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Nigel Brown, financial services entrepreneur who enabled Nigel Kennedy to acquire his first Stradivarius violin – obituary

  • Nigel Brown, who has died aged 77, was a successful investment manager who in 1985 arranged for the violinist Nigel Kennedy to purchase his first Stradivarius violin; this led to the creation of the Stradivari Trust, which has since helped to provide high-value instruments for many of the country’s leading classical musicians including the cellist Steven Isserlis, the violinist Jennifer Pike and the viola player Lawrence Power.

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The Cellist / Dances At A Gathering - ROH, London 2019/20 - Trailer

Inspired by the momentous life and career of the cellist Jacqueline du Pre, this exercise in pure dance for five couples, set to music by Chopin, is a masterpiece of subtlety and invention.MyMovies, trailer, 2020, Dance, Event Cinema, Event Director
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