Ben Goldscheider
Ben
Goldscheider
BIO
Described as a musical Bear Grylls (Huffington Post, May 2016), Ben has quickly emerged as one of the most exciting horn players of his generation.
At the age of eighteen, Ben Goldscheider reached the Final of the 2016 BBC Young Musician Competition, where he performed at London’s Barbican Hall with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Since then, he has performed at venues including the Berlin Philharmonie, Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre and London’s Royal Albert Hall, where he made his BBC Proms Debut in 2018. He has also appeared as soloist with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Aurora Orchestra and City of London Sinfonia. In 2018, Ben released his debut album with Willowhayne Records to critical acclaim, and was selected as BBC Music Magazine’s “Rising Star” and Gramophone Magazine’s “One to Watch”.
This season, Ben makes concerto debuts with the English Chamber Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg. He also returns to the Berlin Philharmonie to perform the Gliere Horn Concerto with das Sinfonie Orchester Berlin conducted by Radek Baborák. A committed chamber musician, Ben has performed at Wigmore Hall with tenor Julian Prégardien and pianist Christoph Schnackertz, the Pierre Boulez Saal alongside Daniel Barenboim and Michael Barenboim and the Verbier Festival with Sergei Babayan. Other highlights include the Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival, chamber music with Daniel Barenboim and Martha Argerich at the Pierre Boulez Saal and Trio concerts with Callum Smart (violin) and Richard Uttley(piano) across the UK, featuring the premiere of a new work by Geoffrey Gordon in London. Sought-after as an orchestral player, he has performed as guest principal horn with the Staatskapelle Berlin, Philharmonia, English Chamber, West-Eastern Divan Orchestras and in 2018, played the solo horn call from Wagner’s Siegfried in a semi-staged production with The Hallé and Sir Mark Elder.
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Goldscheider becoming a musical Bear Grylls, you find yourself with him every step of the way
James Murphy
Huffington Post
This season, Ben makes concerto debuts with the English Chamber Orchestra, Manchester Camerata and the Prague Philharmonia. In February he returns to the Berlin Philarmonie to perform the Gliere Horn Concerto with das Sinfonie Orchester Berlin conducted by Radek Baborák.
Ben is a student of Radek Baborák at the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin, following studies with Susan Dent at the Royal College of Music Junior Department. He has been invited to participate in the International Music Academy for Soloists (Bückeburg Palace, Germany) and the International Summer Academy for Wind Soloists (Payerbach, Austria).
Prizes include the 2016 Philip Jones Memorial Prize at the Royal Overseas League Annual Music Competition, 2nd Prize at the International Leos Janacek Competition in Brno and the Cox Memorial Prize and Audience Prize at the Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra Young Soloist Competition. In 2012, Ben was the youngest participant in the London Symphony Orchestra Brass Academy, and as principal horn of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, he was awarded the John Fletcher Brass Prize for his contribution to the orchestra.
Ben has performed live on BBC Radio 3 In Tune, and was recently interviewed for a special feature in the Mail on Sunday. He also featured in a BBC documentary following the exceptional careers of the 2016 BBC Young Musician finalists. Ben is grateful for guidance and advice from Young Classical Artists Trust, and for awards from the Dorothy Croft Trust for Young Musicians, Awards for Young Musicians, June Emerson Wind Music and the EMI Music Sound Foundation.
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He makes the horn proud, he makes it sincere, noble…he makes it all the colours you would want and more from any instrument
Mark Wigglesworth
Conductor-BBC Young Musician Final
NEWS
Beyond an auspicious Debut…
Here is an interview from earlier in the year with Robert Hugill from Plant Hugill: The young French Horn player Ben Goldscheider won the BBC Young Musician Brass Category Final in 2016 and currently studies at the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin. His...
NEW RECORDING
In November 2018, Ben was part of a project run by Goldfield Productions to record the entire chamber music repertoire of Erika Fox. "Erika Fox was born in Vienna in 1936 and came to England as a war refugee. Her highly distinctive musical style is a...
REVIEW-Henley Symphony Orchestra
On the 18th November 2018, Ben played Richard Strauss's Second Horn Concerto under Ian Brown and the Henley Symphony Orchestra at the Reading Concert Hall. "the young virtuoso Ben Goldscheider lost no time in reminding us of its warm seductive tone and...
Barenboim, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra bring idealism, chops to Carnegie Hall
Over two weeks, Ben joined the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra for performances across the USA. Starting in Chicago at the Symphony Centre, the orchestra toured to Washington (Kennedy Center), New York (Carnegie Hall), Berkeley (Zellerbach Hall) and Los...
