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About Benjamin

Benjamin Beilman has won international praise for his passionate performances and deep rich tone which The New York Times described as “muscular with a glint of violence”, and the Strad described as “pure poetry”. Le Monde has described him as “a prodigious artist, who combines the gift of utmost sound perfection and a deep, delicate, intense, simmering sensitivity”. Celebrated for his instinctive sense of form and color, Beilman brings a balance of elegance and surprise to his playing—uncovering new depths in familiar works and expanding the violin’s expressive range through his commitment to contemporary music.

Benjamin’s 2025/26 season highlights include appearances with the Minnesota Orchestra performing Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto No. 1, Dresden Philharmonic performing Mozart No. 5, Antwerp Symphony performing Saariaho’s Graal théâtre, Solistes Européens Luxembourg performing Beethoven, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne performing Berg, and the Nashville Symphony performing Britten. He will also curate, stage, and lead two chamber music programs at Sun Valley Music Festival, and continue his ongoing recital partnership with pianist Steven Osborne. In the Summer, he embarks on a month-long tour of Australasia, including appearances with the Sydney Symphony and Tasmanian Symphony with Tabitha Berglund, West Australian Symphony with Anja Bihlmaier, and the Auckland Philharmonia with Giordano Bellincampi.

Last season saw Benjamin’s debut with the Berlin Philharmonic and Kirill Petrenko on tour in the US, as well as returns to the Chicago Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, and Antwerp Symphony. He also made his debut with the Belgian National Orchestra in a performance of Stravinsky’s concerto, and with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony performing Korngold.

In past seasons, Benjamin has performed with many major orchestras worldwide including the Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Rotterdam Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Trondheim Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Taipei Symphony, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Zurich Tonhalle, Sydney Symphony, and Houston Symphony. He has also extensively toured Australia in recital under Musica Aviva, and in 2022, became one of the youngest artists to be appointed to the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music.

In recent seasons Beilman’s commitment to and passion for contemporary music has led to new works written for him by Frederic Rzewski (commissioned by Music Accord), and Gabriella Smith (commissioned by the Schubert Club in St. Paul, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music). He has also given multiple performances of Jennifer Higdon’s violin concerto, and recorded Thomas Larcher’s concerto with Hannu Lintu and the Tonkünstler Orchester, as well as premiered Chris Rogerson’s Violin Concerto (“The Little Prince”) with the Kansas City Symphony and Gemma New.

Conductors with whom he has worked include Elim Chan, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Cristian Măcelaru, Lahav Shani, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Semyon Bychkov, Krzysztof Urbański, Ryan Bancroft, Gemma New, Karina Canellakis, Jonathon Heyward, Juraj Valčuha, Han-Na Chang, Roderick Cox, Rafael Payare, Osmo Vänskä, and Giancarlo Guerrero.

Beilman studied at the Curtis Institute of Music with Ida Kavafian and Pamela Frank, and with Christian Tetzlaff at the Kronberg Academy, and has received many prestigious accolades including a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship, an Avery Fisher Career Grant and a London Music Masters Award. He has also recorded works by Stravinsky, Janáček and Schubert for Warner Classics. He performs with the ex-Balaković F. X. Tourte bow (c. 1820), and plays the “Ysaÿe” Guarneri del Gesù from 1740, generously on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.

Benjamin is based in New York City

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Katharina Sommer

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Representation

European management with Askonas Holt

Partner Managers:
Opus 3 Artists (general management)

Season Highlights

Oct 2024
Queen Elisabeth Hall, Antwerp
Korngold concerto for violin in D major, Op.35 Roderick Cox (conductor)
Oct 2024
Cincinnati Music Hall
Saint Saens Violin concerto No.3 Ramon Tebar (conductor)
Nov 2024
Berlin Philharmonic, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
Korngold Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 Kirill Petrenko (conductor)
Jan 2025
Laeiszhalle, Hamburg
Bruch Violin concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.26 Ha-Na Chang (conductor)
Mar 2025
Suntory Hall, Tokyo
Korngold Violin concerto in D major, Op.35 Killian Farrel (conductor)
Apr 2025
Henry Le Boeuf Hall, Brussels
Stravinsky Violin concerto Michael Schonwandt (conductor)

