’
Fresh from a bust-up with ‘Jurassic FM’ over playing Hendrix, the violinist talks about musical snobbery, going on strike and his lifelong regret at turning Duke Ellington down
Dave Simpson
28, Sep, 2021 @5:00 AM
Why can’t Classic FM handle Jimi Hendrix? | Letters
Letters: The radio station’s rigid view of classical music is out of date, argues Meirion Bowen, while Frank Paice applauds Radio 3’s approach and Will Scott finds a link between the rock star and a musician from an earlier era
Letters
24, Sep, 2021 @3:38 PM
Violinist Nigel Kennedy cancels concert after Classic FM stops Hendrix tribute
Performer pulls Royal Albert Hall gig over decision he compared to musical segregation
Dalya Alberge
20, Sep, 2021 @5:00 AM
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
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