Roger Benedict
violist - conductor
Biography - Chamber Music
As both recitalist and chamber musician Roger Benedict has appeared at London’s Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room, as well as at all the major festivals and concert series in the UK, and his chamber music partners have included such musicians as Lorin Maazel, Sir Simon Rattle, Louis Lortie and Leif Ove Andsnes. In Australia he performs widely as a chamber musician, as a guest with such groups as the Macquarie Trio Australia and Sydney Soloists, and in performances for Musica Viva and ABC Classic FM. Other engagements have included chamber concerts and recitals in Scandinavia, South Africa, the Middle East and Japan.
Some of Roger's chamber music partners:
Groups: Bel'Arte Ensemble, Brindisi Quartet, Coull Quartet, Fibonacci Sequence (UK), Trio Wanderer (France), Sydney Soloists, Macquarie Trio (Australia)
Piano: Leif Ove Andsnes, Malcolm Bilson, Louis Lortie, Ian Munro, Noriko Ogawa, Sir Simon Rattle, Martin Roscoe, Susan Tomes
Violin: Charles Avsharian, Hugh Bean, James Buswell, Tatiana Grindenko, Oleh Krysa, Cho-Liang Lin, Lorin Maazel, Mihaela Martin, Hagai Shaham, Christopher Warren-Green
Viola: Yuri Bashmet, Rivka Golani
Cello: Colin Carr, Kim-Back Dinitzen, Franz Helmerson, Alexander Ivashkin, Julian Lloyd-Webber, Andrew Shulman, Raphael Wallfisch, Moray Welsh, Uzi Wiesel
Clarinet: Michael Collins, Paul Dean, Kjell Fageus, Janet Hilton, Juan-Eric Luna
Flute: Elena Duran, Patrick Gallois, Susan Milan
Harp: Osian Ellis, Fabrice Pierre, Marshall McGuire