Nicola Benedetti is named Best Classical Artist at The Global Awards 2019

7 March 2019, 20:53 | Updated: 7 March 2019, 22:39

Nicola Benedetti wins Best Classical Artist at The Global Awards 2019

The brilliant violinist came top of the classical category at this year’s star-studded Global Awards

The great Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti won the Best Classical Award at The Global Awards 2019, a category that was voted for by the public.

The other musicians shortlisted were saxophonist Jess Gillam, bass-baritone Bryn Terfel, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and pianist Lang Lang – who also performed at the ceremony.

Watch Lang Lang perform some incredibly virtuosic Chopin at The Global Awards >

It was a big day for Nicola – the award came on the same day that she collected her CBE from Buckingham Palace.

Nicola Benedetti speaks to Margherita Taylor at The Global Awards 2019

Accepting the award, Nicola said: "Thank you so much for this honour. Classical music is a very intimate form of music and it's often a longer form of music and can take more concentration, but it's so so worth it."

Watch the full ceremony here.