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Nicola Benedetti MBE (born 19 July 1987 in West Kilbride in Ayrshire, Scotland) is a Scottish classical violinist. She started to learn the violin at the age of four. By the age of nine, she had already passed the eight grades of musical examinations, and in September 1997 began to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School for young musicians in rural Surrey. At the end of her first year, she played solo in the school's annual concert at Wigmore Hall, and performed in London and Paris as soloist in Bach's Concerto in D minor for two violins and orchestra. She played in a memorial concert at Westminster Abbey celebrating the life and work of Yehudi Menuhin. In the following year, Nicola performed with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Scottish Opera, amongst others. In 2002, she won Britain's Brilliant Prodigy Competition, broadcast nationwide by Carlton Television. She left the Menuhin School shortly after, and at the age of 15 began studying with Maciej Rakowski, former leader of the English Chamber Orchestra. You can hear samples of her music at her official website, www.nicolabenedetti.co.uk. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Gershwin: Bess, You Is My Woman Now
2,2662Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Summer III. Presto
1,9623Pärt: Spiegel Im Spiegel
1,7414Meditation from Thais
1,7215Spiegel Im Spiegel
1,6166The Lark Ascending
1,6127Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.26 - 2. Adagio
1,4248Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
1,4139Massenet: Meditation - Meditation from Thais
90510The Four Seasons: Summer III. Presto
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Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No.1

The Silver Violin
Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1

The Violin

Italia

Tchaikovsky-Bruch Violin Concertos

Fantasie

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto

Baroque

Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.1; Glazunov: Violin Concerto

Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy

My First Decade (Deluxe Version)