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Video: Classical music star speaks out against cuts

SCOTTISH violinist Nicola Benedetti has warned that government funding cuts are preventing talented young artists getting to university.

The star said it was “frightening” that some “promising and exciting” students from poorer backgrounds were being denied a proper education.

She spoke out at the launch of the Nicola Benedetti Scholarship Fund, which will help fund students to take Italian Studies at Edinburgh University.

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