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Nigel Kennedy

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2013 - Recital

2008 - Violin Concertos

2007 - Polish spirit

2006 - Blue Note Sessions

2004 - Vivaldi II

2003 - Vivaldi

2000 - Riders on the Storm: The Doors Concerto

1999 - Classic Kennedy

1999 - The Kennedy Experience

1997 - Elgar: Violin Concerto, op. 61 / Vaughan Williams: The Lark

1992 - Violin Concertos

1991 - Violin Concerto

1989 - The Four Seasons

1988 - Violin Concertos

1986 - Music by Ellington & Bartók

1984 - Salut d'amour & Other Elgar Favourites

1984 - Violin Concerto

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English

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Violinist

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Classical

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1956

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Nigel Kennedy (born December 28, 1956 in Brighton, England) is a violinist and violist. He was a pupil at the Yehudi Menuhin School, under Yehudi Menuhin himself, and later at the Juilliard School under Dorothy DeLay. Kennedy has done much a to popularise classical music, particularly among young people. He has also performed and recorded most of the major violin concerti. Kennedy expresses concern for the immediate appeal of live performance, and often records entire works or movements in single 'takes' to preserve this sense in his recordings. He also introduces improvisatory elements in his performances, as in his Jimi Hendrix-inspired cadenza to the Ludwig van Beethoven violin concerto and his jazz and fusion recordings. Away from his musical career, Kennedy is a supporter of football clubs Aston Villa and Cracovia. Recently he has appeared on Cracovia's 100th anniversary in club replica kit. www.nigel-kennedy.net/