Elizabeth Kenny

In the career of English lutenist and theorbo player Elizabeth Kenny, known as Liz, virtuoso performance, teaching, and research coexist with unusual comfort and mutual benefit. Kenny's first instrument was the classical guitar; she took it up as a child, she told The Night Shift, because "I got in trouble in primary school, messing about because I was bored, so my parents bought me a guitar to keep me occupied." She did not major in music as a university student, but, on finishing her studies, she felt compelled to see what she could do. Kenny studied the guitar with Robert L...