Benjamin Wallfisch

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Benjamin Wallfisch (born August 7, 1979 in London , England ) is a British composer and conductor .

Life

Benjamin Wallfisch is the son of violinist Elizabeth Wallfisch and cellist Raphael Wallfisch . His grandmother is the cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch . He began learning to play the piano at the age of five and wrote his first compositions as a child. From 1993 to 1997 he attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and studied music at the University of Manchester . He studied conducting with Charles Mackerras , Vernon Handley and Bruno Weil . At the age of 22 he became assistant conductor with the English Chamber Orchestra and from 2002 to 2005 he held the same position with the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest .

With his music for the drama Dear Wendy , directed by Thomas Vinterberg , Wallfisch made his debut as a film composer in 2005 and was nominated for the best music for the Danish film award Robert . Since then, compositions for films such as The Escapist - Raus aus der Hölle , Fetih 1453 and Hours - Race against Time have followed , while at the same time he also works as a conductor for film compositions such as Temporary Gangster , Eat Pray Love , salmon fishing in Yemen and Brothers Grimm is working.

At the end of June 2017, Wallfisch became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rick Schultz: Benjamin Wallfisch has music in his genes , jewishjournal.com , September 10, 2012, accessed February 14, 2016
  2. ^ Adam Chitwood: Oscars Break Record with 774 New Member Invites, Including Jordan Peele & Gal Gadot In: collider.com, June 28, 2017.
  3. ↑ Melena Ryzik: Ticking Watch. Boat engine. Slowness. The Secrets of the 'Dunkirk' Score In: The New York Times, July 26, 2017, accessed January 5, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Wallfisch, Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH 7th August 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England