Stereophile: Art, Music, Kennedy & Commerce and classical violinist kennedy (formerly known as nigel kennedy) for kennedy s violin is his 21stcentury reply to Hendrix s Fender Stratocaster. http://stereophile.com/thinkpieces/700art/
Extractions: Art and commerce are butting heads once again, now that England's popular Brit Awards include a category for classical music. Last month's inaugural nominees included some highbrow names (Rachmaninoff, Bryn Terfel), but leaned heavily on such "crossover" artists as Paul McCartney for his orchestral forays, and classical violinist Kennedy (formerly known as Nigel Kennedy) for The Kennedy Experience Take classical music critic Cosmo Landesmann's comments about The Kennedy Experience (Sony Classical SK 61687): "The point of Jimi Hendrix and that kind of music is not to find inner depth. You cannot transform the Hendrix sound upon a violin, you end up with a terrible mush." What kind of "inner depth" is Landesmann looking for? Is it really absent from popular music? Are pop and classical two separate worlds of music, complete with different kinds of feeling, intelligence, and depth? It's easy to be a snob (writes the audiophile), but don't do it Landesmann's way. If "that kind of music" couldn't possibly have the musical depth and integrity of Bach's or Mozart's, that could only be because Hendrix and other pop artists lived and worked in the late 20th century, a time far removed and isolated from the golden age of classical music. As a product and expression of his times (what artist isn't?), Hendrix wouldn't have noticed the value of classical music if it bit his arse through his velvet bell-bottoms. Of course, music critics didn't invent this notion of a "golden age" of art, or the complaint that present times don't measure up. The classical renaissance and rise of humanism in 15th-century Europe were all about recapturing the (supposedly) lost wisdom, art, and technology of Antiquity. Judeo-Christian traditions share beliefs about Eden and the decline of humanity, and new-age devotees have a thing or two (or three) to say about ancient, forgotten truths they claim to have rediscovered. The myth of the golden age dies hard.
Telegraph Arts They Think I Ma Good Boy Now The punk violinist tells Peter Culshaw about recording with a Polish klezmer bandand nigel kennedy welcomes me affably into his house in Belsize Park, http://www.artsjournal.com/music/redir/20030714-26240.html
John Etheridge Bio Page Two At Griot Agency violinist Christian Garrick brings off the difficult task of suggesting Grappelli sstyle nigel kennedy JE(g), nigel kennedy(vi),Caroline Dale(c), http://www.griot.de/biojohnetheridgediscs.htm
Extractions: Dave Kelbie: rhythm guitar "If John Etheridge weren't so brilliant he might be more famous. His versatility is confusing. What other guitarist could have begun his career as a member of Soft Machine and the Stephan Grappelli Quintet? For this set Etheridge revisits Grappelli territory, but in the spirit of exploration rather than nostalgia. His companionns are rhythm guitarist Dave Kelbie, bassist Malcolm Creese and Christian Garrick, the best young violinist in jazz today. The programme ranges from old ballads, such as 'I'm Through With Love', to a death defying version of Coltrane's 'Giant Steps' that would cause other guitarists to fall apart from the first chorus." (Dave Gelly - The Observer - CD Of The Week) "This quartet is a working band. Since recording their first CD 'Sweet Chorus' they have chalked up nearly 150 live performances in a rhythmic cohesion and creative flow that is evident from the fiirst bar... Dave Kelbie's rhythm guitar is a joy in itself, firm but relaxed, clearly executed but never obtrusive. Chris Garrick is simply the most accomplished and expressive jazz violinist on today's jazz scene... consistently inventive. Malcolm Creese is one of the most in demand bass players around.. A virtuoso who never overplays, his handsome broad bass sound underpins the quartet...
No Strings Attached Matthew Trusler is a bright young British violinist who is getting talked aboutin all Brown helped nigel kennedy to buy his first Strad, back in 1986. http://www.scena.org/columns/lebrecht/030903-NL-violins.html
Extractions: Other countries are better organised.. In Vienna, promising conservatory students are given instruments on loan from public museums. In the US, wealthy collectors lend their family heirlooms to rising performers. In Germany and Japan, banks buy Strads as a sound investment and allocate them to favoured peformers. Australia has a national instrument collection. Britain has nothing official of any such kind to help its future stars.
BBC News | Entertainment | Belgrade Ovation For Kennedy violinist nigel kennedy delights a Yugoslav audience in the first concert thereby a Western musician since the Kosovo conflict. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_379000/379424.stm
Extractions: Violinist Nigel Kennedy received four standing ovations after becoming the first Western musician to perform in Yugoslavia since the Kosovo conflict. Belgrade's Sava Centre was packed with 3,700 people, who heard Kennedy play with the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra. The British musician, who will not be receiving a fee, described his visit to the city as a "non-political" gesture of support to the orchestra, with whom he performed in December 1997. Last week he took part in the Unicef benefit event for Kosovar refugees in London. "It was really fun and particularly emotional and atmospheric," he said after the concert. "It was the first time in a long while that so many people have been able to come together publicly to enjoy themselves."
