Biography
Born in 1960, George Benjamin began composing at the age of seven. In 1976 he entered the Paris Conservatoire to study with Messiaen, after which he worked with Alexander Goehr at King’s College, Cambridge. When Benjamin was only 20 years old, Ringed by the Flat Horizon was played at the BBC Proms by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Elder. Benjamin’s first operatic work Into the Little Hill, written with playwright Martin Crimp, was commissioned in 2006 by the Festival d’Automne in Paris. Their second collaboration, Written on Skin was premiered at the Aix-en-Provence festival in July 2012 and has since been performed by 20 international opera houses. A new collaboration with Martin Crimp, Lessons in Love and Violence, was premiered at the Royal Opera House in May 2018, under the composer
Musical Works
11Performance credits
Upcoming performances Today Onwards
Past performances 1994 — Yesterday
Brett Dean viola, viola d'amore; Lawrence Power viola, viola d'amore; Nash Ensemble; Xiaowen Shang harpsichord, BiberByrdBenjaminDeanBach, J. S.
Wigmore HallLe Tombeau de Couperin, RavelBenjaminJanáček
The Calouste Gulbenkian FoundationConductor
View program, cast and crewPierre-Laurent Aimard, MozartBach, C. P. E.BeethovenBenjaminSweelinckChopinIves, C.
Chicago Symphony OrchestraStaatskapelle Berlin & Finnegan Downie Dear, RavelMessiaenBenjamin
State Opera BerlinCoptic Light, León, T.GubaidulinaBenjaminFeldman
Hr-Sinfonieorchester FrankfurtFeatured past performances
Brett Dean viola, viola d'amore; Lawrence Power viola, viola d'amore; Nash Ensemble; Xiaowen Shang harpsichord, BiberByrdBenjaminDeanBach, J. S.
Wigmore Hall
Le Tombeau de Couperin, RavelBenjaminJanáček
The Calouste Gulbenkian FoundationConductor
View program, cast and crew
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, MozartBach, C. P. E.BeethovenBenjaminSweelinckChopinIves, C.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Staatskapelle Berlin & Finnegan Downie Dear, RavelMessiaenBenjamin
State Opera BerlinUpcoming performances
29Benjamins Written on Skin, Benjamin
Stavanger Symphony OrchestraConductor
View cast and crewJoven Orquesta Nacional De España (Jonde), SoteloLigetiBenjamin
Ensemble ModernLessons in Love and Violence, Benjamin
Ulm TheaterLucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (Lfco) | Sir George Benjamin | Jörgen Van Rijen, BenjaminAbrahamsenVarious
Lucerne Festival im SommerConductor
View program, cast and crewPicture a Day Like This, Benjamin
Festival d'Aix en ProvenceConductor
View cast and crewBoulez, Benjamin And Brahms 4, BoulezBenjaminBrahms
London Symphony OrchestraLondon Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle, BoulezBenjaminBrahms
Cité de la Musique/Philharmonie de ParisOrchestre Philharmonique De Radio France / George Benjamin, MessiaenDebussy
Cité de la Musique/Philharmonie de ParisConductor
View program, cast and crewTue19:30
Berlin, Germany
Biography
Born in 1960, George Benjamin began composing at the age of seven. In 1976 he entered the Paris Conservatoire to study with Messiaen, after which he worked with Alexander Goehr at King’s College, Cambridge. When Benjamin was only 20 years old, Ringed by the Flat Horizon was played at the BBC Proms by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Elder. Benjamin’s first operatic work Into the Little Hill, written with playwright Martin Crimp, was commissioned in 2006 by the Festival d’Automne in Paris. Their second collaboration, Written on Skin was premiered at the Aix-en-Provence festival in July 2012 and has since been performed by 20 international opera houses. A new collaboration with Martin Crimp, Lessons in Love and Violence, was premiered at the Royal Opera House in May 2018, under the composer
