BBC Music Magazine 'Personality of the Year Award'

This year’s BBC Music Magazine Personality of the Year was awarded to Nicola, who, since founding the Benedetti Foundation at the start of 2020 has gone on to support many young musicians with online courses and videos.

During the pandemic, Benedetti’s Virtual Sessions delivered three weeks of online courses to players of all ages and standards, published over 300 videos, delivered 64 live Zoom sectionals to around 1900 musicians a week in 66 countries and gave 30 live sessions.