Nigel Kennedy in concert with Beata Urbanek Kalinowska | Stoke Row

Mon 6 Oct and Thurs 9 Oct | Nigel Kennedy in concert with Beata Urbanek Kalinowska | Violin, cello, piano | Crooked Billet, Stoke Row, RG9 5PU | Arrive 7pm latest, music from 8:30 PM | Full details and tickets (standard £50, front row £60) here

An up close and intimate evening featuring a mix of jazz, original compositions, Gershwin and arrangements of favourite classical pieces for violin, piano & cello. Nigel Kennedy & Beata Urbanek Kalinowska have mesmerised jazz audiences all around the world. To witness international musicians of such calibre up close & person in such an up close & intimate venue is unheard of.

Nigel Kennedy’s early career was primarily spent performing classical music. His 1989 Vivaldi’s Four Seasons album became the The Guinness Book of Records’ bestselling classical recording ever. Kennedy has won multiple Brit Awards. Whilst recognised as one of the world’s greatest classical musicians, Kennedy’s love of jazz is well known. At 14 years old, he played with the great Hot Club Gypsy Jazz musician Stéphane Grappelli.

 

Cellist Beata Urbanek Kalinowska trained at Krakow music academy, Ecole de Musique de Paris and Staatliche Hochschule fur Musik, Stuttgart. A multi award winning musician who has worked with Nigel Kennedy for many years – recording on his album Vivalidi’s Four Seasons. The New Four Seasons. The Four Elements. Kennedy meets Gershwin. Two Part Interventions J.S.Bach and Kennedy’s Warner recordings The Man I Love.

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