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About Benjamin
Winner, George Enescu International Competition (2022) European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) Rising Star, 2024/25 Season
Benjamin Kruithof is emerging as one of the premier instrumental talents of his generation. He was the winner of the 2022 George Enescu International Competition and he has recently been announced as a European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) Rising Star for the 2024/25 season, having been nominated by Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Philharmonie du Luxembourg. In November 2023, Benjamin was also awarded the Audience Prize from the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
As a soloist, recent and forthcoming highlights include performances with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie Herford, Liechtenstein Symphony Orchestra, and the East-West Chamber Orchestra at the Enescu Festival.
In recital, he has performed at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Gasteig in Munich, Kings Place in London and the Salle Cortot in Paris.
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Worldwide General Management with Askonas Holt
Season Highlights
Video
Benjamin Kruithof plays Haydn Cello Concerto in C Major
Credit: Solistes Européens /Philharmonie Luxembourg / Yunus Tuncali
PlayingBenjamin Kruithof plays Dvorak's Cello Concerto
Benjamin Kruithof performs Dvorak’s “Waldesruhe” with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra. Copyright: Gouvernment LU Credit: Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
PlayingBenjamin Kruithof plays Dvorak
Benjamin Kruithof performs Dvorak Cello Concerto with the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Tito Muñoz. All rights owned by George Enescu International Competition Credit: George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra
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Selected Repertoire
| BRAHMS | Double Concerto in A minor Op. 102 |
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| DVORAK | Cello Concerto in B minor Op. 104 • Rondo in G minor for Cello and Orchestra Op. 94 |
| ELGAR | Cello Concerto in E minor Op. 85 |
| HAYDN | Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major Hob. VII:1 • Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major Hob. VII:2 |
| KAVELEVSKY | Cello Concerto No. 1 in G minor Op. 49 |
| LALO | Cello Concerto in D minor |
| SAINT-SAËNS | Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor Op. 33 |
| SCHUMANN | Cello Concerto in A minor Op. 129 |
| TCHAIKOVSKY | Variations on a Rococo Theme Op. 33 |
| VIVALDI | Concerto for Two Cellos RV. 531 |
| WALTON | Cello Concerto |
