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About

Benjamin Grobman

Conductor

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A native New Yorker, Mr. Grobman made his Musikverein debut with the Vienna Radio Symphony in June 2016. He completed his studies in Vienna, Austria as a conducting student of Mark Stringer and Yuji Yuasa at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, earning the title of Magister Artium with a distinction. He has also recently conducted the Polish Baltic Philharmonic in Gdansk, as well as the CUBE Orchestra in Vienna. He has also conducted orchestras in Austria, Czech Republic, Spain, Switzerland, Romania and France, as well as the United States and Russia. Mr. Grobman was invited as a fellow to the Aspen Music Festival in 2015 as a student of Robert Spano. He has worked with esteemed international pedagogues such as Larry Rachleff, Jorma Panula, Alexander Polishchuk, Patrick Summers, Jonathan Brett, Donald Schleicher, and George Phelivanian. In 2005, Mr. Grobman made his solo debut playing Horn in Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in New York City. As a hornist, he has appeared on stages such as Carnegie Hall, Avery Fischer Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and others. Mr. Grobman holds a B.M. in Horn Performance from the Manhattan School of Music as a student of the Metropolitan Opera´s Michelle Baker, and was a recipient of the President´s Scholarship.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • University for Music und Performing Arts Vienna, 2010-2016
  • Manhattan School of Music, B.M. Orchestral Horn Performance, 2009, Precollege 1999 -2005, Horn and Piano
  • Laguardia High School for Music and Art & The Performing Arts, 2005
  • American Academy of Conducting at Aspen, 2015
  • Kinhaven Music School, 2005
  • New York Youth Symphony Apprentice Conductor 2003-2006
  • Interlochen Arts Camp, 2001-2004
  • Conducting Teachers: Mark Stringer, Yuji Yuasa, Robert Spano, Larry Rachleff, Michael Adelson, Patrick Summers, Donald Schleicher, Alexander Polischuk, Jorma Panula

 

Appearances

  • ORF Vienna Radio Symphony, 2016
  • Polish Baltic Philharmonic, 2015
  • CUBE Orchestra Vienna, 2015
  • Pro Arte Orchestra Vienna, 2014
  • Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic, 2014
  • Radomska Orkiestra Kameralna, 2010
  • Bacau Philharmonic, 2010
  • L´Ensemble Orchestral de Valencia, 2010
  • Chorampublico, since 2017

 

Awards, Scholarships, Prizes

  • Graduation Examination with Distinction, University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna, 2016
  • Presidents Scholarship, Manhattan School of Music
  • European-American Musical Alliance, L´Ecole Normale de Musique, Paris, Frankreich. Award of Distinction in Counterpoint, 2008
  • Julius Grossman Conducting Award, 2005
  • Constance Mensch Concerto Competition Award Winner, 2005

 

Masterclasses

  • American Academy of Conducting at Aspen, Aspen, CO, USA, 2015
  • International Conductors Workshop and Festival, Zlin, Czech Republic, 2010, 2014
  • St Petersburg Chamber Orchestra Masterclass, St Petersburg, Russia, 2013, 2010
  • The Art of Conducting, Valencia, Spain, 2010
  • Conductor´s Guild at Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, USA, 2010
  • The Conductors Institute, Bacau, Rumania, 2010
  • Baltimore Chamber Orchestra Masterclass, Baltimore, USA, 2009
  • Conductors´ Academy, Radom, Poland, 2010

 

Horn Education

  • Solo Debut, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, USA
  • Freelance Hornist, 2005-2010, New York City, USA
  • Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Sinfonia, Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar Orchestra, 2005-2009
  • New York Youth Symphony 2003-2006
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Repertoire

