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imagine...: Summer 2010: Episode 1: Nigel Kennedy's Polish Adventure

Nigel Kennedy's Polish Adventure

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Episode 1: Nigel Kennedy's Polish Adventure

Summer 2010

BBC One - imagine..., Summer 2010, Nigel Kennedy's Polish Adventure

Nigel Kennedy explores the rich musical traditions of his adopted homeland - Poland.

Nigel Kennedy now lives in Poland, where he fronts an all-Polish jazz band. Alan Yentob follows him as he explores the rich musical traditions of his adopted homeland.

The virtuoso violinist Nigel Kennedy became Britain's most celebrated classical musician after the release of his 1989 recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, which sold 2 million copies. But Kennedy had always harboured a love of jazz - an affection which the former child prodigy has been pursuing in his new home. Kennedy now lives in Poland, where he fronts an all-Polish jazz band, the Nigel Kennedy Quintet, and has recently founded The Orchestra of Life, an ensemble consisting of mostly young musicians.

In Imagine: Nigel Kennedy's Polish Adventure, Alan Yentob traces Kennedy's personal odyssey, and follows him as he explores the rich musical traditions of his adopted homeland.

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