BenjaminBeilman
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Representation
European management with Askonas Holt
Partner Managers:
Opus 3 Artists (general management)
About Benjamin
Benjamin Beilman is one of the leading violinists of his generation. He 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”.
Benjamin's 2024/25 season includes a return to the Antwerp Symphony performing Korngold with Roderick Cox, and to the Hamburger Symphoniker performing Bruch with Ha-Na Chang at the Laeiszhalle. He also makes his debut with the Belgian National Orchestra reuniting with Michael Schønwandt in a performance of Stravinsky’s concerto, and with the Tokyo Metropolitain Symphony performing Korngold. In the US, performances include a return to the Cincinnati Symphony for Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No.3 with Ramón Tebar, and a recital tour with Steven Osborne.
Last season included Benjamin's subscription debut with the Chicago Symphony with Semyon Bychkov, and six weeks of performances in Europe, including concerts with the SWR Symphonieorchester Stuttgart alongside Elim Chan, a return to the Kölner Philharmonie with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken, and appearances at the Grafenegg Festival, Festpielhaus St. Pölten, and the Musikverein in Vienna with the Tonkünstler Orchester and Tabita Berglund. He also returned to play-direct the London Chamber Orchestra, and re-united with Ryan Bancroft for his debut with BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Meanwhile, performances in the US included his debut with the St Louis Symphony under Cristian Macelaru, as well as returns to the Minnesota Orchestra with Elim Chan.
In past seasons, Benjamin has performed with many major orchestras worldwide including the Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco 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 works include Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Cristian Măcelaru, Lahav Shani, Krzysztof Urbański, Ryan Bancroft, Matthias Pintscher, Gemma New, Karina Canellakis, Jonathon Heyward, Juraj Valčuha, Han-Na Chang, Elim Chan, 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 perfoms 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.
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Representation
European management with Askonas Holt
Partner Managers:
Opus 3 Artists (general management)
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Selected Repertoire
Barber | Violin Concerto, Op.14 |
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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 HallDec 2023Charm 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.
- Chicago Classical Review
- 15 December 2023