Gramaphone Magazine “One to Watch”
Ben Goldscheider is the only student of the great Czech Horn player Radek Baborak at the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin. The son of professional string players, Goldscheider started to learn the cello, but turned to French horn when he was diagnosed with...
BBC Music Magazine, RISING STAR
Ben chosen as BBC Music Magazine "RISING STAR" 1.Where were you born? London, United Kingdom. 2.What has been the highlight of your career so far? To choose one is simply too difficult and also a shame so therefore I will have to be difficult and choose two. Being...
Beyond an auspicious Debut…
Here is an interview from earlier in the year with Robert Hugill from Plant Hugill: The young French Horn player Ben Goldscheider won the BBC Young Musician Brass Category Final in 2016 and currently studies at the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin. His...
NEW RECORDING
In November 2018, Ben was part of a project run by Goldfield Productions to record the entire chamber music repertoire of Erika Fox. "Erika Fox was born in Vienna in 1936 and came to England as a war refugee. Her highly distinctive musical style is a...
Media
SCHEDULE
19/10/2018 7:30pm
Bradford Cathedral
Beethoven and Brahms
Richard Uttley (piano) and Callum Smart (violin)
20/10/2018 7:30pm
Royal Hall, Harrogate, UK
Mozart, Horn Concerto No. 4
Brain Kay (Conductor)
Manchester Camerata
21/10/2018 7:30pm
Theatre Clwyd, Mold, Wales
Beethoven and Brahms
Richard Uttley (piano) and Callum Smart (violin)
05/11/2018
Chicago Symphony Centre, Chicago, USA
Richard Strauss, Don Quixote
Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 5
Daniel Barenboim, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
07/11/2018
The Kennedy Center, Washington, USA
Richard Strauss, Don Quixote
Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 5
Daniel Barenboim, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
08/11/2018
Carnegie Hall, New York, USA
Richard Strauss, Don Quixote
Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 5
Daniel Barenboim, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
10/11/2018
Zellerbach Hall, Berkely, USA
Richard Strauss, Don Quixote
Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 5
Daniel Barenboim, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
11/11/2018
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA
Richard Strauss, Don Quixote
Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 5
Daniel Barenboim, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
18/11/2018 4pm
Reading Concert Hall, Reading, UK
R. Strauss Horn Concerto No. 2
G.Vinter Hunter’s Moon for Horn and Orchestra
Henley Symphony Orchestra
24/11/2018 7:30pm
St Mary’s Church, Hitchin, UK
R.Strauss, Horn Concerto No.2
Hitchin Symphony Orchestra
25/11/2018 7:30pm
St. John the Baptist Church, Burford, UK
W.A Mozart, Horn Concerto No.4
Cotswold Chamber Orchestra
22/12/2018 7:30pm
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UK
R.Strauss, Horn Concerto No.1
Jonathan Heyward (conductor), Halle Youth Orchestra
09/01/2019 4pm
Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, Germany
F.Danzi, Woodwind Quintet in g minor
Students of the Barenboim-Said Academy
15/01/2019 4pm
Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, Germany
L.v Beethoven, Quintet for piano and winds
Students of the Barenboim-Said Academy
20/01/2019 4pm
Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, Germany
M. Pintscher, New work for Piano and Ensemble-World Premiere
Matthias Pintscher (conductor), Daniel Barenboim (piano) and the Boulez Ensemble
31/01/2019 4pm
Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, Germany
S.Barber, Summer Music for wind quintet
Students of the Barenboim-Said Academy
03/02/2019 6:30pm
Conway Hall, London, UK
Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann and Gordon “Premiere”
Richard Uttley, Piano
Callum Smart, Violin
04/02/2019 7:45pm
Luton Library Theatre, Luton, UK
Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann and Gordon “premiere”
Richard Uttley, Piano
Callum Smart, Violin
24/02/2019 4pm
Philarmonie, Berlin, Germany
R. Gliere Horn Concerto
Radek Baborak, conductor
Das Sinfonie Orchester Berlin
28/02/2019 7:30pm
Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, Germany
Schumann, Robert Andante and Variations for two pianos, two cellos and horn
Daniel Barenboim and Martha Argerich (pianos)
02/03/2019 6pm
Boulez Saal, Berlin, Germany
Night of the Horns!
