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Sir George William John Benjamin, CBE (born 31 January 1960) is an English composer of contemporary classical music. He is also a conductor, pianist and teacher. He is well known for operas Into the Little Hill (2006), Written on Skin (2009–2012) and Lessons in Love and Violence (2015–2017)—all with librettos by Martin Crimp.
George Benjamin is one of the world’s foremost musicians. In each of his fastidiously heard scores, sensuous, alchemical sounds are underpinned with rigorous architecture, never more so than in his series of operas including the ground-breaking Written on Skin.
Sep 10, 2018 · When George Benjamin, the British composer, was a small child, he discovered that he had an unusual physiological gift: with a voluntary muscular movement, he was able to block his ears.
The life of composer George Benjamin - Classical Music
Sir George Benjamin. When the prestigious Ernst von Siemens Music Prize was awarded to George Benjamin in March 2023, he was hailed as ‘one of the most important and influential contemporary artists of recent decades, who as both a composer and a conductor has helped shape new music’.
The founding curator of the Southbank’s Meltdown festival, George Benjamin was artistic consultant to the BBC’s three-year retrospective of twentieth century music, Sounding the Century. He is a Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et Lettres and is a member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts.
May 4, 2018 · George Benjamin, the painstaking composer of the acclaimed opera “Written on Skin,” prepares for the premiere of his “Lessons in Love and Violence.”
