BenGoldscheider

Ben Goldscheider has premiered over 50 new works for the horn to date including concerti, solo, chamber and cross-genre projects including with live electronics and lighting. In the 2023/24 season, he gave the world premiere performances of two new concerti by composers Gavin Higgins and Huw Watkins.

Ben has given recitals at major concert halls across Europe including at the Concertgebouw, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Koln Philharmonie, Musikverein, Pierre Boulez Saal, Southbank Centre and Wigmore Hall and has performed as a soloist with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (BBC Proms), Das Sinfonie Orchester Berlin, Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, London Mozart Players, Lucerne Symphony, Munich Chamber Orchestra (Klosters Music), Musikkollegium Winterthur, Philharmonie Zuidnederland, Prague Philharmonia, Tapiola Sinfonietta and Ulster Orchestra, amongst others.

Ben is a member of the Boulez Ensemble and Principal Horn of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra . He holds a professorship at the Royal Conservatory in Antwerp and is the Artist in Association at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

Born in London in 1997, Ben studied at the Royal College of Music Junior Department with Susan Dent and in 2020 Ben completed his studies with honours at the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin with Radek Baborák. He was a prize-winner at the 2019 YCAT International Auditions, Concerto Finalist in the 2016 BBC Young Musician Competition, and an ECHO Rising Star for the 2021/22 season nominated by the Barbican, London.