Matthew Kennedy: ONE MAN'S JOURNEY- Part 7

Part 7 of Nina Kennedy's, "Matthew Kennedy: One Man's Journey," tells the story of the charmed life of Mathew Kennedy. At four years old he played his first piano piece. At Twelve he was the star of his own radio program in Macon, Georgia. That same year, he found himself sitting in the audience for a live concert given by the celebrated Russian Pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff during his tour of the American South.

Matthew's Journey delivered him from the segregated South, sending him to New York City (where he studied at Julliard School, and performed at the Apollo Theater and Carnegie Hall), to France and North Africa as an allied soldier in WWII, and finally to Nashville, Tennessee where he began his career with the world -renowned Fisk Jubilee Singers-first as piano accompanist, and ultimately as director.

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• classical
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• Julliard
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• Mozart

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Thank you Nina and Matthew Kennedy. I was searching for some news of Nina's activities and I was fortunate to discover this documentary. I really appreciate Mr. Kennedy sharing his life's experiences with us just as he has given us the benefits of learning from him for so many years. Benjamin Bacon class of '79