Sir GeorgeBenjamin

One of today’s most prominent composer-conductors, George Benjamin was born in 1960 and began composing at the age of seven.

Over many years Benjamin has developed a particularly close association with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. They have played under his baton for the premiere performances of Written on Skin, Picture a Day Like This and his Concerto for Orchestra at the BBC Proms. Benjamin also has a strong relationship with the Ensemble Modern, with whom he is touring this season to major venues including London, Berlin and Amsterdam. During 2023/24 he will also conduct concert performances of his operas with the Orchestre de Paris and Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and return to both the Concertgebouw and The Cleveland orchestras.

Since 2001 Benjamin has been the Henry Purcell Professor of Composition at King‘s College London. He was knighted in the 2017 Birthday Honours, and was recently made the 50th laureate of the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize.

His works are published by Faber Music and are recorded on Nimbus Records.