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.
Since reaching the Final of the BBC Young Musician Competition in 2016, Ben has made his concerto debut at venues including the Berlin Philharmonie, KKL Lucerne, Barbican and the Royal Albert Hall, appearing as soloist with the BBC Symphony, Lucerne Symphony and Aurora Orchestras, among others. He releases his debut CD with Willowhayne Records, including works by Schumann, York Bowen and Esa-Pekka Salonen, in early 2018.
Ben is the only student of Radek Baborák at the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin, following studies with Susan Dent at the Royal College of Music Junior Department and as a Jungstudent with Marie-Luise Neunecker at the Hochschule für Musik ‘Hanns Eisler Berlin’. This season he gives recitals at festivals and venues throughout the UK and further afield, and performs concertos by Pauer, Penderecki, Bowen, Telemann, Strauss, Weber and Mozart. A committed chamber musician, he joins Julian Prégardien and Christoph Schnackertz as part of the main series at Wigmore Hall, Daniel Barenboim and Michael Barenboim to perform Alexander Goehr’s Horn Trio in the Pierre Boulez Saal, and Sergei Babayan at the Verbier Festival. Ben collaborates regularly with musicians including Richard Uttley, Callum Smart, Denis Kozhukhin and Giuseppe Guarrera. Sought-after as an orchestral player, Ben has performed as guest with the Staatskapelle Berlin, Philharmonia, English Chamber and West-Eastern Divan Orchestras.
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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
Sought after as a chamber and orchestral musician, Ben has performed as guest with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Staatskapelle Berlin and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, with whom he tours South America and Europe.
“Ben 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 and the Cox Memorial Prize and Audience Prize at the Eastbourne Symphony Orchestra Young Soloist Competition. In 2012, he 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 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
Review-Penderecki Horn Concerto
“Goldscheider is an absolute magician of the instrument, producing a range of techniques for which the word challenging is an understatement”
Read the full review from the Cambridge Independent HERE
Review-Britten Sinfonia
“Salonen’s 2000 Concert étude for solo French horn, a homage to his teacher, Holger Fransman, offered an equally refreshing opening to the second half, not least given the outstanding, indeed mesmeric quality of Ben Goldscheider’s performance. It acted here almost like a wordless second introit, Messiaen heard from another, related world. The twin requirements of a single line and, at times, multiple voices (various extended techniques, including singing a line in addition to that played) were handled beautifully and, more to the point, meaningfully.”
Read the full review HERE
BBC Radio 3 In Tune
On the 21st February 2018, Ben chatted with Katie Derham on the BBC Radio 3 In Tune Programme. Click the link below to hear his interview plus a performance of music by Beethoven, Strauss and York Bowen.
26 days left to listen at the date of publication 24/02/18
Interview-Presto Classical
“When it comes to horn repertoire, one would be shooting themselves in the foot if they started to get picky!”
Read the full interview concerning Ben’s Debut album, horn repertoire and future plans HERE
Review-Planet Hugill
“This is a very striking debut, Goldscheider plays with remarkable technical facility but more importantly a maturity which brings a nice depth to the Romantic repertoire. It is also a well put-together and rather fascinating progamme.”
Read the full review HERE
Verbier Festival 2018
This summer, Ben will make his first appearance at the Verbier Festival with Sergei Babayan and others to perform the Dohnanyi Sextet.
More information available here : INFO
Interview-Rhinegold Publishing
Read Ben’s interview with the “Music Teacher” magazine on moving to Berlin to study, his teachers and his early musical upbringing.
Recording of the month: Voix-des-Arts
In January 2018, voix-des-Arts named Ben Goldscheider’s “Debut” as their recording of the month.
“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.”
Read the full review here: REVIEW
REVIEW-Art Music Lounge USA on Ben Goldscheider’s “Debut”
The first review to come in for Ben Goldscheider’s debut solo album, the author, Lynne Réne Bayley, writes: “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. He says his goal is to make impresarios as well as audiences recognize the potential of the horn as a great solo concert instrument. I’d say he’s off to a great start.”
Read the full review here: Discovering Ben Goldscheider’s Golden Horn
“Debut” available worldwide from 2nd February 2018.
From the 2nd February 2018, Ben Goldscheider’s aptly name first solo album “Debut”, will be available to listen to worldwide. The album will feature on Apple Music, Spotify, Naxos and most other major online streaming and download sites.
Media
SCHEDULE
14/04/2018
Kleiner Saal, Philharmonie, Berlin
Joseph Haydn, Concerto in D Major
Das Sinfonie Orchester Berlin
21/04/2018 19:00
Pierre Boulez Hall, Berlin
Alexander Goehr, Largo Siciliano op.91
Daniel Barenboim (piano) and Michael Barenboim (violin)
22/04/2018 19:00
Pierre Boulez Hall, Berlin
Alexander Goehr, Largo Siciliano op.91
Daniel Barenboim (piano) and Michael Barenboim (violin)
05/05/2018 19:15
Methodist Central Hall, Scarborough
J. Pauer, Concerto
Scarborough Symphony Orchestra
19/05/2018 19:00
St Mary’s Church, Ashwell
Widmann, Krufft, Rachmaninov, Hindemith and York Bowen
Richard Uttley (piano)
02/06/2018 15:00
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
R.Wagner, Siegfried
Sir Mark Elder and the Halle Orchestra
26/06/2018
Rölandseck Festival, Germany
R.Schubert, Octet in F Major
Michelangelo Quartet, Shirley Brill , Mor Biron , Rüdiger Ludwig
07/07/2018
St Paul’s, Grove Park Road, W4 3SB
C.m.v Weber, Concertino for Horn and Orchestra in E minor op. 45
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
10/07/2018 12pm
Wade Street Church, Lichfield
Widmann, Krufft, Schubert, York Bowen
Richard Uttley (piano)
22/07/2018
Verbier Festival
Dohnanyi, Sextet
Sergei Babayan, Kristof Barati, Diemut Poppen
09/08/2018
Musikhuset, Aarhus, Denmark
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim
10/08/2018
Tivoli Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim
10/08/2018
Tivoli Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim
16/08/2018
Salzburg Festspiele, Austria
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim
17/08/2018
Salzburg Festspiele, Austria
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim
19/08/2018
Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim
21/08/2018
KKL Luzern, Switzerland
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim
22/08/2018
KKL Luzern, Switzerland
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim
28/08/2018-03/04/2018
Alderney Chamber Music Festival
Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms
Samuel Staples, Louisa Staples (both violin) and Giuseppe Guarrera (piano)
03/04/2018-08/04/2018
Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival
Repertoire TBC
Elena Bashkirova (piano)
15/04/2018
Czech Republic
Repertoire TBC
Elena Bashkirova (piano)
18/11/2018 4pm
Reading Concert Hall, Reading, UK
Repertoire TBA
Henley Symphony Orchestra
24/11/2018
St Mary’s Church, Hitchin
R.Strauss, Horn Concerto No.2
Hitchin Symphony Orchestra
25/11/2018
Burford Church
W.A Mozart, Horn Concerto No.4
Burford Singers
03/02/2019
Conway Hall, London
Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann and Gordon “Premiere”
Richard Uttley, Piano
Callum Smart, Violin
04/02/2019
Luton Library Theatre
Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann and Gordon “premiere”
Richard Uttley, Piano
Callum Smart, Violin
23/03/2019 7:30pm
Oaklands School Hall, Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK
Weber-Horn Concerto in E Minor
Havant Symphony 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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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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