Benjamin Roskams hatte seinen ersten Violinunterricht mit 9 Jahren bei Harry Cawood in Cardiff bevor er mit einem Stipendium seine Studien bei Lydia Mordcovitch und Emanuel Hurwitz an der Royal Academy of Music erfolgreich fortsetzte. Sein weiterer Weg führte ihn zu David Takeno an die Guildhall School of Music und zu Professor Ilya Grubert an das Amsterdam Conservatory. Schließlich suchte er weitere Inspiration bei Ivry Gitlis in Paris.

Als leidenschaftlicher Kammermusiker arbeitete er mit führenden Ensembles zusammen wie dem Brodsky Quartett, dem London Conchord Ensemble und den London International Players. Er debütierte unter anderem in der Berliner Philharmonie und der Cadogan Hall.

Ebenso auf der Bratsche zu Hause, ist er Mitglied in führenden europäischen Kammermusikgruppierungen wie dem London Conchord Ensemble und dem preisgekrönten Artea Quartett mit Auftritten in der Conway Hall, dem Purcell Room, der Wigmore Hall, sowie im BBC Radio 3 in verschiedenen Sendungen.

Das Artea Quartett spielte kürzlich eine CD mit späten Schubertquartetten und eine hochgelobte Gesamtausgabe der Mendelssohnquartette ein. Andere Kooperationen resultierten in einer Aufnahme des Korngold Sextetts.

Als erfahrener Orchestermusiker war er u.a. Konzertmeister im BBC Symphony Orchestra, im Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal und stellvertetender Konzertmeister im Sinfonieorchester Göteborg.

Im Vereinigten Königreich arbeitete er regelmäßig zusammen mit dem LSO, dem LPO (kürzlich auch als Solobratscher) und dem Philharmonia Orchestra.

Roskams ist ein begeisterter Sammler von Violinbögen. Er spielt eine Joseph filius Andrea Guarneri Geige von 1720, die ihm großzügigerweise die Familie Albert Cooper geliehen hat, und eine Bratsche, die Andrea Amati zugeschrieben wird.

Benjamin Roskams began playing the  violin at the age of nine in Cardiff  where he studied with Harry Cawood  before going on to win a scholarship to study with Lydia Mordkovitch and  Emanuel Hurwitz at the Royal Academy  of Music where he was awarded B-Mus. Hons (1st class). Benjamin continued his  studies at the Guildhall School of Music  and Drama with David Takeno and then  with Professor Ilya Grubert at the  Amsterdam Conservatoire, also seeking  inspiration from Ivry Gitlis in Paris. 

A keen chamber musician Benjamin has collaborated with many leading ensembles such as the Brodsky Quartet,  the London Conchord Ensemble and  London International Players making  his debuts at the Berliner Philharmonie,  St John’s Smith Square and Cadogan  Hall. 

Equally at home on the viola, he is a  member of one of Europe’s leading  chamber groups, the London Conchord  Ensemble and the award winning Artea  Quartet, having performed at venues  such as the Conway Hall, Purcell Room  and Wigmore Hall as well as appear- ances on BBC radio 3 “In Tune” and a  chamber music prom concert broadcast  from the V&A on the BBC. The Artea  quartet recently recorded a disc of late  Schubert as well as participating in a  highly acclaimed CD box set featuring  the complete quartets of Mendelssohn  for Champs Hill Records. Other collabo- rations have led to recording the  Korngold sextet for South African label  TwoPianists Records. 

As an experienced orchestral musician  he has performed as concertmaster with  the BBC Symphony Orchestra (London), Sinfoniorchester Wuppertal,  the Dutch National Ballet as well as  acting as guest deputy concertmaster of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra  and Holland Symfonia. In the UK he  worked regularly with the LSO, LPO (most  recently as guest principal viola) and  Philharmonia Orchestra. 

He is a keen collector of violin bows and is indebted to Albert Cooper’s  family for the generous loan of the  c.1720 Joseph filius Andrea Guarneri  violin on which he plays. His viola is attributed to Andrea Amati.

Benjamin Roskams began playing the  violin at the age of nine in Cardiff  where he studied with Harry Cawood  before going on to win a scholarship to study with Lydia Mordkovitch and  Emanuel Hurwitz at the Royal Academy  of Music where he was awarded B-Mus. Hons (1^st class). Benjamin continued his  studies at the Guildhall School of Music  and Drama with David Takeno and then  with Professor Ilya Grubert at the  Amsterdam Conservatoire, also seeking  inspiration from Ivry Gitlis in Paris. 

A keen chamber musician Benjamin has collaborated with many leading ensembles such as the Brodsky Quartet,  the London Conchord Ensemble and  London International Players making  his debuts at the Berliner Philharmonie,  St John’s Smith Square and Cadogan  Hall. 

Equally at home on the viola, he is a  member of one of Europe’s leading  chamber groups, the London Conchord  Ensemble and the award winning Artea  Quartet, having performed at venues  such as the Conway Hall, Purcell Room  and Wigmore Hall as well as appear- ances on BBC radio 3 “In Tune” and a  chamber music prom concert broadcast  from the V&A on the BBC. The Artea  quartet recently recorded a disc of late  Schubert as well as participating in a  highly acclaimed CD box set featuring  the complete quartets of Mendelssohn  for Champs Hill Records. Other collabo- rations have led to recording the  Korngold sextet for South African label  TwoPianists Records. 

As an experienced orchestral musician  he has performed as concertmaster with  the BBC Symphony Orchestra (London), Sinfoniorchester Wuppertal,  the Dutch National Ballet as well as  acting as guest deputy concertmaster of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra  and Holland Symfonia. In the UK he  worked regularly with the LSO, LPO (most  recently as guest principal viola) and  Philharmonia Orchestra. 

He is a keen collector of violin bows and is indebted to Albert Cooper’s  family for the generous loan of the  c.1720 Joseph filius Andrea Guarneri  violin on which he plays. His viola is attributed to Andrea Amati.