The Mirror — Classical music's original bad boy on why he's still a rebel at 60 more info

BBC News - UK — Nigel Kennedy and Nick Robinson celebrate a perfect programme ending more info

Guardian Music — (Moonjune)Serbian keyboardist and composer Vasil Hadžimanov is not widely known outside eastern Europe (though he’s a Berklee jazz college graduate), but he has performed with rock artists from his homeland and with Nigel Kennedy, his paren... more info

Detroit Free Press — Nigel Kennedy's concerts with DSO are the iconoclastic British violinist's first American performances in 18 years             more info

Guardian Music — Ex-Fall guitarist Brix Smith Start endured wild and colourful marriages with both Mark E Smith and Nigel Kennedy. Now she’s written her memoir… In May 1983, Brix Smith, then aged 20, arrived in Manchester. A Californian by birth and disp... more info

The Telegraph — Classical musicians should be allowed to interact with their audiences, Nigel Kennedy says more info

The Telegraph — Returning to the subject of absue in top musical institutions, the classical violinist said teachers too often 'use the students as a means to their ends' more info

The Telegraph — Violin wizard Nigel Kennedy will perform the closing concert of 2015 Hay Festival and there will be gigs from Unthanks, Texas, Frank Turner and actress Charlotte Rampling more info

Guardian Music — The violinist Alina Ibragimova doesn't do things the easy way. As a result, her playing possesses both terrifying rawness and electrifying energyThere are some performers who don't so much interpret music as become it, as if it possesses them so com... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonThis concert marked Nigel Kennedy's return to what he describes as "probably the greatest violin concerto of them all", namely the Brahms. As you might expect, he has strong views on how to perform it. "A fantastic techniqu... more info