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Benjamin Beilman
has won praise both
for his passionate
performances
and deep rich tone
which the Washington
Post called
“mightily impressive,”
and The New York
Times described as
“muscular with a
glint of violence.” The
Times has also praised
his “handsome
technique, burnished
sound, and quiet
confidence,” and the Strad described his playing as
“pure poetry.”
Recent highlights include play-directing and curating
a program with the Vancouver Symphony; making
his debut with Ensemble Resonanz at the Philharmonie
in Cologne and with the Munich Chamber
Orchestra in Koblenz; performing The Four Seasons
with the Cincinnati Symphony and Richard Egarr;
returning to the City of Birmingham Symphony; and
debuting with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra
and Elim Chan.
Beilman came to worldwide attention following his
first prize wins in the 2010 Young Concert Artists International
Auditions, where he was also recipient
of a People’s Choice Award, and the 2010 Montréal
International Musical Competition. He went on to
receive prestigious accolades including a Borletti-
Buitoni Trust Fellowship, an Avery Fisher Career
Grant, a London Music Masters Award and an exclusive
recording contract with Warner Classics. Beilman
released his first disc for the label in 2016, titled
Spectrum, featuring works by Stravinsky, Janáček
and Schubert.
Beilman began playing violin at the age of five and
went on to study with Almita and Roland Vamos at
the Music Institute of Chicago, Ida Kavafian and Pamela
Frank at the Curtis Institute of Music, and Christian
Tetzlaff at the Kronberg Academy.
He plays the “Engleman” Stradivarius from 1709 generously
on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.
BENJAMIN BEILMAN
Violin
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