Press Releases- APU HONORARY NIGEL BROWN TO GIVE MUSICAL TALK ON CAMPUS nigel is a well known local businessman and amateur violinist. has helpedmusicians secure funding for their instruments, most notably nigel kennedy. http://www.apu.presscentre.com/corp/releases/release.asp?NID=Press Releases&Rele
Genealogy - Kennedy nigel kennedy. A cockney violinist and complete prat whose sex exploits we wouldrather not dwell upon. nigel kennedy violinist. Charles kennedy http://www.firstfoot.com/geneolagy/kennedy.htm
Extractions: Home Classifieds Today's Joke SHOP ... Wallace This is actually where "Canada" got its name from. The "Kennedies" were among the first Irish/Scots to arrive in the new territory and were so-named because of their "canny dae" attitude which saw them sit back and watch while other people did the real work of building a country. The "canny dae's" or "canny dae yins" were, ergo, the first politicians of what we now know as Canada. Bored with the accent and the crap climate, a branch of these original Kennedies moved to the East Coast of America and became the first family of that country. The first family to buy the Presidency anyway. There are Irish "Canny dae's" and Scottish "Canny dae's" but it makes no odds really for those born under what is now officially known as the "Kennedy Curse". On the upside you are probably wealthy and privileged, but on the downside you are destined to die tragically young, either by shooting or in some kind of plane crash.
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EMI Classics | Biographies | KENNEDY During this period, EMI issued A Portrait of nigel kennedy. On his return tothe studio, kennedy rerecorded the Elgar Violin Concerto, http://www.emiclassics.com/artists/biogs/kennb.html
Extractions: For the past 25 years, Nigel Kennedy has been acknowledged as one of the world's leading violin virtuosos and is, without doubt, one of the most important violinists Britain has ever produced. His virtuosic technique, unique talent and popular appeal have brought fresh perspectives to both the classical and contemporary repertoire. Following a five-year sabbatical, in April 1997, Kennedy made a triumphant return to the international concert platform. Even though the performance took place during the run-up to the British General Election, news of Kennedy’s reappearance occupied the front pages of national newspapers. The Times critic declared, "Only one British violinist in my lifetime has produced anything as bold and exhilarating as that. It is his playing, though, that most reveals Kennedy's new maturity. No other violinist on earth could manage the astonishing stylistic transition presented." The Daily Telegraph stated, "Here was a reminder that Kennedy is a violinist in a million." Since then, Kennedy has been in constant demand on the international circuit, touring major venues in countries throughout the world, including Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. In 1998, he made a highly acclaimed North American tour, his first for over five years and, since then, he has returned to the USA many times.
Artists On his return to the studio, nigel kennedy rerecorded the Elgar Violin Concerto,alongside Vaughan Williamss The Lark Ascending, with Sir Simon Rattle and http://www.emiclassics.com/phpNewSite/artists/artists_bio.php?id=24
Nigel Kennedy - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia He has also performed and recorded most of the major violin concerti. nigel kennedy is known to have owned or used violins by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Kennedy
Extractions: Nigel Kennedy (born December 28 in Brighton, England ) is a violinist and violist . He was a pupil at the Yehudi Menuhin School Kennedy has done much to popularise classical music , particularly among young people. He has also performed and recorded most of the major violin concerti Though his carefully maintained loutish persona is seen by some as abrasive and has limited his career, many respected musicians hold him in high esteem. With one of these, cellist Lynn Harrell , he has recorded a well-received album of duets. Currently, he has been exploring Polish music with the Polish folk band Kroke . When not touring, he divides his time between residences in Malvern, Worcestershire and Cracow Poland 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 Beethoven violin concerto and his jazz and fusion recordings.
Extractions: (EMI Classics) Nigel Kennedy has carved out a reputation as a loudmouth and a fantastic violin maestro, which even those with no knowledge of classical music will be familiar with. His decision to work with Polish klezmer trio Kroke Accordionist Jerzy Bawol and double bass player provide inspired though unshowy support and Kukurba often gracefully shadows Kennedy in harmony or counterpoint, as on the exquisitely refined version of the well known Roma anthem "Ederlezi", which was featured in the film
BBC - Hereford And Worcester - Entertainment - Kennedy Charity Gig Malvern based violin superstar nigel kennedy is doing two special gigs to raisemoney for the Acorns Children s Hospice Appeal. http://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2005/05/12/kennedy_ho
Extractions: Nigel Kennedy charity gigs Description: Nigel Kennedy plays two special charity gigs Start Date: End Date: Prices: Genres: Live Music People: Nigel Kennedy (Performer), English Symphony Orchestra (Performer) Organisations: Acorns Children's Hospice (Contributor) Venue Name Birmingham Symphony Hall Box Office email: symphonyhall@necgroup.co.uk website: http://www.necgroup.co.uk/visitor/symphonyhall/Home.asp Kennedy charity gigs Nigel Kennedy is playing special gigs in Cheltenham and Birmingham to raise money for the Acorns Children's Hospice Appeal. The charity has just opened a new multi-million pound hospice in Worcester - you can see panoramic 360 degree photos of the new building by clicking on the link at the top right hand side of this page.
