All Nicola Benedetti articles
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NewsRoyal Conservatoire of Scotland announces two new honorary appointments
Violinist Nicola Benedetti and ex-chief executive of Glasgow Life Bridget McConnell have been appointed as honorary president and vice president
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NewsViolinist Nicola Benedetti to receive honorary fellowship
The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama will present Benedetti with the honour on 8 July
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NewsNicola Benedetti pulls out of festival due to tendonitis
The Scottish violinist has withdrawn from three performances at the Aldeburgh Festival this month
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NewsNicola Benedetti to take up new role for Edinburgh International Festival
The violinist will become the first female to hold the role of festival director since the festival’s inception in 1947
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FocusStar-studded string line-up for Benedetti Foundation’s half term sessions
Running from 12 to 18 February 2022, the new short virtual sessions will focus on the physicality and psychology of string playing
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NewsAward-winning painter completes portrait of violinist Nicola Benedetti
23-year-old Calum Stevenson finished his £10,000 commission as his prize for winning Sky Arts television programme Portrait Artist of the Year
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NewsViolinist Nicola Benedetti wins 2021 RPS Instrumentalist Award
The violinist is among a host of award winners who have inspired audiences with music-making throughout the pandemic
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NewsBenedetti Foundation begins new Baroque Virtual Sessions
The sessions will take place for three weeks from 5 – 25 July with a final concert on Sunday 1 August
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VideoIn the Green Room: Interview with Nicola Benedetti
This video features Nicola Benedetti in conversation with Toks Dada, the Southbank Centre’s Head of Classical Music. about her experience of the pandemic and plans for the future. Watch Nicola Benedetti and friends explore the psychology and physicality of playing Watch Nicola Benedetti talks to Sheku Kanneh-Mason Watch Rachel Podger ...
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VideoNicola Benedetti and Lawrence Power play Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante
The performance with the Oxford Philharmonic was streamed on 23 May, and also includes Benedetti performing Mozart’s Fifth Violin Concerto
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VideoNicola Benedetti and friends explore the psychology and physicality of playing
Highlights from the Benedetti Foundation’s three-week long dive into the relationship between instrument, brain and body
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VideoRachel Podger and Nicola Benedetti explore the physicality of playing the violin
This is the final video of ‘Building Foundations’ Virtual Sessions, in which Nicola Benedetti shares a series of short interviews on the topic of physicality and psychology of playing with a variety of musicians. Here, Benedetti chats with violinist Rachel Podger about approaches to technique both physically and mentally, the ...
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VideoNicola Benedetti talks to Sheku Kanneh-Mason
As part of the ‘Building Foundations’ Virtual Sessions, the Benedetti Foundation will be sharing a series of short interviews on the topic of exploring the physicality and psychology of playing with a variety of musicians. In this video Nicola Benedetti chats with Sheku Kanneh-Mason about his relationship to technique, physical ...
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NewsBenedetti Foundation presents new Virtual Benedetti Sessions
The new sessions, running from 28 March to 18 April, will explore the physicality and psychology of playing
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NewsWith Nicky returns
The series of educational videos from violinist Nicola Benedetti makes a return
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NewsBenedetti Foundation announces New Year Sessions
Beginner, intermediate and advanced string players can participate in classes delivered over Zoom
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NewsBenedetti Foundation presents the first Christmas Sessions
The Christmas Sessions will bring together string players of all ages to perform a new arrangement of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
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NewsNicola Benedetti collaborates with father Gio Benedetti to provide mental health support
Together they will launch a series of one hour webinars through Gio’s Green Cross Training company to offer help for those in need this winter
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VideoNicola Benedetti and friends play Ernest Bloch’s Prayer
In this video, Nicola Benedetti and musical colleagues play a new arrangement by the Ayoub Sisters of Ernest Bloch’s ‘Prayer’ (originally composed in 1924 for Cello and Piano) - commissioned by the luxury furniture-making company Maker&Son in support of The Benedetti Foundation. This performance also features Yume Fujise and Charlie ...
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VideoPhilharmonia Sessions: Nicola Benedetti plays The Lark Ascending
The violinist plays Vaughan Williams’s classic in this latest instalment of the Philharmonia Sessions, a series of performances recorded specially for online broadcast during the pandemic. The video finishes with a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No 1 conducted by Paavo Järvi. Read: The fear of making mistakes stops violinists from ...
