Benedetti, Mendelssohn and YouTube

The stunning and talented Nicola Benedetti makes her debut before Phoenix audiences this weekend performing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor. A few months shy

of her twentieth birthday, this attractive young star is taking audiences by storm – she was named the BBC’s Young Musician of the Year back in 2004 and has just been nominated as Young British Classical Performer by the Classical Brit Awards. Check out her website here where you can listen to sound clips and read up on her recent appearances, or you can also find numerous videos featuring her performances on YouTube. There are clips of her performing the Mendelssohn as well as a number of other beautiful works with various orchestras. While YouTube is a great new way to get to know the music and check out guest artists ahead of time, there is no comparison to a live performance. Come to hear Nicola Benedetti and Mendelssohn, and then stay to hear The Phoenix Symphony perform Shostakovich’s spectacular Symphony No. 5. Don’t have your tickets yet? You can get them right here.