2022 Festival

Benjamin Kopp

Benjamin KoppPianist Benjamin Kopp has performed as soloist with many major Australian orchestras, including The Metropolitan Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria and WASO. In 2007 he was the winner of the keyboard section of the Symphony Australia Young Performer’s Awards.

In 2009, Benjamin co-founded the Streeton Trio, an all-Australian piano trio. As part of this trio, he has released four CDs (Mendelssohn Complete Piano Trios, Brahms/Ravel, Haydn/ Beethoven/Smalley, Kats-Chernin) which received favourable reviews in Limelight Magazine. The trio also received positive reviews in The Strad magazine. In 2014 the trio performed in Wigmore Hall in London.

The trio completed a national tour for Musica Viva in 2021 with Diana Doherty, and has toured extensively throughout Europe, China, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Scandinavia and New Zealand.

In Europe, Benjamin played concerts with Ensemble Namascae, Ensemble Contrechamps, Tomoko Akasaka, Danjulo Ishizaka and as part of the European Chamber Music Academy.

Recently, Benjamin has become a member of Ensemble Offspring, and has performed with Umberto Clerici, Jason Noble and the Sydney Chamber Opera. Benjamin has studied with Daniel Herscovitch, Pascal Devoyon, Avedis Kouyoumdjian, Rita Reichman and Jennifer Hammond.