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
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A chance to watch a performance from the recent Grand Prize winner of the Viktor Tretyakov Competition
Composer’s youthful works receive precise and unmannered performances
The recording with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featured on the violinist’s 2020 album Incantation
The US-cellist received an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2021 and was the winner of the Sphinx Competition in 2019
The cellist will play on the ’De Kermadec-Bläss’ Stradivari, faciliated by the Stradivari Foundation Habisreutinger
Up to twelve string players at any stage of their career will be selected for the ensemble’s first ever winter residency, to be held 19-29 January 2022
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