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Nicola Benedetti

Nicola Benedetti is an Italian-Scottish classical solo violinist and festival director. Her ability was recognised when she was a child, including the award of BBC Young Musician of the Year when she was 16. She works with orchestras in Europe and America as well as with Alexei Grynyuk, her regular pianist. Since 2012, she has played the Gariel Stradivarius violin. In 2019, she founded the music education charity The Benedetti Foundation and became the first woman to lead the Edinburgh International Festival when she was made Festival Director on 1 October 2022.


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Born:
Jul 20, 1987 In West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland
Movie/TV Credits:
5
First Appeared:
In the movie Andrea Bocelli: Concerto - One Night In Central Park 2011-11-14
Latest Project:
Series Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg 2022-09-04
Known For
Poster of Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Poster of Virtuoso Violinists at the BBC
Poster of The Joy of Mozart
Poster of Rod Stewart – Christmas Live at Stirling Castle
Filmography
Series Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Self – Director, Edinburgh International Festival 2022-09-04
Movie Virtuoso Violinists at the BBC Self - Presenter 2016-03-11
Movie The Joy of Mozart 2015-01-18
Movie Rod Stewart – Christmas Live at Stirling Castle Self 2012-12-09
Movie Andrea Bocelli: Concerto - One Night In Central Park self 2011-11-14