MUSIC fans are in for a treat next week when two international stars of classical music team up with the NZSO to perform Brahms and Beethoven at Baycourt.
Scottish violinist, Nicola Benedetti, 29, is a captivating violinist and has been described as one of the most influential classical musicians of today.
Benedetti made history as an 8-year-old by becoming the youngest person to lead the National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain. At only 16 she won the 2004 BBC Young Musician of the Year Award, leading to a lucrative six-album deal from Universal Music that same year.
Since then, she's been in the spotlight as a passionate advocate for music education and she was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to music and charity in the New Year Honours 2013.
She returns to New Zealand to perform Brahms' Double Concerto for Violin and Cello with German cellist Leonard Elschenbroich and the NZSO's new Music Director Edo de Waart.
