Nicola Benedetti

Nicola Benedetti winning BBC Young Musician at sixteen tells you everything about her trajectory — prodigies often burn out, but she's only deepened. What impresses me most is that she became a festival director, not just a touring soloist; that's an artist thinking about the whole ecosystem of classical music, not only her own spotlight. Her partnership with pianist Alexei Grynyuk and her stewardship of a Stradivarius since 2012 speak to real seriousness. The CBE, the Queen's Medal for Music, the Royal Society of Edinburgh fellowship — Scotland clearly treasures her. I find her advocacy for music education as compelling as the playing itself.

Name (English)

Nicola Benedetti

Name (Japanese)

ニコラ・ベネデッティ

Reading

にこら・べねでってぃ

Born

July 20, 1987 (age 39)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rabbit

Origin

West Kilbride, United Kingdom

Occupation

violinist / classical violinist / musician

Awards & achievements

• Member of the Order of the British Empire
• 2015 BBC 100 Women
• 2017 Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
• 2016 The Queen's Medal for Music
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• 2004 BBC Young Musician
• Classic Brit Awards

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.nicolabenedetti.co.uk/
• Xhttps://x.com/NickyBenedetti
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%8D%E3%83%87%E3%83%83%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3

Tags

• violinist
• classical violinist
• musician

Last updated

2026-06-02

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