Latest news
23.05.2019
Michael Garvey announced as Executive Director of the Benedetti Foundation
Nicola is delighted to reveal that Michael Garvey, current Director of BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, has accepted the role of Executive Director and is joining the team to help establish the Benedetti Foundation. Over the coming year, Nicola intends to formalise her vision and expand her commitment to the education of […]
READ MORE02.05.2019
Review: The Times BBC SO/Oramo at the Barbican ★★★★
★★★★ Elgar’s Violin Concerto is a big beast in every respect: big in passions, technical requirements, interpretative challenges and, definitely not least, demands on the soloist’s stamina. Yehudi Menuhin famously recorded it, under the composer’s baton, at 16 — but that’s not to be recommended. The concerto is generally believed to evoke a love affair […]
READ MORE08.03.2019
Nicola receives CBE at Buckingham Palace
I am very grateful to receive this honour. Thank you. This meaningful public recognition encourages me to deepen my commitment to music, to playing and to providing enrichment, inspiration and variation to the eduction system that serves communities throughout the UK. I am more resolved than ever to reinforce my advocacy for […]
READ MORE24.01.2019
The Benedetti Foundation and “With Nicky”
Nicola is one of the world’s leading advocates for quality music education, the role of arts and culture in the wider community and the transformational effect it has on all young people. She has been committed to education projects since the age of 15 and in the past 12 months, Nicola has worked with over […]
READ MORE16.01.2019
Classical Up Close: Nicola Benedetti and Wynton Marsalis Live From The Greene Space
WQXR presents an exclusive event with Nicola— whose extraordinary service to music and education has been recognized by Queen Elizabeth II — and legendary American trumpeter, composer and educationalist Wynton Marsalis, Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. After the huge success of the violin concerto Marsalis wrote for Benedetti in 2015, they have teamed […]
READ MORE29.12.2018
Nicola receives CBE in New Years honours from Her Majesty the Queen.
I am very grateful to receive this honour. Thank you. This meaningful public recognition encourages me to deepen my commitment to music, to playing and to providing enrichment, inspiration and variation to the education system that serves communities throughout the UK. I am more resolved than ever to reinforce my advocacy for arts and culture, […]
READ MORE17.12.2018
Nicola nominated for best Classical Artist at 2019 Global Awards
The media and entertainment group Global, which owns Classic FM, has announced the return of its annual awards. The public and a panel of industry experts will vote for their favourite artists. The winners will be announced during a ceremony at the Hammersmith Apollo on 7 March, at which Lang Lang is set to perform. […]
READ MORE21.11.2018
Successful Australian Tour for the Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio
The Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio made their debut tour across Australia throughout November to glowing reviews and contented and inspired audiences of all ages. Premiering their programme of Richard Strauss, Johannes Brahms and Australian composer Gordon Kerry, critics offered up some of the following words of praise. ‘… it is rare to witness this much […]
READ MORE04.11.2018
Glowing reviews for the Australian Trio Debut
Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk TrioAcclaimed soloists join forces for a program of musical brilliance and passion. by Ben Wilkie on November 6, 2018 FacebookTwitterEmail|55 Melbourne Recital Centre November 3, 2018 To open Musica Viva’s final concert series for 2018, the Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio explored Richard Strauss’ bellowing, brooding Cello Sonata in F Major, followed by the operatic […]
READ MORE01.10.2018
First ‘featured artist’ at the Schubert Club.
On October 2, 2018, Nicola Benedetti begins her season-long residency as the Schubert Club’s first-ever inaugural “Featured Artist”! The Schubert Club is excited to work with one of the “most sought-after violinists of her generation” as it will give them an “opportunity to develop a deeper relationship with an artist over the course of a season.” The residency will […]
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Upcoming concerts
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San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra
Christian Reif conductor
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
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San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra
Christian Reif conductor
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
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San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra
Christian Reif conductor
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
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San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra
Christian Reif conductor
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
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Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr Harpsichord/ Director
Vivaldi Volin Concerto in E-flat Major
Handel Violin Sonata in D minor
Handel Concerto Grosso in A minor Op. 6 No. 4 HWV 322
Vivaldi Violin Concerto in D minor
Vivaldi Violin Concerto in B minor
Vivaldi Concerto for harpsichord RV780
Handel Violin Sonata in D major
Vivaldi Concerto in D ‘Grosso Mogul’ RV208
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19.30
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Conductor Pablo Orozco-Estrada
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
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National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Conductor Pablo Orozco-Estrada
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
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19.30
BBC Proms
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Mark Wigglesworth conductor
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
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Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer conductor
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
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Featured album
Shostakovich/ Glazunov
Released on 01.07.2016
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Kirill Karabits Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 Glazunov Violin Concerto op. 82
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