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Well, thank you once again Janos for your review of Kennedy in San
Francisco. Tonight he played the Elgar Concerto here in Edmonton, Canada.
And I haven't seen anyone play with such energy and commitment. No wrong
notes and no violin pieces were flying about, except a few foul words from
Nige. It's hard being objective about this, since I've been a fan for the
last 10 years, but the bad outfits aside and the chatting, Kennedy, I think
really owns this piece at the moment. He really played as there was no
tomorrow, something about which Janos can testify.
As for the guy himself. I got to meet him after, and yes I was wearing
my Aston Villa sweater. He wouldn't let go of me for almost an hour,
dragging me around. I got an invitation from him to England, naturally.
;-) Suprsingly, he was out of his concert uniform (which consisted of
sweats pants and mismatched socks) and instead was wearing a casual suit.
What's even more surprising is that he doesn't keep the act up off the
stage. He's just very easy going and talks too much. His new girlfriend,
a shy Polish girl, keeps him in check. As for chatting about music, that
didn't really happen. We talked about football for most of the time.
Milan Gowin
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http://www.ualberta.ca/~mgowin/
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