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Nicola Benedetti - Violin

Barbican Hall, 12-Jun-2025 / 19:30

Barbican Hall, 3-Apr-2025 / 19:00

Royal Festival Hall, 14-Mar-2024 / 19:30

Favourite Concertos

Brahms' Violin Concerto in D Op. 77 performed on the 1st of October 2023 at the Royal Festival Hall with the Philharmonia Orchestra under the baton of Cristian Macelaru, on the 24th of April 2022 with the Philharmonia Orchestra under the baton of Santtu-Matias Rouvali and on the 11th of January 2018 at St John's Smith Square with the London Mozart Players under the baton of Leonard Elschenbroich.

Elgar's Violin Concerto performed on the 2nd of October 2019 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Vladimir Jurowski at the Royal Festival Hall and on the 26th of April 2019 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sakari Oramo at the Barbican Hall.

Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto performed on the 4th of November 2021 with the Aurora Orchestra under the baton of Nicholas Collon at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and on the 16th of March 2018 with the Corinthian Chamber Orchestra at St James's Piccadilly.

Royal Festival Hall, 9-Nov-2023 / 19:30

  • Wynton Marsalis: Violin Concerto
  • Philharmonia Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali - Conductor

Royal Festival Hall, 8-Jun-2023 / 19:30

  • Beethoven: Triple Concerto

Royal Albert Hall, 7-Sep-2022 / 11:00

  • Wynton Marsalis: excerpts from the Violin Concerto
  • Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Royal Albert Hall, 6-Sep-2022 / 19:30

  • Wynton Marsalis: Violin Concerto (43 mins)
  • Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård - Conductor

Barbican Hall, 13-Jun-2021 / 18:30

  • Mark Simpson: Violin Concerto (world premiere with live audience)
  • Ryan Wigglesworth - Conductor, London Symphony Orchestra

Barbican Hall, 8-Apr-2022 / 19:30

  • Korngold: Violin Concerto
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo - Conductor

Wigmore Hall, 24-Feb-2022 / 19:30

  • Schumann: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 63
  • Wolfgang Rihm: Fremde Szene III
  • Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B Op. 8

Barbican Hall, 23-Sep-2021 / 19:30

  • Bach: Partita in D minor for solo violin
  • Eugène Ysaÿe

Royal Albert Hall, 7-Aug-2021 / 19:30

  • Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor
  • National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Jonathon Heyward - Conductor

Her concert scheduled for the 26thof May 2024 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

Royal Festival Hall, 4-Jul-2021 / 15:00

  • Beethoven: Violin Concerto
  • Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon - Conductor

Wigmore Hall, 8-Jun-2021 / 19:30

  • Beethoven: Piano Trio in E flat Op. 70 No. 2

Nicola Benedetti's concerts, unfortunately, cancelled due to the pandemic

On the 11th of April 2021 at the Barbican Hall with the programme consisting of the world premiere of Mark Simpson's Violin Concerto.

On the the 22nd of February 2021 at the Royal Festival Hall.

On the 21st of September 2020 at the Barbican Hall.

Nicola Benedetti performed:

  • > Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Vasily Petrenko in a live streamed performance on the 15th of April 2021.
  • > Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending with the Philharmonia Orchestra under the baton of Paavo Järvi in an online concert at the Battersea Arts Centre first viewable on the 18th of September 2020.
  • > Vivaldi Concerto in D minor for two violins RV514, Concerto in D major for two violins RV513 and Bach's Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043 with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under the direction of Jonathan Cohen at the Royal Albert Hall on the 3rd of September 2020.

Wigmore Hall, 5-Jul-2020 / 19:30

Recital with Alexei Grynyuk

  • Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Op. 78
  • Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor Op. 105
  • Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Op. 94bis

Barbican Hall, 14-Nov-2019 / 19:30

  • Tilson Thomas: Agnegram
  • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
  • Michael Tilson Thomas - Conductor
  • London Symphony Orchestra

Nicola Benedetti performed:

  • > Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D major with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain under the baton of Mark Wigglesworth on the 27th of July 2019 at the Royal Albert Hall,
  • > Bruch's Violin Concerto No.1 with the Philharmonia Orchestra under the baton of Pablo Heras-Casado on the 2nd of June 2019 at the Royal Festival Hall.
  • > in an interactive family concert at the Wigmore Hall twice on the 26th of February 2019 and on the 16th of February 2019.
  • > Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor on the 9th of December 2018 with the National Children's Orchestras of Great Britain Main Orchestra.