Symphonic

Bach
Kantate “Ich Habe Genug”, Brandenburg Concerto nr. 3
Barber
Violin Concerto, Adagio for Strings
Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra, Divertimento
Beethoven
Coriolan Overture, Leonore Overture nr. 3, Egmont Overture, Piano Concerto nr. 2, Piano Concerto nr. 4, Symphony nr. 2, Symphony nr. 3, Symphony nr. 4, Symphony nr. 5, Symphony nr. 8, Symphony nr. 9
Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique, Le Carnival Romaine Overture
Borodin
Symphony nr. 2
Boulez
Dérive, Mémoriale (…explosante-fixe…)
Brahms
Academic Festival Overture, Tragic Overture, Variations on a Theme of Josef Haydn, Symphony nr. 1, Symphony nr. 2, Symphony nr. 4, Violin Concerto, Double Concerto, Liebeslieder Walzer
Britten
Serenade for Tenor, Horn, Strings, Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Bruckner
Symphony nr. 4, Symphony nr. 5
Butterworth
On the Banks of Green Willow
Chadwick
Tam o´ Shanter
Chaminade
Concertino for Flute
Copland
Appalachian Spring Suite (both versions), Quiet City, Rodeo Suite, Clarinet Concerto
Debussy
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, La Mer
Dvorak
Symphony nr. 5, Symphony nr. 7,Symphony nr. 8, Symphony nr. 9 “From the New World”, Serenade for Winds, Serenade for Strings, Rondo for Cello and Orchestra in g minor, Cello Concerto
Elgar
Serenade for Strings, Pomp and Circumstance Marches nrs. 1, 4, Enigma Variations
de Falla
The Three Cornered Hat Suite nr. 2
Grieg
Piano Concerto, Im Herbst
Haydn
Symphony nr. 45 “Farewell”, Symphony nr. 92 “Oxford”,Symphony nr. 99, Symphony nr. 102, Symphony nr. 104 “London”,The 7 Last Words of Christ, Cello Concerti nrs. 1 and 2, Missa in Tempori Belli
Hindemith
Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber, Concert Music for Strings and Brass
Hoffmeister
Viola Concerto
Holst
The Planets, Suite nr. 1 for Wind Band, Hammersmith
Ives
Symphony nr. 3
Knussen
Flourish with Fireworks
Lalo
Symphonie Espagnole
Mahler
Symphony nr. 1, Symphony nr. 5
Mozart
Violin Concerto nr. 5, Concerto for Two Pianos K.365, Flute Concerti, Symphony nr. 35 “Haffner”, Symphony nr. 38 “Prague”, Symphony nr. 39, Symphony nr. 40, Symphony nr. 41 “Jupiter”, Overture to The Magic Flute, Overture to Cosi fan Tutte, Overture to Don Giovanni
Mendelssohn
Symphony nr. 3 “Scottish”, Symphony nr. 4 “Italian”, Symphony nr. 5 “Reformation”, The Hebrides, Die Schöne Melusine, String Symphony nr. 10
Messiaen
Couleurs de la Cité Céleste
Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel)
Pärt
Fratres, Wenn Bach Bienen gezüchtet hätte
Ligeti
Ramifications
Lutoslawski
Chain 1
Prokofiev
Symphony nr. 5, Peter and the Wolf
Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto nr. 2, Symphonic Dances, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Ravel
Mother Goose Suite, Le Tombeau de Couperin, Rhapsodie Espagnol
Rimsky-Korsakoff
Scheherazade
Rossini
Overture to L´Italiana in Algeri, Overture to Semiramide
Saint-Saens
Introduction et Rondo Cappricioso, Allegro Appassionato op.43
Sciarrino
Quaderno di Strada, Introduzione all´Oscuro
Schönberg
Chamber Symphony nr. 1
Schubert
Symphony nr. 1, Symphony nr. 3, Symphony nr. 5, Symphony nr. 8 (Unfinished)
Shostakovich
Piano Concerto nr. 2, Symphony nr. 5, Symphony nr. 9
Schumann
Piano Concerto, Symphony nr. 1
Sibelius
En Saga, The Swan of Tuonela, Pohjola´s Daughter, Karelia Suite,
Smetana
The Moldau
Strauss, R.
Burlesque for Piano and Orchestra, Horn Concerti, Oboe Concerto
Stravinsky
Octett, The Firebird Suite 1919, Symphonies of Wind Instruments 1947, Dumbarton Oaks
Takemitsu
Suite from “Black Rain”
Tchaikovsky
Pezzo Capriccioso, Suite nr. 3, Piano Concerto nr. 1, Violin Concerto, Symphony nr. 3, Symphony nr. 4, Symphony nr. 5, The Nutcracker Suite, Sleeping Beauty Suite
Utswoltskaya
Piano Concerto
Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, Symphony nr. 5
Verdi
Overture to La Forza del Destino, Overture to Nabucco
Vivaldi
Gloria
Wagner
Siegfried Idyll, Overture to Rienzi, Overture and Selections from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Waxman
The Carmen Fantasie

Opera and Ballet

Beethoven
Fidelio
Bizet
Carmen
Mozart
Le Nozze di Figaro
Puccini
La Bohème
Rossini
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring, Petrushka (1947), Apollon Musagette
Verdi
La Traviata
Weber
Der Freischütz

News

  • Opera Orchestre National Montpellier - A Midsummer Night's Dream

    May, 8th - 20:00
    May, 10th - 20:00
    May, 12th - 15:00

    Further Information: https://www.opera-orchestre-montpellier.fr/evenement/le-songe-dune-nuit-dete

  • ChorAmPublico "BestOf"

    Gemeinde Glanzing
    19, Krottenbachstraße 120

    Further Information: http://www.chorampublico.at/termine.php

  • Pure Voices - Christmas concerts

    December, 3rd: Kaasgrabenkirche, 1190 Wien
    December, 16th: Pfarre Neustift am Walde, 1190 Wien
    December, 17th: Pfarrkirche St. Michael, 1190 Wien

    Further Information: www.pure-voices.at

  • Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Zielonogórskiej

    Sala MCM, Zielona Góra, Poland

    W. A. Mozart: Uwertura do op. Cosi fan tutte
    J. Brahms: Koncert skrzypcowy D – dur
    F. Mendelssohn–Bartholdy: IV Symfonia „Włoska”

     

  • Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Goldener Saal des Musikvereins, Vienna

    Jean Sibelius: Pohjola´s Daughter

  • SolistenKammerOrchester der hMDW

    Öhlberger Studio, University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna

    R. Strauss: Horn Concerto no. 1 - Davide de Ferrari, Horn
    C. Reinecke: Flute Concerto - Amina Vamosi, Flute

  • Pro Arte Orchestra Wien

    Orchestra Studio, University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna

    L. van Beethoven: Symphony nr. 4 Bb Major
    J. Sibelius: Violin Concerto - Wen-Chun Lin, Violin
    A. Dvořák: Symphony nr. 9 “From the New World"

  • SolistenKammerOrchester der hMDW

    Öhlberger Studio, University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna

    C. Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Cappricioso - Victoria Trusewicz, Violin
    P. I. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto - Paulo Vuono, Violin

Contact

Benjamin Grobman
Schottenfeldgasse 71
1070 Wien
Tel.: +43/(0) 680 1461513
Email: contact [at] benjamingrobman.com
Web: www.benjamingrobman.com

 

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