Benjamin Wallfisch is in constant receipt of commissions for the concert hall, ballet, theatre and cinema. Associate Composer of the Orchestra of St. John’s Smith Square and Associate Conductor of the English Chamber Orchestra, he combines his work as a composer with a busy schedule of conducting engagements around the globe.

Benjamin’s first feature film score Dear Wendy was nominated as ‘Discovery of the Year’ in the 2005 World Soundtrack Awards and ‘Best Original Score’ in the Danish Film Academy Awards. He has orchestrated and conducted several major film scores including Dario Marianelli’s Oscar® nominated score for Pride and Prejudice.

In 2006, Benjamin will have a new work premiered in the BBC Proms and Quartz will release a CD dedicated to Benjamin’s compositions including his new Clarinet Concerto, dedicated to and performed by Michael Collins and a selection of chamber works. Over the last seven years, Benjamin has received over thirty commissions from organisations including the BBC, Bath International Festival of Music, Orchestre de Bretagne, English Chamber Orchestra, Goldberg Ensemble, Hallé Orchestra, Leamington Festival, Manchester Camerata, Park Lane Group, Rambert Dance Company, Royal College of Art and the Warwick Arts Society. Benjamin has conducted the Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie, English Chamber Orchestra, Hamburg Symphony, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Philharmonia, Netherlands Radio Philarmonic Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Ulster Orchestra and was assistant to Valery Gergiev in the two major programmes with the NRPO. Benjamin was awarded First Prize in the 2001 British Reserve Insurance Conducting Competition with a unanimous vote from both Jury and Orchestra and was also a major prize winner in the 2002 Leeds Conductors’ Competition. Benjamin was awarded the Master of Music degree with Distinction in Composition from the Royal Academy of Music and is the first composer in the Academy’s history to be awarded the coveted Honorary DipRAM.

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