Nicola Benedetti received a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for services to Music in the 2019.

Wigmore Hall, 5-Dec-2018 / 19:30

Recital with cellist Leonard Elschenbroich and pianist Alexei Grynyuk

  • Strauss:
    • Cello Sonata in F Op. 6
    • Violin Sonata in E flat Op. 18
  • Ravel: Tzigane
  • Schubert: Notturno in E flat D897
  • Brahms: Piano Trio No. 2 in C Op. 87

St James's Piccadilly, 28-Nov-2018 / 19:30

Corinthian Chamber Orchestra, Leonard Elschenbroich - Conductor

  • Liadov: Eight Russian Folk Songs
  • Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No.2
  • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5

BBC Proms 2015, Korngold: Violin Concerto

Royal Albert Hall, 15-Jul-2018 / 19:00

  • Saint‐Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals
  • Ravel: Tzigane
  • James MacMillan: Britannia
  • David Bruce: Sidechaining (World premiere)
  • Iain Farrington: Gershwinicity (World premiere)
  • Nicola Benedetti, Jennifer Pike - Violin, Nicholas Daniel - Oboe, Ben Goldscheider - Horn
  • Alexander Bone - Saxophone
  • Jess Gillam - Saxophones, Alexandra Ridout - Trumpet

Nicola Benedetti performed Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No 1 with the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Gianandrea Noseda at the Barbican Hall Hall on the 24th of June 2018.

Nicola Benedetti was appointed as MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the 2013.

Nicola Benedetti performed:

  • > Vivaldi's Concerto for Violin in D major (Il Grosso Mogul) and Dresden Concerto for Violin in F major with the Academy of Ancient Music under the direction of Richard Egarr in the Barbican Hall 31st of May 2018,
  • > Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under the baton of Marin Alsop on the 4th of February 2018 at the Royal Festival Hall.
  • > Shostakovich' Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under the baton of Thomas Søndergård on the 18th of July 2017 at the Royal Albert Hall.
  • > Szymanowski's Violin Concerto No. 1 and No.2 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra of Wales under the baton of Vladimir Jurowski on the 23rd of September 2016 at the Royal Festival Hall.

She started her study with Baron Menuhin at the Yehudi Menuhin School for young musicians in September 1997.

Nicola Benedetti joined Alexei Grynyuk in a BBC Radio 3 Wigmore Hall Lunchtime Concert playing Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 10 and Violin Sonata No. 2 by Brahms on the 29th of February 2016.

St John's Smith Square, 11-Feb-2016 / 19:30

  • Schubert: Piano Trio in B flat, D.898
  • Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op.50
  • Leonard Elschenbroich - Cello
  • pianist Alexei Grynyuk

Nicola Benedetti became the leader of the National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain at the ridiculous young age of eight.

Nicola Benedetti performed the world premiere of Violin Concerto by Wynton Marsalis at the Barbican Hall on the 6th of November 2015 with the London Symphony Orchestra being conducted by James Gaffigan.

Royal Albert Hall, 27-Sep-2015

  • Nicola Benedetti performed in a concert including Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence. It also featured 'Duetti D’Amore',a work written specially for Nicola Benedetti and Leonard Elschenbroich by Mark-Anthony Turnage.

Nicola Benedetti played Korngold's Violin Concerto with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Kirill Karabits at the Royal Albert Hall on the 10rd of August 2015.

St Luke's, 23-Jun-2015

Nicola Benedetti performed:

Nicola Benedetti made her BBC Proms debut on the 3rd of August 2010 in a performance of The Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Donald Runnicles.