Review: Pianist Nina Kennedy in Concert in Mexico City
by Pedro Antonio Muñoz Helguera September 15, 2024 | Mexico City [Translated from Spanish] Today we are going to talk of the incredible concert that the American pianist Nina Kennedy gave in the Blas Galindo Auditorium at the National Center for the Arts here in Mexico City just yesterday, September 14. Her presentation was truly emotional, impeccable technique, and a selection of pieces that ranged from European Romanticism to American and Latin folklore. The recital was solo piano, which gave it an extremely intimate touch and allowed the audience to connect to the compositions. Kennedy played it all: there were pieces by Chopin, also Liszt, there was music from America as in John W. Work and R. Nathaniel Dett. There were also Latino composers such as Manuel de Falla and Ernesto Lecuona. To begin the concert with Ravel's Valses Nobles et Sentimentales , she transported us to a world full of delicacy, the complexity of the waltzes under the hands of Kennedy who showed perf...