Nigel Kennedy - Introduction

Nigel Kennedy was born on Dec 28, 1956 in Brighton, East Sussex. He is an English violinist, violist and comes from a musical lineage. His grandfather was Lauri Kennedy, a British-born musician and principal cellist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. His grandmother was Dorothy Kennedy, a pianist, who accompanied John McCormack and taught Enrico Caruso's children. His Fathers name was John Kennedy. At the age of 24 John Kennedy moved to England and joined the Liverpool Philaharmonic Orchestra, later becoming the principal cellist of Sir Thomas Beecham's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

A boy prodigy, as a 10-year-old Kennedy would pick out Fats Waller tunes on the piano after hearing his stepfather's jazz records. At the age of 16, Kennedy was invited by Stéphane Grappelli to appear with him at New York's Carnegie Hall to boost up his classical career.

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