| Code | DS/UK/3117 |
| Name | Kennedy; Daisy (16 January 1893-30 July 1981); Australian concert violinist |
| Variations of Name | Daisy Fowler Kennedy |
| Dates | 16 January 1893-30 July 1981 |
| Gender | Female (cisgender) |
| Place of Birth/Origin | Burra-Burra, South Australia (born) |
| Relationships | Married Ukrainian pianist, Benno Moiseiwitsch (m.15 April 1914)
Married English playwright and poet, John Drinkwater (m.1924)
2 daughters with Moiseiwitsch: theatre designer Tanya Moiseiwitsch (December 1914-2003) and Sandra Moiseiwitsch (1921-1996) (romantic history with Peter John Otter Self, brother of Hugh Michael Self, and father of Jonathan Otter Self and William Woodard Self).
1 daughter with Drinkwater - Penelope Drinkwater (26 July 1929-2005) (married Hugh Michael Self, son of Sir Albert Henry Self and Rosaline Audrey Otter).
Cousin of cellist Lauri Kennedy. Lauri Kennedy's son was cellist John Kennedy, and grandon was violin Nigel Kennedy. |
| Biography | Daisy Fowler Kennedy was an Australian-born concert violinist.
She was born in Burra-Burra, 160 km north of Adelaide, to parents of Scottish and Irish descent. Her father, Joseph A. Kennedy, was headmaster of Glenelg Primary School and president of the South Australian Public School Teachers' Union. For three years she was Elder scholar at the Adelaide Conservatory under Mrs. Alderman and Hermann Heinicke. She was a private pupil of Otakar evcík in Vienna for a year, and then studied for two years in the Meister-Schule there. She appeared in London in 1911 and toured widely in Europe and in the United States, Australia and New Zealand. |