George Benjamin
British composer, conductor, pianist and teacher
Facts
19 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- January 31, 1960
- Place of birth
- London
- Country of citizenship
- United Kingdom[8]
- Occupation
- composer, conductor, music educator, pianist, musician, music teacher[9]
- Employer
- King's College London[16]
- Field of work
- music, conducting, pedagogy, music composing, composed musical work, music composition[10][11][12][13][14][15]
- Educated at
- Conservatoire de Paris, Westminster School, King's College, Westminster Under School[17][18][19][20]
- Award received
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Wikidata item, Arnold Schönberg Prize, Knight Bachelor, BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award[21][22][23][24][25][26]
- Student of
- Yvonne Loriod, Alexander Goehr, Olivier Messiaen, Peter Gellhorn, Robin Holloway[32][33][34][35][36]
- Documentation files at
- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
- Member of
- Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts[27]
- Name in native language
- George Benjamin[39]
🏷️ Also known as
en George William John Benjamin
en George Benjamin
en Sir George William John Benjamin
ar جورج بنجامين
cs George William John Benjamin
es George William John Benjamin
he ג'ורג' בנג'מין
ja ジョージ・ベンジャミン
ko 조지 벤저민
ko 조지 윌리엄 존 벤저민
ru Бенджамин, Джордж
ru Джордж Бенджамин
zh 乔治·本杰明
zh 喬治·本傑明
🔖 Identifiers · 76
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- 0000000081255961
- VIAF cluster ID
- 46951536
- Library of Congress Authorities ID
- n80042707
- GND ID
- 120557568
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- George Benjamin.jpg ↗
- AbART person ID
- 37082
- AllMusic artist ID
- mn0001659523
- Apple Music artist ID
- 78565684
- BBC Things ID
- 94a3bfe9-9d82-427b-8e5c-5ff68b043e5d
- BRAHMS artist ID
- george-benjamin
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
- 13945016j
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
- benjamin-george-william-john
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- CANTIC ID
- 981058526793306706
- Carnegie Hall agent ID
- 77102
- Classical Archives composer ID
- 13462
- Companies House officer ID
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- DDB person (GND) ID
- 120557568
- De Agostini ID
- Benjamin,+George
- Deezer artist ID
- 1329319
- Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
- 120557568
- Discogs artist ID
- 212272
- Encyclopædia Universalis ID
- george-benjamin
- Europeana entity
- agent/base/148560
- Evene ID
- george-benjamin-20622
- FAST ID
- 53091
- FID performing arts ID
- agent/gnd_120557568
- Faber Music composer ID
- george-benjamin
- Film.ru person ID
- dzhordzh-bendzhamin
- Flanders Arts Institute person ID (former scheme)
- 1902514
- Freebase ID
- /m/01syhss
- GTAA ID
- 81218
- Google Arts & Culture entity ID
- m01syhss
- Grammy Awards artist ID
- george-benjamin/251652
- Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID
- 10743
- Grove Music Online ID
- 45767
- HAND ID
- 8869-AAD0-151F-0E03-828F
- Hyperion Records person ID
- C5206
- IMDb ID
- nm1654564
- IdRef ID
- 085648124
- J9U entity ID
- 987007601727205171
- KANTO ID
- 000189669
- KBR person ID
- 21203586
- Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
- 120557568
- Kallías ID
- PE00286654
- Komponisten der Gegenwart ID
- 17000000038
- Kunstenpunt Knowledge Graph ID
- Hanne Hiob
- Larousse ID
- musdico/George_Benjamin/166195
- Les Archives du spectacle person ID
- 15713
- Lex ID
- George_Benjamin
- LiederNet composer ID
- 25843
- Living Music Database composer ID
- george_benjamin
- MGG Online ID
- 574348
- Munzinger person ID
- 00000031446
- MusicBrainz artist ID
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- Musicalics composer ID
- 84558
- Muziekweb performer ID
- M00000235983
- NE.se ID
- george-benjamin
- NL CR AUT ID
- xx0267633
- NUKAT ID
- n2012257784
- National Library of Poland MMS ID
- 9810560860405606
- National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
- mp68831
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
- 074916726
- Olyrix artist ID
- 870
- Opera Online composer ID
- george-benjamin-1960
- Prabook ID
- 178593
- Quora topic ID
- George-Benjamin-5
- Radio France person ID
- george-benjamin
- Songkick artist ID
- 145196
- The Guardian topic ID
- music/george-benjamin
- The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID
- 966
- TheaterEncyclopedie ID
- 01944072-b1b9-7170-8f6a-a07f68be4588
- Topic's main category
- Category:George Benjamin
- University of Barcelona authority ID
- 981058526793306706
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJfGWx4WcFfPF4hcXCyKh3
- Yale LUX ID
- person/e20768a1-6e38-4f0e-ba5a-b3174f5a16db
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Award received 4
Student of 4
Educated at 3
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Country of citizenship 1
Employer 1
Family name 1
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Instance of 1
Instrument 1
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Summary
George Benjamin was born on January 31, 1960[1], in London[2]. He has worked as a composer[3], conductor[4], music educator[5], pianist[6], and musician[7].
FAQs
Where was George Benjamin born?
George Benjamin was born in London[2].
What did George Benjamin do for work?
George Benjamin worked as a composer[3], conductor[4], music educator[5], pianist[6], and musician[7].
Where did George Benjamin go to school?
George Benjamin was educated at Conservatoire de Paris[17], Westminster School[18], King's College[19], and Westminster Under School[20].
What awards did George Benjamin receive?
Honors received include Commander of the Order of the British Empire[21], Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres[22], Q24805643[23], and Arnold Schönberg Prize[24].