Ben Goldscheider
Ben
Goldscheider
BIO
In 2020, Ben makes his debut at the Mozartwoche Festival in Salzburg, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and his recital debut at the Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin.
At the age of 18 Ben was a Concerto Finalist in the BBC Young Musician Competition, where he performed with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican.
Highlights since then include his debut at the BBC Proms in 2018 (commissioning a new work by David Bruce for four soloists and orchestra), appearances as soloist with the Lucerne Symphony, Britten Sinfonia, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Aurora Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, Manchester Camerata, the Prague Philharmonia and Sinfonie Orchester Berlin at the Berlin Philharmonie. Ben has worked as a soloist with conductors such as Sir Mark Elder, James Gaffigan, Nicholas Collon, Mark Wigglesworth, Kristiina Poska, Radek Baborak , Andrew Gourlay and Jessica Cottis.
In 2018 his debut album was released to critical acclaim, and he was selected as a BBC Music Magazine Rising Star and Gramophone Magazine One to Watch. Other notable releases include the world premiere recording of Erika Fox’s “Quasi Una Cadenza” for NMC records and the solo horn call from Wagner’s Siegfried with the Halle Orchestra. He was selected for representation by Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) in 2019.
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Ben Goldscheider’s horn-playing alone is a joy, particularly in the theatrical, improvisatory gestures of Quasi Una Cadenza.
BBC Music Magazine, August 2019
“In the hands of 18 year old Ben Goldscheider, [Esa-Pekka Salonen’s] Horn Etude is an exhilarating thrill ride; 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, May 2016
A committed chamber musician, Ben has performed at the Verbier Festival, Festival Barenboim in Buenos Aires, the Salzburg Festival, Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival, the Intonations Festival in Berlin and at the Wigmore Hall, London. Recent chamber music partners have included Daniel Barenboim, Martha Argerich, Sergei Babayan, Elena Bashkirova, Sunwook Kim, Clara Jumi-Kang and Michael Volle.
This season Ben makes his debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Mozart Players and the Mozarteum Orchestra in the Mozartwoche Festival (Salzburg). He returns to give a solo recital at the Pierre Boulez Saal as well as an all Ligeti concert under Francois Xavier-Roth and takes part in the Vinterfest in Sweden. He continues to give recitals throughout the UK.
In February 2018, Ben formed a horn trio with pianist Richard Uttley and violinist Callum Smart. As keen advocates of new music and of developing the genres repertoire, their launch concert at the Conway Hall saw the world premiere of Geoffrey Gordon’s THORN which was written for them.
In demand as guest principal Ben has appeared with the Staatskapelle Berlin, West-Eastern Divan, English Chamber and Philharmonia Orchestras.
Born in 1997 in London, Ben is currently studying at the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin with Radek Baborák (ex-principal Berlin Philharmonic). Prior to this he attended the Royal College of Music Junior Department with Susan Dent.
Ben is a patron for the charity Music4People and has given masterclasses at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Ben is grateful for awards from the Dorothy Croft Trust for Young Musicians, Awards for Young Musicians, June Emerson Wind Music and the EMI Music Sound Foundation.
Ben Goldscheider is YCAT’s inaugural Ann Driver Trust Artist.
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The horn soloist, Benjamin Goldscheider, was superb.
The Times / Halle Orchestra – Sir Mark Elder – Siegfried / 2019
NEWS
YCAT Representation
In May 2019, Ben was selected for representation by YCAT (Young Classical Artists Trust). Read the full article on the violin channel here:
ARTICLE-on Benjamin Britten’s Serenade
Ahead of my debut with the English Chamber Orchestra this March (2019), I wrote an article for the "Cross-Eyed Pianist" on Benjamin Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings. "What, to me, is so remarkable in this piece is how Britten uses the horn as...
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...
YCAT Representation
In May 2019, Ben was selected for representation by YCAT (Young Classical Artists Trust). Read the full article on the violin channel here:
ARTICLE-on Benjamin Britten’s Serenade
Ahead of my debut with the English Chamber Orchestra this March (2019), I wrote an article for the "Cross-Eyed Pianist" on Benjamin Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings. "What, to me, is so remarkable in this piece is how Britten uses the horn as...
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SCHEDULE
10/02/2020-16/02/2020
Mora, Orsa and Alvdalen, Sweden
Vinterfest International Chamber Music Festival
27/02/2020
London School of Economics, London, UK
W.A Mozart Trio in G K564
J.Brahms Horn Trio in Eb Major
Richard Uttley (piano) and Callum Smart (violin)
28/02/2020
Auden Theatre, Norfolk, UK
W.A Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 K. 495
London Mozart Players
01/03/2020 11:00am
Harrogate International Music Festival
Mozart, Haydn, Watkins and Brahms
Richard Uttley (piano) and Callum Smart (violin)
05/03/2020 18:00pm
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, UK
Schumann, Beethoven, Widmann and York Bowen
Richard Uttley (piano)
07/03/2020 19:30pm
Hoddesdon Music Club, UK
Schumann, Beethoven, Widmann and York Bowen
Richard Uttley (piano)
09/03/2020 19:30pm
Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany
Schubert Octet
Niklas Liepe and Friends
11/03/2020
St Mary’s Creative Space, Chester
Widmann, Beethoven, Schumann and York Bowen
Richard Uttley (piano)
14/03/2020 19:45pm
Hertford Theatre, UK
R. Gliere Horn Concerto op. 91 in Bb Major
Tom Hammond (conductor) with the Hertford Symphony Orchestra
19/03/2020
Bedford Music Club, Bedford, UK
J. Haydn , W.A Mozart, Brahms and Watkins
Richard Uttley (piano) and Callum Smart (violin).
21/03/2020
Music in Lyddington, UK
Widmann, Beethoven, Schumann and York Bowen
Richard Uttley (piano)
01/04/2020
Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin
Ligeti Horn Trio
Michael Barenboim (violin) and Michael Wendeberg (piano)
12/04/2020
Chamber Music Hall, Berlin Philarmonie
Schubert Octet
Niklas Liepe and friends
13/04/2020
Die Glocke, Bremen, Germany
Schubert Octet
Niklas Liepe and friends
25/04/2020
Philharmonie Mercatorhalle, Duisburg, Germany
Horn Ensemble
Radek Baborak and the Baborak Ensemble
27/04/2020
Jewish Museum, Berlin
Intonations Festival 2020
Hindemith Horn Sonata in Eb
TBA
28/04/2020
Jewish Museum, Berlin
Intonations Festival 2020
Dohnanyi Sextet
TBA
01/05/2020
Cairns Church, Milngavie, Scotland
Horn and Piano Recital
Richard Uttley (piano)
02/05/2020
Holy Trinity Church, Weston, UK
Horn and piano recital
Richard Uttley (piano)
03/05/2020
Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa, UK
Horn and piano recital
Richard Uttley (piano)
The Debut recording
“Debut”-Released worldwide on the 2nd February 2018
In February 2018, BBC Young Musician Grand Finalist Ben Goldscheider released his first recording on Willowhayne Records. Aptly entitled Debut, the album takes 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. Available on Apple Music, Amazon and Spotify among other streaming services.
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Reviews
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
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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