Tim Benjamin
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Tim Benjamin (born September 14, 1975 in London) is an English composer. He has studied with Anthony Gilbert at the Royal Northern College of Music, Steve Martland, and with Robert Saxton at Oxford University.
Tim Benjamin was winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Composer's Award in 1993, at the age of 17, with his work Antagony, which was first performed by the London Sinfonietta under Martyn Brabbins. He also won the Stephen Oliver Trust's Prize for Contemporary Opera, for his opera The Bridge (on a libretto by David Edgar).
Benjamin's music has been widely performed, by groups including the London Sinfonietta, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, and at the BOC Covent Garden Festival, and broadcast on BBC Two and BBC Radio 3. Past commissioners include the European Community Chamber Orchestra, the Segovia Trio, and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
Tim Benjamin lives and works in London, UK, and also plays the trombone.
