Benedetti Sticking To What She Knows

Nicola Benedetti is officially the new It Girl of the moment in the classical music world, and her name has spread so quickly that she still seems a bit overwhelmed by the whole thing. But unlike several other recent teenage flavors of the month, the 17-year-old Scottish violinist has no plans to parlay her newfound celebrity into quick and easy cash by entering the much-reviled borderworld known as “crossover.”