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February Blog Spot

 

My Journey to the Podium – part 4: Europe-Bound

 

by Nina Kennedy

 

 

Armed with a master’s degree from Juilliard, I assumed the next step for me was to establish myself in Europe. When the United States Ambassador to France learned that I was flying to Europe, he invited me to give a concert at the American Embassy in Paris.

 
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My Journey to the Podium – part 5: New York Debut at Lincoln Center, European Tours,

and Coretta Scott King

 

by Nina Kennedy

 

While I was still enrolled at Juilliard I had applied to compete in several international piano competitions, but my applications were not being accepted.

 
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My Journey to the Podium - part 6: Wagner, Abolishing Slavery,

& Kurt Masur

 

by Nina Kennedy

 

The winter following my Vienna debut with the Chicago Sinfonietta, the same concert agent who booked the gig for me at Vienna’s Musikverein invited me to give a concert in Munich as part of an international piano festival.

 
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