Nigel Kennedy Vivaldi II [Music CD] Performer? nigel kennedy?(Violin), Olaf Maninger?(Cello), Taro Takeuchi?(Lute), Taro Takeuchi?(Guitar), nigel kennedy?(Violin), http://store.discerningreader.com/keviiimcd.html
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All Things Strings: Cover Story All Things Strings offers violin, viola, cello, and bass resources for performers, the nigel kennedy saga turns out to be a 1990s Prodigal Son tale. http://www.stringsmagazine.com/issues/Strings84/CoverStory.shtml
Extractions: Excerpted from Strings Magazine, February/March 2000, No. 84 Photo by Rankin. Live Kennedy The Comeback Kid by Timothy Pfaff Its a good thing that Kennedys playing speaks for itself, because its a difficult phenomenon to discuss sensibly. Both the playing and the player divide opinion, and not just in two. Virtually all the possible positions one could take have already been staked out and articulated. Sides have been taken. Meanwhile, the bad-boy behavior and angelic playing continue apace, and, evidence is, one preternaturally cheerful violinist is laughing all the way to the bank. Whatever the case, its not every artist who could achieve increased visibility by disappearing, which is precisely what Kennedy did in the early 90s. Easily the most attention-getting thing hes donein a career that often seems to be about little elsewas vanish. But even today, more than two years after his much-vaunted return, Kennedys five-year "sabbatical" from the classical concert stage is a move about which hes notably circumspect. "I was stepping back from all other considerations and revisiting in my mind the reasons I wanted to be a musician in the first place," he says in a recent interview in San Francisco, where he is performing the Brahms Concerto with the Symphony. "I think music should be a spiritual experience, and if it gets taken over by a kind of technical formula of interpretation, or professional formula of presentation, then youre no longer being the artist you wanted to be in the first place.
Festivalul International "George Enescu": Nigel Kennedy nigel kennedy has been acknowledged as one of the world s leading violin virtuosos kennedys recording of the Brahms Violin Concerto with the London http://www.festivalenescu.ro/rom/artisti/kennedy.html
Extractions: Following a five-year sabbatical, in April 1997, Kennedy made a triumphant return to the international concert platform. Even though the performance took place during the run-up to the British General Election, news of Kennedy’s reappearance occupied the front pages of national newspapers. The Times critic declared, "Only one British violinist in my lifetime has produced anything as bold and exhilarating as that. It is his playing, though, that most reveals Kennedy's new maturity. No other violinist on earth could manage the astonishing stylistic transition presented." The Daily Telegraph stated, "Here was a reminder that Kennedy is a violinist in a million."
Nigel Kennedy Discography nigel kennedy s account of Tchaikovsky s Violin Concerto will be the one tohave, for it is very enticing. ( Which Compact Disc? ) http://www.milangowin.com/nige/nigedisc.html
Extractions: with Peter Pettinger, Piano 1. Body and Soul 2. Bag's Groove 3. Autumn Leaves 4. Swing '39 5. Isn't She Lovely 6. Lover Man 7. The Girl from Ipanema Produced by Brian Couzens. Chandos Records Limited, 1984 (formerly released as Strad Jazz Strad Jazz (Kennedy's own title idea as he plays a Stradivarius violin) includes a variety of numbers including "The Girl from Ipanema", "Autumn Leaves", "Isn't She Lovely" and "Body and Soul". It also includes "Swing '39", a number originally written by Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli - appropriate, because it was the ageless French violinist who first introduced Kennedy to jazz violin when he was a stripling at the Menuhin School.' Music Week Produced by Brian Couzens Sound Engineer - Brian Couzens Chandos Records Limited, 1985 1. Let Loose 2. Zigane 3. Emotion 4. The Way It Is 5. The Way We Were 6. Killer Instinct 7. Impro I 8. Drive 9. Way Outside Recorded and Mixed at Elephant Studios, London, April 1987. Co-produced by Nigel Kennedy and Nick Robbins. Engineered by Nick Robbins. Drum programmes by Dave Heath. All arrangements by Nigel Kennedy and Dave Heath except 'Drive' arranged by Dominic Miller and Nigel Kennedy. EMI Records Limited, 1987.
