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musicians or companies, concert halls or orchestras, was suddenly without any
possibility of any income or revenue.

“Our entire world relies upon community and vast numbers of people getting together

in the one space at the one time. One of my concerns is lots of life will get back to
normality but our industry will take longer. We can’t afford for that to happen. It’s

pretty scary and very devastating for a lot of people at the moment.

“It’s just heartbreaking. I can’t even look at my concert diary properly as I just can’t

believe the number of things I was looking forward to that are not going to happen now.

“I couldn’t believe it when I heard the Edinburgh Festival was being cancelled, that was

probably the biggest shock to me of all the announcements.”

The violinist says she has “not been taking any chances at all,” about venturing outside,
but is convinced concert audiences will return in numbers once venues reopen.

Nicola Benedetti has been forced to move her popular workshops and classes
online during the lockdown. Copyright: Other 3rd Party

She said: “We’re at the mercy of national decisions. But I think we’ll all be much more

appreciative of the environment that we’re in when things reopen. Anything that’s been
taken away from you is so much sweeter when you’re able to experience it again.”

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