06/03/2019 7:30pm
Boulez Saal, Berlin, Germany
Roustom, Kareem Violin Concerto (world premiere)
Lahav Shani (conductor), Michael Barenboim (violin) and the Boulez Ensemble
10/03/2019 7:30pm
Dvorak Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
FRANZ ANTON RÖSSLER-ROSETTI Concerto for 2 Horns and Orchestra No. 5 in E flat major
CARL HEINRICH HÜBLER Concert Piece for 4 Horns and Orchestra
Radek Baborak, horn/conductor, Kateřina Javůrková, Mikuláš Koska
Prague Philarmonia
11/03/2019
Pardubice, Dum hudby, 19:00
FRANZ ANTON RÖSSLER-ROSETTI Concerto for 2 Horns and Orchestra No. 5 in E flat major
CARL HEINRICH HÜBLER Concert Piece for 4 Horns and Orchestra
Radek Baborak, horn/conductor, Kateřina Javůrková, Mikuláš Koska
Prague Philarmonia
16/03/2019 7:30pm
Cadogan Hall, London, UK
Benjamin Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Jessica Cottis (conductor), Ben Johnson (tenor)
English Chamber Orchestra
23/03/2019 7:30pm
Oaklands School Hall, Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK
Weber-Horn Concerto in E Minor
Havant Symphony Orchestra
06/04/2019
Jewish Museum Berlin, Germany
Schubert, Franz Auf Dem Strom D943
Elena Bashkirova (piano) and Roman Trekel (baritone)
07/04/2019
Jewish Museum Berlin, Germany
Brahms, Johannes Horn Trio in Eb Major Op. 40
Nathalia Milstein (piano) and Clara Jumi Kang (violin)
10/04/2019
Jewish Museum Berlin, Germany
Beethoven, Ludwig van Septet in Eb Major, op. 20
27/04/18 7:30pm
St. Luke’s Church, Clapham, London
Mozart, Horn Horn Concerto No. 2
02/05/2019 7:30pm
Cadogan Hall, London
Benjamin Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
London Choral Society
19/07/2019 7:30pm
St Andrews, South Church, Bishop Auckland, Durham, UK
Horn and Piano Recital
Bishop Auckland Music Society
25/07/2019 7:00pm
Paxton House, Scotland
R.Schumann, Drei Romanzen für Oboe, arr. Ben Goldscheider
J.Brahms, Horn Trio op.40
Tom Poster (piano), Savitri Grier (violin)
28/09/2019 7:30pm
Toddington Village Hall, Toddington, UK
Horn and Piano Recital
Toddington Music Society
15/11/2019 7:30pm
Lowestoft Marina Theatre, UK
W.A Mozart, Horn Concerto No. 4 K495
Chloe van Soetersede (conductor), Royal Philarmonic Orchestra
17/11/2019 3:00pm
High Wycombe Swan, UK
W.A Mozart, Horn Concerto No. 4 K495
Chloe van Soetersede (conductor), Royal Philarmonic Orchestra
23/01/2020, 3:00pm
Mozarteum Großer Saal, Salzburg, Austria
W.A Mozart, Rondo in Eb Major, K371
Mozarteum Orchestra
The Debut recording
“Debut”-Worldwide Release on the 2nd February 2018
In February 2018, BBC Young Musician Grand Finalist Ben Goldscheider will release his first recording on Willowhayne Records. Aptly entitled Debut, the album will take listeners on a journey through the musical development of the horn through a selection of pieces from the classical, romantic, early and late twentieth century and the 21st century. It will be available on Apple Music, Amazon and Spotify among other streaming services.
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Quotes
Goldscheider becoming a musical Bear Grylls, fearlessly leaping through its dangerous terrain. You find yourself with him every step of the way.
James Murphy
Huffington Post
“The audience were treated to a remarkable display of horn pyrotechnics and uncompromising technique”
Martin Leadbetter
Rotary International
The Strauss was exquisite…simply beautiful
Richard Sisson
Radio 3
To put it mildly, this is a heck of a debut recital. Young Goldscheider shows off almost everything he can do, and he can do an awful lot.
Lynn René Bayley
Art Music Lounge USA
The emergence of Hertfordshire-born horn virtuoso Ben Goldscheider is therefore all the more exciting. A musician whose credentials belie his youth, Goldscheider proclaims with this impressively-engineered, absorbing Willowhayne Records release that he is poised to honor Brain’s legacy with his own once-in-a-generation artistry.
Joseph Newsome
Voix-des-Arts
“Goldscheider…produced a lordly swooning tone in a sinuous work of immense difficulty.”
BBC Young Musician Final 2016
Arts Desk
“Phrasings emerged supremely well articulated; the notes’ golden flow never stopped”
BBC Young Musician Final 2016
Geoff Brown, The Times
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