An evening with Nicola Benedetti

Name: An evening with Nicola Benedetti
Start: 2025-10-17T19:30:00+01:00
Location: Easterbrook Hall

Schedule

Fri, 17 Oct, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Easterbrook Hall | Dumfries, SC

Join Nicola Benedetti, “the country’s favourite violinist” (The Times) for a unique and personal show as she returns to pre-eminent stages across the UK for her first solo tour in over ten years.

Combining stunning performance with storytelling, Nicola shares a selection of shorter works – from romantic to virtuosic to folk - combined with her thoughts surrounding her choices of music, as well as her experiences over the past decade. This performance will be intimate and personal, with Nicola joined onstage by fellow musicians including Brazilian guitarist Plinio Fernandes and accordionist Samuele Telari.”
Nicola Benedetti is one of the most sought-after violinists of her generation. Her ability to captivate audiences and her wide appeal as an advocate for classical music has made her one of the most influential artists of today. Winner of the GRAMMY Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo in 2020, as well as Best Female Artist at both 2012 and 2013 Classical BRIT Awards, Nicola records exclusively for Decca (Universal Music).
Born and raised in São Paulo, Plínio Fernandes fuses the tradition of classical guitar with Brazilian folk music. An exclusive Decca Gold recording artist, Plínio released his debut album, Saudade, in 2022, which hit Number One on the Billboard Traditional Classical Albums Chart. His second album, Bacheando, released in September 2023, explores Bach’s influence on Brazilian music and contrasts to his recently released EP, Cinema.
Sought after as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher, Samuele Telari’s recent solo engagements include recitals at Wigmore Hall, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Berlin Konzerthaus. He has taken part in the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Verbier, Cheltenham and Schlern Music Festivals collaborating with Pablo Barragan and the Simply Quartet.