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Nicola Benedetti was born on 20 July, 1987 in Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland, is an Italian-Scottish classical violinist. Discover Nicola Benedetti's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 36 years old?

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Occupation Violinist
Age 36 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 20 July, 1987
Birthday 20 July
Birthplace Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland
Nationality North

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1717

That same year, Benedetti was lent the 1717 "Gariel" Stradivarius by London banker and London Symphony Orchestra Board member Jonathan Moulds.

Apart from solo performances, Benedetti performs in a trio with the German cellist Leonard Elschenbroich and the British-Ukrainian pianist Alexei Grynyuk.

Benedetti was chosen as the subject for the winner of the Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2021, Calum Stevenson, and this portrait now hangs in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

1987

Nicola Joy Nadia Benedetti (born 20 July 1987) 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.

1997

By the age of nine, she had already passed the eight grades of musical examinations while attending the independent Wellington School, Ayr, and, in September 1997, began to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School for young musicians under Lord Menuhin and Natasha Boyarskaya in rural Surrey, England.

1998

At the end of her first year (1998), she played solo in the school's annual concert at Wigmore Hall, and performed in London and Paris as a soloist in Bach's Double Violin Concerto with Alina Ibragimova.

She played in a memorial concert at Westminster Abbey celebrating the life and work of Yehudi Menuhin.

1999

In 1999, Benedetti performed for the anniversary celebrations at Holyrood Palace with the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland.

2000

In 2000, she competed in the Menuhin Competition as a junior competitor.

Nicola has an older sister, Stephanie, who is also a violinist and a member of the pop group Clean Bandit.

In 2000, Benedetti performed with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Scottish Opera.

Subsequent performances followed with the City of London Sinfonia, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Scottish Opera, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, etc.

2002

In August 2002, she won the UK's Brilliant Prodigy Competition, broadcast by Carlton Television.

She left the Menuhin School shortly after and, at the age of 15, began studying privately with Maciej Rakowski, the former leader of the English Chamber Orchestra.

2003

In spring 2003, Benedetti, invited as a soloist by the London Symphony Orchestra, participated in the recording of the DVD titled Barbie of Swan Lake at Abbey Road Studios.

In October 2003, as the extra feature on this DVD, "Playing With Passion" was filmed and released by Mattel.

2004

BBC Scotland, using this DVD, created a documentary on Benedetti, which was broadcast on television in the UK in March 2004.

In May 2004, at the age of 16, Benedetti won the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition, performing Karol Szymanowski's First Violin Concerto in the final at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

2005

As a result of gaining the award, she came first in the music section of the Top Scot award in December 2005.

Despite winning the competition, The Times reported that Benedetti was snubbed by Jack McConnell, the then First Minister of Scotland, who thought that there was insufficient public interest to merit a personal message of congratulations.

Following a public and political outcry, McConnell bowed to the pressure and telephoned Benedetti to acknowledge her success.

2007

Benedetti was awarded honorary doctorates from Glasgow Caledonian University in November 2007 and from Heriot-Watt University in 2010; she was also awarded honorary degrees from the University of Edinburgh in November 2011 and from the University of Leicester in July 2013.

2012

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.

Benedetti was born in West Kilbride, North Ayrshire, Scotland, to an Italian father and an Italian-Scottish mother.

She started to play the violin at the age of four with lessons from Brenda Smith.

At eight, she became the leader of the National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain.

In September 2012, she performed at the Last Night of the Proms, playing Violin Concerto No. 1 by Max Bruch.

2013

She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year's Honours "For services to Music and to charity", and was elected an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in March 2017.

2015

In 2015, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women.

2017

In May 2017, she was presented with the Queen's Medal for Music, the youngest of the twelve people to receive the award since it was established in 2005.

2019

She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours, "For services to Music".

In 2019 she was also given the annual Royal Medal award by the Royal Society of Edinburgh for improving the lives of deprived Scottish children through Sistema Scotland and the Big Noise Orchestras.

2020

She was awarded an honorary degree from the University of York in August 2020.

In 2020, she won the Grammy for best classical instrumental solo for Marsalis: Violin Concerto; Fiddle Dance Suite.

She was awarded the 2021 ISM Distinguished Musician Award.

In 2022, she was appointed honorary president of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS).

She received the 2023 Edinburgh Award, which is given to individuals who have made an important contribution to the city and brought it to national and international attention.