Editing Nigel Kennedy (section)

==Early life and background==
Kennedy's grandfather was [[Lauri Kennedy]], principal cellist with the [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]],<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RfpLcZf6zaoC&q=nigel+kennedy+lauri&pg=PA51 |title=John White, Lionel Tertis |access-date=11 August 2010|isbn=978-1843832782 |last1=White |first1=John |year=2006 |publisher=Boydell Press }}</ref> and his grandmother was Dorothy Kennedy, a pianist. Lauri and Dorothy Kennedy were Australian, while their son, the cellist [[John Kennedy (cellist)|John Kennedy]], was born in England. After graduating from the [[Royal Academy of Music]] in London, at age 22, John joined the [[Royal Liverpool Philharmonic|Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra]], later becoming the principal cellist of Sir [[Thomas Beecham]]'s [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]]. While in England, John developed a relationship with an English pianist, Scylla Stoner, with whom he eventually toured in 1952 as part of the Llewellyn-Kennedy Piano Trio (with the violinist [[Ernest Llewellyn]]; Stoner was billed as "Scylla Kennedy" after she and John married). But they ultimately divorced, and John returned to Australia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/music/musicology/info/topics/instrument_and_repertoire/instrument_violin_kennedy.htm |title=NSW HSC online |publisher=Hsc.csu.edu.au |access-date=11 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310212852/http://www.hsc.csu.edu.au/music/musicology/info/topics/instrument_and_repertoire/instrument_violin_kennedy.htm |archive-date=10 March 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Kennedy was born in [[Brighton]]. A child prodigy, as a 10-year-old he picked out [[Fats Waller]] tunes on the piano after hearing his stepfather's jazz records.<ref>{{cite web | author=Duncan Seaman | url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/yorkshire-living/arts/music/music-interview-nigel-kennedy-1-5481176 | title=Music interview: Nigel Kennedy | work=The Yorkshire Post | date=8 March 2013 | access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref> At the age of 7, he became a pupil at the [[Yehudi Menuhin School]] of Music.<ref>{{cite web | author=Christina Patterson | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/nigel-kennedy-still-pulling-the-strings-8095678.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220620/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/nigel-kennedy-still-pulling-the-strings-8095678.html |archive-date=20 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=Nigel Kennedy: Still pulling the strings | work=The Independent | date=31 August 2012 | access-date=2 January 2015}}</ref> He later studied at the [[Juilliard School]] in New York City with [[Dorothy DeLay]]. While there he helped to pay for his studies by busking with fellow student and cellist [[Thomas Demenga]].