All Nicola Benedetti articles – Page 4

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    Violinist Nicola Benedetti receives MBE in New Year Honours list

    2 January 2013

    Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti has received an MBE in the New Year Honours list. She was honoured for services to music and to charity. Benedetti has worked with organisations such as Sistema Scotland and the Nordoff Robbins music therapy charity, and has been an outspoken supporter of music education.Elsewhere on ...

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    Violinist Nicola Benedetti to open final day of Scotland's T in the Park festival

    25 June 2012

    Nicola Benedetti is set to become the first classical artist to perform on the main stage at Scotland’s biggest annual pop and rock music festival. The violinist will be the first act on stage for the final day of T in the Park, which takes place from 6 to 8 ...

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    Violinist Nicola Benedetti warns against arts funding cuts

    23 February 2011

    Violinist Nicola Benedetti has warned that the UK government’s spending cuts could stop arts students from poorer backgrounds from going to university. Speaking at the launch of the Nicola Benedetti Scholarship Fund, which will support students taking Italian Studies at Edinburgh University, she is reported by Deadline News as commenting, ...