Background
KENNEDY, Nigel was born on December 28, 1956. Son of John Kennedy and Scylla Stoner.
KENNEDY, Nigel was born on December 28, 1956. Son of John Kennedy and Scylla Stoner.
Y’ehudi Menuhin School, Juilliard School of Performing Arts.
the field of jazz with Stephane Grappelli at Carnegie Hall and Edinburgh and runs his own jazz group; recordings include the Elgar Sonata with Peter Pettinger (Chandos Records), Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Bruch, Walton Viola and Violin Concertos, and the Elgar Concerto with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (Electric and Music Industries/Eminence); for his recording of the Elgar Concerto he received the Record of the Year nomination by Gramophone Magazine February 1985 and received the Best Classical Disc of the Year award, London 1985.Debut with the Philharmonia Orchestra 1977. Has since appeared with all the major British orchestras. Has made appearances at all the leading United Kingdom festivals and in Europe at Stresa, Lucerne, Gstaad, Berlin and Lockenhaus.
Debut at the Tanglewood Festival with the Boston Symphony under Andr£ Previn 1985, at Minn, with Sir Neville Marriner, at Montreal with Charles Dutoit.
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