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‘If it’s a good fight, you just keep doing it’ – Edinburgh International Festival director Nicola Benedetti on music education

‘If it’s a good fight, you just keep doing it’ – Edinburgh International Festival director Nicola Benedetti on music education

Best Nicola Benedetti recordings

Arvo Part Soloists: Nicola Benedetti; Alexei Grynyuk Record label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalogue ID: 476 3399

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847 : Germany) Conductor: James MacMillan Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Soloists: Nicola Benedetti Record label: Deutsche Grammophon

Jules Massenet Conductor: Daniel Harding Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra Soloists: Nicola Benedetti Record label: Classic FM Catalogue ID: CFMFW 099

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