
Benjamin Roskams, Viola
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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 (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.