Nicola Benedetti
Acting
Biography
Nicola Benedetti is an Italian-Scottish classical solo violinist and festival director. Her ability was recognised when she was a child, including the award of BBC Young Musician of the Year when she was 16. She works with orchestras in Europe and America as well as with Alexei Grynyuk, her regular pianist. Since 2012, she has played the Gariel Stradivarius violin. In 2019, she founded the music education charity The Benedetti Foundation and became the first woman to lead the Edinburgh International Festival when she was made Festival Director on 1 October 2022.
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Celebrated tenor vocalist and classical-pop crossover Andrea Bocelli toplines this live concert from 2011. Mounted in New York City's Central Park, it features appearances by frequent Bocelli collaborators Celine Dion and David Foster. Selections include: "My Prayer," "Ave Maria," "Amarcord," Home On the Range," and many more.
Andrea Bocelli: Concerto - One Night In Central Park
Rod Stewart – Christmas Special Live at Stirling Castle 21 nov 2012 full broadcast With Michael Bublé, Kylie Minogue and Nicola Benedetti
Rod Stewart – Christmas Live at Stirling Castle
Tom Service delves into the life and times of Mozart to try and rediscover his greatness.
The Joy of Mozart
Nicola Benedetti introduces performances by celebrated violinists including Nathan Milstein, Mischa Elman, Isaac Stern, Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman and Nigel Kennedy.
Virtuoso Violinists at the BBC
Rick Wakeman – prog rock superstar and television Grumpy Old Man – goes in search of Antonio Vivaldi, the 18th century priest who composed the world‘s most popular classical music, The Four Seasons. Rick wants to test his theory that Vivaldi was the first rock star – and investigate why his music disappeared completely for 20 years.