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Selected Repertoire

Barber

Violin Concerto, Op.14

Beethoven

Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61

Berg

Violin Concerto

Brahms

Violin Concerto, Op.77   •   Double Concerto for Violin and Cello, Op.102

Britten

Violin Concerto, Op.15

Bruch

Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.26

Dvořák

Violin Concerto, Op.53

Haydn

Violin Concerto in C Major, Hob.VIIa:1

Higdon

Violin Concerto

Korngold

Violin Concerto, Op.35

Larcher

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

Martin

Polyptyque

Mendelssohn

Double Concerto for Violin, Piano, and Strings   •   Violin Concerto, Op.64

Mozart

Violin Concerto No.3 in G major, K.216   •   Violin Concerto No.5 in A minor, K.219   •   Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major, K.364

Ogonek

In Silence

Prokofiev

Violin Concerto No.1, Op.19

Rogerson

The Little Prince

Saint-Saëns

Violin Concerto No.3, Op.61

Sibelius

Violin Concerto, Op.47

Stravinsky

Violin Concerto K075

Szymanowski

Violin Concerto No.1, Op.35

Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto, Op.35

Sample Programmes

  • Exploring the influence of instrument on performer (played on the "Ysaye" Guarneri del Gesu)

    Ysaye: Solo Sonata No.3 "Ballade" Tartini arr. Kreisler: Devil's Trill Sonata Paganini: Cantabile Schubert: Rondo Brilliante Intermission Franck: Sonata

  • Clara Schumann: 3 Romances Brahms: G major Sonata Op.78 Intermission Lili Boulanger: 2 Pieces for Violin and Piano Saint Saëns: Violin Sonata No.1 in D minor (or Franck or Faure No.1)

News

Press

  • Chicago Symphony, Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No. 3, Op. 61 conducted by Semyon Bychkov

    Chicago Symphony Hall
    Dec 2023
    • Charm is not a quality in vast supply these days culturally, socially or otherwise. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s penultimate program of the year, led by Semyon Bychkov, had an abundant supply of it, courtesy of Benjamin Beilman.

  • Tonkunstler Orchester, Dvorak Violin Concerto, conducted by Marc Albrecht

    Brucknerhaus Linz, Grosser Saal
    Nov 2023
    • Benjamin Beilman has truly earned the title "Poet among the star violinists". He narrates with a captivating, beguiling tone and stupendous technique, passionately and wholeheartedly

  • Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Saint Saens Violin COncerto No. 3 conducted by Michael Schonwandt

    Congresshalle Saarbrucken
    Nov 2023
    • The young Benjamin Beilman with his Guarneri violin was exactly the right interpreter for Saint-Saëns' third violin concerto. The much-played concerto, written for Sarasate, not only gives the soloist the opportunity to emphasise the themes with a powerful, rich tone, but also to combine vocalism, virtuoso bowing and fingering technique with intense passion. Beilman impressed with his clear and beautiful interpretation.

  • l’Orchestre national de Montpellier, Jennifer Higdon conducted by Roderick Cox

    Opéra Berlioz
    Dec 2023
    • A first-rate performer. His perfect intonation always knows how to be "in the bull's-eye" of the note. He seized the first movement with his luminous sonority… The middle Chaconni was bursting with lyricism, which Beilman served up with effusive, modest poetry. The final movement could go round in vain circles, were it not for the intelligence of a virtuoso and a conductor who, in perfect complicity, metamorphosed its frantic race into a pure - and irresistible! - élan vital.

  • St. Louis Symphony, Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 conducted by Cristian Măcelaru

    Oct 2023
    • The flourishes of dynamic interplay aside, for long stretches of the concerto, it’s a dance song. You could grab your partner and dance to it. Beilman, though not stagey about it, danced throughout the entire performance. I was thinking Beilman danced with his violin more like a village fiddler than a concert violinist. Then, for his encore, he called Macelaru – now toting a fiddle of his own! – back onstage to play two Bella Bartok fiddle duets with him. It was a brilliantly generous and loving idea.