Nicola Benedetti highlighted in The Telegraph’s “The 100 Best Cultural Events of 2021”

Nicola Benedetti’s performances with the Benedetti Baroque Orchestra at the Battersea Arts Centre are praised as one of 2021’s best cultural events (Photo credit: Battersea Arts Centre)

The 100 best cultural events of 2021
The Telegraph
December 11, 2021

What began as a difficult year for the arts – with theatres, cinemas, and concert-halls all closed due to COVID restrictions – nevertheless brought plenty to enjoy, from nail-biting TV dramas and thereturn of summer festivals to a magnificent Romeo and Juliet at the Royal Ballet.

The Telegraph's critics – as well as writing specialist guides to the best and worst of 2021's films, pop, comedy, art and more – have each put forward their own ranked list of suggestions for the best things they've seen and heard this year.

4. Classical: Nicola Benedetti

At Battersea Arts Centre, the Scottish virtuoso played violin concertos by Geminiani and Vivaldi, proving that music often condemned as repetitive is full of thrilling, plaintive expressiveness.

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