Born in Irvine, Scotland on July 20, 1987, Nicola Benedetti CBE is a classical
violinist of Italian descent. At the age of four, she began practicing the
violin and by the age of eight, she was the leader of the National Children’s
Orchestra of Great Britain. She passed the eight grades of musical examinations
by the age of nine while attending Wellington School in Ayr, Scotland. By 1997,
she was styling at the Yehudi Menuhin School for young musicians, performing at
their annual Wigmore Hall concert in 1998. At the age of 16, she won the BBC
Young Musician of the Year award. As ...