Nicola Benedetti
Actor
- Born
- July 20, 1987 (age 39) · West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland
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.
Known for
Acting5
- 2016Virtuoso Violinists at the BBC as Self - Presenter
- 2015Rick Wakeman on Vivaldi's Four Seasons
- 2015The Joy of Mozart
- 2012Rod Stewart – Christmas Live at Stirling Castle as Self
- 2011Andrea Bocelli: Concerto - One Night In Central Park as Self : Guest