Nicola Benedetti

Biography

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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Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

2011Nominee

Best Performance

Andrea Bocelli: Concerto - One Night In Central Park

2015Nominee

Best Performance

Rick Wakeman on Vivaldi's Four Seasons

2012Nominee

Best Performance

Rod Stewart – Christmas Live at Stirling Castle

Career Highlights

2015Highlight

Best Performance

The Joy of Mozart