Benjamin Beilman, violinist, to perform with Conservatory Orchestra, Oct. 16

Release Date: 9/25/2009

Benjamin Beilman, 19, graduated with honors from Community High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He began his violin studies at age five and has performed extensively as a soloist and recitalist throughout the United States and Europe. As the Grand Prize Winner of the 2007 American String Teachers Association’s national solo competition, Benjamin will solo with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during the 2007-8 concert season. He has appeared as guest soloist with the Ft. Collins, Toledo, Dearborn, and Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony Orchestras as the winner of their respective young artist competitions. His 2006 engagements included performances with the Ann Arbor Symphony, and the RAI National Symphony in Turin, Italy. Benjamin is a 2007 Presidential Scholar in the Arts and the recipient of a youngARTS Gold Award in music from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. He won the Gold Medal at the 2007 Stulberg International String Competition and was awarded first prize in competitions sponsored by the Music Teachers National Association, the Society of American Musicians, and Midwest Young Artists, among others. He is also a top laureate of the Johansen International String Competition (2006), the Blount-Slawson Competition (2007), and the National Society of Arts and Letters violin competition (2007). This fall, he will begin studies with Ida Kavafian at The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

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