Ben Schoeman

Bio

Ben Schoeman is regarded as one of South Africa’s foremost pianists. He has won major prizes, including the first grand prize in the 11th UNISA International Piano Competition in Pretoria (2008), first prize and gold medal in the Royal Overseas League Music Competition in London (2009), the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Music (2011) and the Contemporary Music Prize at the Cleveland International Piano Competition in the USA (2013).

He has given solo, chamber music and concerto performances throughout Europe, Canada, the USA and South Africa in prestigious concert halls such as the Wigmore, Barbican, Cadogan and Queen Elizabeth Halls in London, the Konzerthaus in Berlin, Paleis Het Loo in the Netherlands, the Gulbenkian Auditorium in Lisbon, Teatro del Giglio in Lucca, the Cape Town City Hall and the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest.

He has performed at major festivals in the UK (City of London, Edinburgh, King’s Lynn and Chester Festivals), Italy (Festival da Bach à Bartók and Festival Mario Ghislandi), South Africa (Grahamstown and Klein Karoo National Arts Festivals), Romania (George Enescu Festival) and Canada (Ottawa Chamber Music Festival).

Ben Schoeman has also performed with cellist Anzél Gerber at Carnegie Hall, New York in 2014. He is currently completing his doctorate on Stefans Grové's piano music at City University London/Guildhall School of Music & Drama (sponsored by the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust and the NRF).

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