ARTIST & PERFORMER

As his multifaceted international career unfolds, Grammy and Emmy Awards winning violinist Nick Kendall reimagines and reinvents how a traditional violin virtuoso can transform the music world without boundaries.

Nick is a founding member of the internationally acclaimed, genre-­busting string band Time for Three (TF3) – in addition to his solo concert career. In all his endeavors, he is a restless innovator in shaping how modern audiences perceive, appreciate, and enjoy music and music‑making. He has presented more than twenty artists in his Residency events on the iconic Lincoln Center’s Plaza, the Center’s Jaffe Drive, and in the three‑story high glass Atrium of Alice Tully Hall

He has shared the stage with Joshua Bell, Branford Marsalis, Christoph Eschenbach, Joshua Radin, Keith Lockhart, Alisa Weilerstein, Michael Tilson Thomas, Jake Shimabukuro, Aoife O'Donovan, Marin Alsop, Chris Thile, Xian Zhang, James Gaffigan, Krzysztof Urbański, Stephane Deneve, Chris Brubeck – who composed a jazz-­inspired improvised violin concerto for Nick, Swiss pop/soul star Stefanie Heinzmann, the legendary Scottish rock band Simple Minds, the Late Show Band leader Louis Cato and singer-­songwriter Danielle Ponder.

Emblematic of Nick’s diverse artistic expressions are special projects that include – in addition to original film scoring and recording new music by living composers – co-­writing, producing, and performing on pop albums. Besides co-­composing the Land soundtrack and releasing the Grammy winning recording Letters for the Future (Deutsche Grammophon, TF3 and the Philadelphia Orchestra presenting new commissions by Pulitzer Prize and Grammy winning composers Jennifer Higdon and Kevin Puts), Nick also performs on the R&B superstar Summer Walker's hit record “Still Over It” (Interscope, 2021). Ongoing is his work with composer/ DJ Mason Bates and composer/ songwriter/ producer Michael Thurber.

In January 2026 Apple Inc.’s owned label Platoon released “Emily - No Prisoner Be”, newly composed work by Kevin Puts, which unites artistic forces of Nick’s band Time for Three and super-­star mezzo-­soprano Joyce DiDonato. “Emily – No Prisoner Be”, written after Emily Dickinson’s poetry, premiered in Austria at Bregenzer Festspiele and toured through the USA and Europe in such venues as Zellerbach Hall, Chicago’s Symphony Center, Princeton University, Oslo Opera House, Grafenegg Festival, and Ruhrtriennale in Bochum, Germany.

Nick plays an 1838 G. F. Pressenda violin, on loan from the Marks family.