Editing Nigel Kennedy (section)

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In 1991, the Controller of [[BBC Radio 3]] [[John Drummond (arts administrator)|John Drummond]] criticised Kennedy describing him as "a [[Liberace]] for the nineties" and objected to his "ludicrous" clothes and "self-invented accent".<ref>{{cite web | author=Paul Kelso | url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/aug/30/paulkelso | title=Kennedy hits back at arts elitism | work=The Guardian | date=30 August 2000 | access-date=2 January 2015}}</ref>

Until 2006, Kennedy expressed his intention of not appearing on the classical London concert scene with a London orchestra, which was seen by some as arrogance,<ref name="GuardArt1"/> although he rationalised it in terms of frustrated perfectionism:

<blockquote>It all comes down to the amount of rehearsal you get, or don't get, in this country. I insist on three or four sessions prior to a concert, and orchestral administrators won't accommodate that. If I didn't care about getting it right, I could do three concerts in the same amount of time and earn three times the money. But you can't do something properly in less time than it takes.<ref name="GuardArt1"/></blockquote>

Kennedy expresses a preference<ref>booklet Beethoven violin concerto (1992)</ref> for the immediate appeal of live performance, and often records entire works or movements in single [[takes]] to preserve this sense in his recordings. He also introduces improvised elements to his performances, as in his [[Jimi Hendrix]]-inspired [[cadenza]] to [[Violin Concerto (Beethoven)|Beethoven's Violin Concerto]] and his [[jazz]] and [[jazz-rock fusion|fusion]] recordings.

In September 2021, Kennedy cancelled a performance at the Royal Albert Hall after the host, [[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]], prevented him from including a Jimi Hendrix composition at the concert. He had intended to perform a version of "[[Little Wing]]" in the manner of [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Alberge|first=Dalya|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/sep/20/violinist-nigel-kennedy-cancels-concert-after-classic-fm-stops-hendrix-tribute|title=Violinist Nigel Kennedy cancels concert after Classic FM stops Hendrix tribute|work=The Guardian|date=20 September 2021|access-date=25 September 2021}}</ref>