Nicola Benedetti (violin), Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

Nicola Benedetti is to release a major work of the violin repertoire, Beethoven's Violin Concerto. Recorded with Nicholas Collon and the award-winning Aurora Orchestra, who celebrate their 20th anniversary this year. The entire concerto was filmed to create a dynamic, full-length video. Plans for the video will be unveiled in due course. As well as a GRAMMY winner, 2 x Classical BRIT Award winner, BBC Music Magazine’s 2021 Personality of the Year and a CBE, Nicky runs the incredible Benedetti Foundation for young musicians, and in 2022 became the first ever female director of the world-famous Edinburgh International Festival.

"Benedetti, Aurora and their conductor Nicholas Collon have recorded an interpretation that’s buoyant, warmly affectionate and at times just a little tongue-in-cheek. You’d expect playfulness in the last movement, but it’s there to some extent throughout, even in Benedetti’s weightless playing of the slow movement." - The Guardian, 24th April 2025