Overview

• Benedetti publicly acknowledged for the first time that she married Marsalis, who is 25 years her senior.
• The violinist and the nine-time Grammy winner met as professionals in New York in 2004 when she was 17 and he was 42.
• Their collaboration includes a violin concerto composed by Marsalis, highlighting their shared artistic vision.
• Benedetti serves as artistic director of the Edinburgh International Festival while Marsalis leads Jazz at Lincoln Center.
• They welcomed a daughter in May 2024 but maintained strict privacy about their family until July 2025.