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Extractions: Main Page See live article Alphabetical index Nigel Kennedy (born December 28 ), now often known simply as Kennedy , is an English 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 aggressive personality 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. 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.
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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
Extractions: The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites. FACTS As a child, Kennedy was Yehudi Menuhins most famous protégé, studying first at the Menuhin School - following Lord Menuhins death, it emerged that the legendary violinist had personally paid the young Kennedys fees throughout his education at the school - before moving to the Juilliard School of Music in New York to study under the celebrated teacher, Dorothy DeLay During his career, Kennedy has undertaken major tours throughout Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe and the USA, performing with the worlds major orchestras and conductors; he has made appearances at the most important festivals in Europe and the United States
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Extractions: www.emiclassics.com I f you think this is going to be a rather less authentic version of Itzhak Perlman's In The Fiddlers House then you have got quite a surprise coming. That earlier release highlighted Perlman's musical journey into the world of Klezmer music (from the Hebew Klay Zemer - musical instruments) with a variety of the best Klezmer bands in the business, and was hugely successful. This outing sees Nigel Kennedy, who is not Jewish, partnered with a somewhat lesser-known trio of Polish Klezmer musicians who comprise the Kroke Band. I loved it - no two ways about it - and I much preferred it to Perlman's recording. On the face of it, this just shouldn't be happening. Perlman has all the right credentials for this crossover. He is Jewish and Israeli to boot, so he should have this music in his blood. And so he does. The bands that accompany Perlman, such as the Klezmatics, the Klezmer Conservatory Band and Brave Old World are all top notch, and each more interesting to me on its own than Kroke. But with this new release, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. In contrast, Perlman is so excited by the opportunity to play Klezmer, that he tends to grab the spotlight and the music focuses on his brilliance. He doesn't always get the best out of the musicians that surround him. Kennedy does not fall into this trap at all, and becomes an equal player in the band, serving up chamber music that relies on the close interplay of musical ideas. He parks his ego outside the recording studio and we are the better for it. Despite Kennedy's astonishing virtuosity, I never felt he was self-indulgent here, unlike his early Vivaldi recording. There are moments of supreme virtuosity but never for its own sake. When he pulls out all the stops, it's at the service of the music, and in the context of what his fellow musicians are doing. He often plays in unison with Tomasz Kukerba (normally a violinist) on viola, and plays off the understated accordion of Jerzy Bawol and the supportive double bass of Tomasz Lato. On most tracks Kennedy plays violin, but switches on a few to electric violin, perhaps a little less successfully.
Kafka, By Nigel Kennedy - A Review Since outgrowing child prodigyhood, England s celebrated concert violinist NigelKennedy has adopted an affable punk persona and taken to crossing over to most http://www.mts.net/~baumel/kafka.html
Extractions: Since outgrowing child prodigyhood, England's celebrated concert violinist Nigel Kennedy has adopted an affable punk persona and taken to crossing over to most every cool musical genre he can lay his ears on. Usually when classical music icons make such bold forays, it seems to have more to do with vanity or greed than musicality a squirmy-to-watch lesson in how ill-equipped such purebred show animals are to walk on the wild side. Nigel Kennedy's Kafka released in 1996, but if you haven't heard it yet, it's new to you! (as it was to me until a couple months ago) is a glorious exception. It would be inadequate to say that Kennedy demonstrates that he has the chops to take on the sprawling hypergenre of progressive fusion music (rock/jazz/world/classical...). He does it so outstandingly (even better, I think, than his genrally peripatetic mentor Yehudi Menuhin) that one wonders if this is where Kennedy's true musical homeland lies. The eleven tracks of Kafka (don't ask me what the title has to do with the famous writer) all written or cowritten and coproduced by Kennedy are uniformly good music: engaging, stirring, exciting. But it's Kennedy's astonishing musicianship his deployment of an arsenal of acoustic and electric violins as if they were third arms that makes one's mouth drop. Kennedy is truly the master of all violin media.
