Nicola Benedetti 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 read more...

In spring 2003, Nicola, invited as a soloist by London Symphony Orchestra and produced by Mattel Inc., participated in the recording of the DVD titled "Barbie of Swan Lake" at Abbey read more...

At the age of 16, she won the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition in May 2004, performing Karol Szymanowski's First Violin Concerto, which was not an obvious choice, in the read more...

Her debut album released on the Deutsche Grammophon label in April 2005 included Szymanowski's Concerto No. 1, the Chausson Poème, the Havanaise by Saint-Saëns, and a trio read more...

On June 2, 2005 she started her debut US tour with a performance for the exclusive Academy of Achievement Summit at New York's Jazz at Lincoln Center, where she played the "Meditation" read more...

In the meanwhile, on Saturday, September 10, 2005, Nicola made "BBC Prom in the Park" debut with the BBC Concert Orchestra in Hyde Park, London.

In 2005 Nicola also undertook a tour of UK schools in conjunction with the CLIC Sargent Cancer Care for Children Practice-a-thon, which aimed to encourage people of all ages to find read more...

Her second album, recorded with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, was released on 15 May 2006. Works include Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor, Mozart's Adagio for read more...

Nicola has played in concerts and recitals in major venues all over the world since her debut. The following below is not all of them:

Nicola Benedetti (born July 1987 West Kilbride, North Ayrshire) is a Scottish violinist.