The young cellist with a passion for new music, iconic repertoire, inspiring collaborations, travel, literature, visual arts, and nature. Featuring a wide range of performance videos, this channel presents a young virtuoso with an “absolute control of technique, intonation and color” (Daniel Barenboim).
Benedict’s albums have been praised by the international press and received prestigious awards such as the German Record Critics' Award and the OPUS Klassik.
Championed by Sir Simon Rattle, he performs at the Berliner Philharmonie, Musikverein Vienna, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Tonhalle Zurich, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall, Philharmonie de Paris, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Chicago Symphony Hall, Seoul Arts Center, etc.
A keen chamber musician, Benedict collaborates with Sir András Schiff, Anne Sophie Mutter,Gidon Kremer, Christoph Eschenbach, Emmanuel Ax, Lisa Batiashvili, Benjamin Grosvenor, Lars Vogt, Anna Fedorova…