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Extractions: For the first time since his worldwide multi-platinum success with the Four Seasons more than a decade ago. His first Vivaldi album entered Guinness Book of Records as the highest-selling classical disc of all time (over 2 million copies sold) New recording marks beginning of major new Vivaldi Project with EMI Classics and the Berlin Philharmonic NIGEL KENNEDY 5 57647 2 (CP) 5 57648 2 (NCP) In 1989 Nigel Kennedy recorded Vivaldis Four Seasons with the English Chamber Orchestra, and the result proved to be one of the most phenomenal success stories in the history of classical music recording. It quickly entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the highest-selling classical disc of all time (over two million copies sold, and still counting). Its success was critical as well as popular: the CD won a Brit Award, while the Four Seasons film (now on DVD) went on to win the Golden Rose of Montreux television award. More than a decade later Britains most famous living violinist has returned to the work with a different orchestra and a completely different agenda. Yes, there are new ideas and musical insights which are quite different from his previous performance. But more importantly this recording marks the beginning of a multi-disc collaboration between Nigel Kennedy and members of the Berlin Philharmonic The Vivaldi Project - to explore both the familiar and unfamiliar masterpieces of the great Venetian composer. On this recording for example, The Four Seasons is partnered by the haunting Double Concerto in A minor and the ravishing but rarely performed Double Concerto in D major. Both are with violinist Daniel Stabrawa, leader of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Extractions: Just one more thing..............Mr. Dart confides that Nigel told a joke 'of hideous coarseness' in Auckland ( he's got quite a way with adjectives, hasn't he? ) Well, what I would like to know is why Nigel NEVER tells jokes of hideous coarseness when I'M at his concerts ! If he doesn't watch out, I'm going to start asking for my money back !!!! Speaking of jokes..........a friend of mine who was at one of the concerts in Sydney ( where reviewers are made of sterner stuff, I might add ) says that Nigel told some Aston Villa jokes. Well, I didn't know there WERE any Aston Villa jokes ..........apart from the team itself !!! ( Gotcha, Nigel ! )..... but seek and ye shall find. Sure enough, when I get Google to seek, it does indeed find. Here's a small sampling..... 'A source inside Camelot, the lottery people, has revealed that a man from Birmingham was a recent winner in the nation's favourite weekly gamble. The lucky chap was delighted to announce that he had spent his winnings on a new player for his beloved Aston Villa. "If my three numbers come up and win me a tenner again," he added, " I'll gladly buy them another !" ' 'John Gregory was wheeling his shopping trolley across the supermarket car park when he noticed an old lady struggling with her bags of shopping. He stopped and asked, "Can you manage, dear ?" The old lady glared back at him and replied, " No way ! You got yourself into this mess.........don't ask me to sort it out !"'
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Extractions: Contact: Deb Hammacher, Assistant Director, 404-727-0644, or dhammac@emory.edu Acclaimed Violinist Kennedy To Perform at Emory April 4 WHO: Kennedy, violinist, accompanied by the Bamberg Symphony Chamber Orchestra WHAT: Classical music concert, part of the Candler Series at Glenn WHEN: 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 4 WHERE: Glenn Memorial Auditorium, 1652 N. Decatur Rd., Emory. COST: $17-25. For information or to order tickets, call 404-727-5050 or send e-mail to boxoffice@emory.edu. To see a map of campus, go on-line to www.emory.edu/MAP/. Violin virtuoso Kennedy (Nigel Kennedy performs under his surname) will tour the United States in March and April with Germany's Bamberg Symphony Chamber Orchestra with Pieter Daniel conducting, in support of the U.S. release of his new EMI Classics recording, "Classic Kennedy." Released in the United Kingdom in fall 1999, the recording-featuring the violinist in short showpieces that he says each achieve "three and a half minutes of perfection," shot to the top of the classical charts. His Emory program will include selections from the new album, along with J.S. Bach's "Concerto for Solo Violin in A minor" and Beethoven's "Violin Concerto in D Major." "Classic Kennedy" represents a whole range of styles and composers, from Bach and Handel to Massenet and Satie, alongside Joni Mitchell and Kennedy himself.
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Extractions: No living musician has done more to revitalize Antonio Vivaldi's status than Nigel Kennedy - who has brought unimaginable sales of his work to every corner of the world. Swamped with awards, he has entered the Guinness Book of Records with Vivaldi, performed to packed concert halls in every continent and remained in best-selling charts for over 10 years. Sales of over two million have already crowned Kennedy as the world's most successful interpreter of Vivaldi's works. Now in a major new initiative with EMI and the prestigious Berlin Philharmonic, Nigel Kennedy is undertaking a dedicated Vivaldi Project to understand and explore Vivaldi's genius. more than three quarters of the composer's works have yet to be heard, and now, in conjunction with EMI Classics' formidable team and musicologist and Vivaldian Oliver Foures, Antonio Vivaldi's music is about to be catapulted to even greater fame through Nigel Kennedy's extraordinary gifts. To start this project Kennedy and the Berlin Philharmonic have not just recorded fresh Vivaldi works but also revisited Kennedy's famed Four Seasons repertoire. With his record-breaking past success and years and years of sold out concert performances. Nigel Kennedy now has an unparalleled understanding of this music, whilst the power and the glories of the magnificent Berlin Philharmonic and its gifted soloists bring us this breathtaking and elegant new interpretation of The Four Seasons, as well as introducing the exuberance of Vivaldi's late and rarely heard D major concerto, plus the stunning A minor concerto with its haunting central movement.
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Extractions: Following the hugely successful Kennedy Plays Bach sell-out tour with the Irish Chamber Orchestra last July, world renowned violinist Nigel Kennedy is back on tour with the ICO, performing Vivaldi's much loved Four Seasons and other works by this popular composer. Kennedy is without doubt one of the most influential violinists of his generation. His virtuosic technique, unique talent and popular appeal have brought fresh perspectives to both the classical and contemporary repertoire. His original recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the best-selling classical work of all time and a re-recording by Kennedy is due for release later this year. The Irish Chamber Orchestra is one of Ireland's most distinguished ensembles. Consisting of top Irish and international string players, the orchestra has gained a reputation, not just in Ireland, but further afield as a vibrant, refreshing and impacting force in the sphere of classical and contemporary music today. Tickets: 50, 43, 36, 29, 23
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