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Meet Benjamin Hochman, pianist & conductor

In all roles, from orchestral soloist, recitalist and chamber musician to conductor, Benjamin Hochman regards music as vital and essential. Composers, fellow musicians, orchestras and audiences recognize his deep commitment to insightful programming and performances of quality.

Hochman play/directs Mozart with the Szeged Symphony Orchestra

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453 - Allegro (excerpt) Benjamin Hochman, pianist and conductor Szeged Symphony Orchestra January 12, 2025 Szeged Opera House, Hungary Video and Audio: © gerivideo

Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze

Benjamin Hochman, pianist. Israel Conservatory of Music

Benjamin Hochman: Resonance

RESONANCE — Benjamin Hochman, piano https://orcd.co/av2681 https://www.avie-records.com/releases/resonance-beethoven-%E2%80%A2-benjamin-%E2%80%A2-dowland-%E2%80%A2-josquin/ Video: Culiner Creative Circle „Benjamin Hochman stands out for both the acuity of his programming and (…) these scrupulously careful interpretations, which make the most of his subtle timbral palette and keen ear for texture. He artfully brings out the aesthetic overlaps among these works.” — Gramophone „This new album by Benjamin Hochman, imaginatively juxtaposes two Beethoven sonatas with earlier as well as more recent works... The last movement [of Op. 110] is perhaps the highlight of the album, the various tempos never dragging, the doleful Arioso supported by tender pulsations in the left hand, the fugues perfectly paced, the voices ideally balanced and the build-up to the final page riveting.” — International Piano In his late piano sonatas, Beethoven created music of extraordinary originality, simultaneously looking far into the future and far into the past. Pianist Benjamin Hochman pays homage to this Janus-faced aspect with the inclusion of two works from the Renaissance alongside Shadowlines from 2001. As Hochman writes: ‘Beethoven achieves a kind of timelessness, stretching to the limit what music can say. He looks far into the future by striving for ever richer sounds, conceiving powerfully original musical ideas, and building masterful musical structures. He looks far into the past by integrating traditional forms such as variations and fugue, reflecting earlier musical styles, even quoting fleeting musical motives from Bach. But most of all, he transcends any particular era by exploring emotions both primal and sublime. This program is a journey from darkness to light, a study in contrasts that nevertheless finds resonance across the centuries, ultimately finding transcendence and even triumph’. Programme LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1770–1827 Piano Sonata No.30 in E Op.109 JOSQUIN DESPREZ c.1450/55–1521 arr. CHARLES WUORINEN 1938–2020 Ave Christe GEORGE BENJAMIN b.1960 Shadowlines JOHN DOWLAND 1563–1626 set by WILLIAM BYRD 1543–1623 Pavana Lachrymae MB 54 (after John Dowland’s pavan for lute Lachrimae P.15) LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.31 in A flat Op.110

Mozart with the English Chamber Orchestra

Mozart Piano Concertos 17 & 24. Benjamin Hochman, pianist and conductor

George Benjamin: Shadowlines

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4

Benjamin Hochman, conductor. The Juilliard Orchestra

Schubert: Trout Quintet

Emerson String Quartet, Dominik Wagner. Benjamin Hochman, pianist. Schubertiade, Austria