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There’s little sign of what was to come in this video of the crossover star performing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in 1982
Nigel Kennedy playing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto at the Music for Youth Schools Prom in 1982
Read Nigel Kennedy: ‘Critics were pretending I was playing out of tune because I’d sold a few records’
Watch A 1992 TV profile of Nigel Kennedy
Read ‘I’m thinking of giving up classical music – except Bach,’ says violinist Nigel Kennedy
Edward Bhesania reports on the concert of Pigbag, Sakamoto, Gershwin, Komeda and Nigel Kennedy himself at London’s Cadogan Hall on 18 November 2025, part of the EFG London Jazz Festival
Nathaniel Vallois reviews violinist Nigel Kennedy’s first book of compositions
University of Nottingham researchers used a wearable brain scanner and specially modified metal-free violin to investigate how novice players acquire new musical skills
Trio Con Brio scooped the top prize of €7,500 at the new competition, held at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna
The double bassist, composer and educator died of cancer, aged 69
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