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Cultural life, the radio four podcast, she reveals her formative influences and experiences, and how her passion for playing was there from the start. I knew very young there was no question i wanted to play the violin. There was no question that that was what i must do and had to do and wanted to do. Have you played here much, nicky . They chuckle nicola benedetti, welcome to this cultural life. Thank you so much for having me. Its an absolute pleasure. You were born and brought up in north ayr...

But its the truth both of your parents were born in italy, werent they . Yes. Was it an italian household culturally growing up . Its a good question. I would say both parents assimilated very concretely and quite deliberately with scottishness and scottish culture, but they also came over very young. My mum was three years old. An italian speaking three year old with an italian mother and scottish father. Um. Came over to scotland and, er. Was sort of banned from speaking italian quite quickly....

It was like listening to magic for us. but it was like listening to magic of something that we were also trying to do. so the level of sort of ingrained in our mind of, like, its actually possible, if we do enough work, to do that. that first moment that you experience that never leaves you. why this one in particular? why is this the one? because...it�*s...it�*s not always the one thats chosen by violinists as the obvious one to play, is it? i think it started my lifelong love with brahms. ...

That we were also trying to do. so the level of sort of ingrained in our mind of, like, its actually possible, if we do enough work, to do that. that first moment that you experience that never leaves you. why this one in particular? why is this the one? because...it�*s...it�*s not always the one thats chosen by violinists as the obvious one to play, is it? i think it started my lifelong love with brahms. i cant go to a single brahms symphony without crying four orfive times. like, ijust can...

Why is this the one? because...it�*s...it�*s not always the one thats chosen by violinists as the obvious one to play, is it? i think it started my lifelong love with brahms. i can�*t go to a single brahms�* symphony without crying four orfive times. like, ijust can�*t do it. it doesn�*t matter what kind of performance it is, the level of the performance, how many times i�*ve heard it, it�*s just... i think there�*s a quote about brahms that talks about smiling through tears. a...

It was like listening to magic for us. but it was like listening to magic of something that we were also trying to do. so the level of sort of ingrained in our mind of, like, its actually possible, if we do enough work, to do that. that first moment that you experience that never leaves you. why this one in particular? why is this the one? because...it�*s...it�*s not always the one thats chosen by violinists as the obvious one to play, is it? i think it started my lifelong love with brahms. ...

Its ended up like this, because...it�*s horrible. youll make me cry in a minute. it is horrible. is it that upsetting for you to see to see it? mm. it was lovely...and now its not. its not progress, is it? they say everythings progress, but its not. some of those who bought their old council homes have stayed. in the tower blocks, anthony and gloria also took advantage of right to buy. in 2003, they paid £53,000 for their two—bedroom flat. youre from sri lanka then? yes. which part?