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Nigel Kennedy on his Classic FM fight: ‘Hendrix is like Beethoven, Vivaldi is more Des O’Connor’

Fresh from a bust-up with ‘Jurassic FM’ over playing Hendrix, the violinist talks about musical snobbery, going on strike and his lifelong regret at turning Duke Ellington down

Published: 28 Sep 2021
Why can’t Classic FM handle Jimi Hendrix?

Published: 24 Sep 2021

Published: 24 Sep 2021
Violinist Nigel Kennedy cancels concert after Classic FM stops Hendrix tribute

Published: 20 Sep 2021

5 out of 5 stars.

Nigel Kennedy: Bach Meets Gershwin review – rip-roaring and exquisitely tender
5 out of 5 stars.

The classical star is a mesmerisingly musical jazz lover

Published: 13 Feb 2018

Classical ‘factory line’ takes the joy out of Beethoven and Brahms, says Nigel Kennedy

Lazy tutors are creating musical clones by putting too much emphasis on technique, says violinist

Published: 19 Nov 2016

Nigel Kennedy; Oxford lieder festival; London Philharmonic Orchestra/ Vänskä – review

Nigel Kennedy and Georgi Andreev cook up a storm. Plus, Sibelius at his deepest and darkest

Published: 30 Oct 2016

Brix Smith Start: ‘Mark E Smith? He’s complicated’

Ex-Fall guitarist Brix Smith Start survived wild marriages to Mark E Smith and Nigel Kennedy. And now she’s written her memoir…

Published: 1 May 2016

4 out of 5 stars.

Nigel Kennedy review – still fist bumping, still virtuosic
4 out of 5 stars.

On a tour that revisits Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, the violinist is still a mass of contradictions, but his skill is intact and the sound compelling

Published: 25 Jan 2016

4 out of 5 stars.

Nigel Kennedy: The New Four Seasons CD review – affectionate and irreverent in equal measure
4 out of 5 stars.

The violin world’s Marmite player and his orchestra never sound less than riveting as they overlay and interject Vivaldi with jazz and rock

Published: 29 Oct 2015

2013 in review Best portraits of 2013 – in pictures

From artists to activists and politicians to personalities, a selection of the best portraits taken by Guardian photographers this year

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Published: 26 Dec 2013

Passing on the baton from the players to the conductor

Letters: Even with 20 players, such was the din that it was impossible to hear my own playing – and thus we had a conductor to tell us when to play, how fast, how loud

Published: 6 Sep 2013

Published: 6 Sep 2013

Saturday interview Nigel Kennedy interview: 'Conductors are completely over-rated'

From an early age, violinist Nigel Kennedy refused to play by the rules. He still managed to make the bestselling classical record of all time, and next week he plays the Last Night of the Proms

Published: 30 Aug 2013
Penguin suit out, feather boa in: orchestra gets a Vivienne Westwood makeover

Extravagant designs replace 'boring and outdated' black for the London Contemporary Orchestra – but opinion is divided

Published: 17 Aug 2013
Proms 30, 33 & 34 – review

Two star Proms turns were undoubtedly worth the wait, writes Fiona Maddocks

Published: 10 Aug 2013
Proms to host young Palestinian musicians

Nigel Kennedy to perform Vivaldi's The Four Seasons with Palestine Strings ensemble from West Bank and East Jerusalem

Published: 2 Aug 2013

On my radar On my radar: John Simm's cultural highlights

The actor on listening to Lloyd Cole, watching Man of Steel and reading Stoner by John Williams

Published: 13 Jul 2013

Nigel Kennedy: Recital – review

Taking in Bach, Brubeck and most points in between, this is vintage Nigel Kennedy, says Fiona Maddocks

Published: 13 Apr 2013

Portrait of the artist Nigel Kennedy, violinist – portrait of the artist

The musician talks about childhood, classical training and why Jay-Z is his favourite artist

Published: 5 Mar 2013

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