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I see it as my job to try to keep Bach in the mainstream and present his music with, rather than without, its emotional core.
Nigel Kennedy
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Nigel Kennedy
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 28
Jazz Musician
Violinist
Brighton
England
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