Music and business

​Nicola Benedetti is a world-famous violinist. She was the BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2004 when she was 16. She lives in Chiswick, west London, near her sister, Stephanie, who is also a violinist.

Their father, Gio Benedetti, is a businessman. He lives with his wife, Francesca, in Scotland.

My dad, Gio, was always busy. He was very hard-working. His parents were poor, so he wanted to give me and my sister everything.

I like hard work too, and I know what I want - if someone says to me "You can't do that", I think "Oh yes I can!" That's very like my dad. But my dad's a businessman, and I'm an artist.

​​When I was young, music wasn't very important in our house. Then, when I was four, I started playing the violin. In my first lesson, I was so happy, I couldn't stop crying.

​Money is very important to him, but for me, success isn't the same as earning lots of money. He likes the music I play, but he doesn't like classical music very much. I teach him about music, and he tells me about business.


My sister and I are very close. We sometimes play together - not professionally, but at family occasions like weddings and at Christmas.

I live for my work. I never want to stop. Music is my life.

​I was born in a small village in Italy. We were poor but happy. When I was ten, I came to Scotland to live with my uncle. It was very difficult.

​When I was 16, there was a beautiful car - a Jaguar - in the shops but I couldn't afford it. It was too expensive. So I started a business to make money - a dry-cleaning business. Soon there were 15 shops. By the time I was 19, I could afford the Jaguar. That was a very good day!

Nicola was always independent, like me. She could play the violin when she was four. Now she plays concerts all over the world. I am so proud of her. She practises for seven hours a day. Scotland is so proud of her. Everybody

knows her now.

​I can't play any musical instruments. I like country and western music, but not classical. Nicola knows what she wants. She has a passion to succeed, like me, and she works very hard to get it - that's the Italian in her. When I see her play, I often cry. I can't help it. I'm very sentimental.

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всемирно известный

• word-famous

• world-famous

• wild-famous

• world-popular

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also

• слишком

• очень

• также

• почти

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молодой

• young

• busy

• important

• hard-working

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важный

• young

• busy

• important

• hard-working

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трудолюбивый

• young

• busy

• important

• hard-working

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занятой / загруженный

• young

• busy

• important

• hard-working

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скрипка

• drum

• cello

• guitar

• violin

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бедный

• expensive

• cheap

• poor

• rich

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дорогой

• expensive

• cheap

• poor

• rich

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дешевый

• expensive

• cheap

• poor

• rich

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богатый

• expensive

• cheap

• poor

• rich

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успех

• source

• soccer

• success

• sorry

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earn - earning

• зарабатывать - заработок

• работать - работа

• работать - деньги

• работать - бизнес

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close

• близкий

• открывать

• закрывать

• дальний

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семейные праздники

• family occupations

• home occasions

• family occasions

• house occasions

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свадьба

• vedding

• wedding

• weeling

• wending

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сложный / трудный

• independent

• proud

• difficult

• different

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независимый

• independent

• proud

• difficult

• different

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гордый

• independent

• proud

• difficult

• different

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dry-cleaning

• шино-монтаж

• клининг

• автомойка

• химчистка

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страсть / увлечение

• passion

• patience

• patient

• parent

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Я ничего не могу с этим поделать

• I can help it

• I can't take it

• I can't help it

• I can't make it

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sentimental

• инструментальный

• сентиментальный

• ментальный

• чувствительный