Tim Benjamin (composer)

Tim Benjamin (born 1975) is an Anglo-French composer and technology executive. His compositional output centres on opera, with eight stage works premiered since 1998, alongside orchestral, chamber, and choral music. He won the BBC Young Musician of the Year Composer’s Award in 1993 at the age of seventeen, and the Stephen Oliver Prize for Contemporary Opera in 1996. His Symphony received its world premiere at the George Enescu Festival in Romania in 2021, and he serves on the jury of the George Enescu International Competition. Also a senior technology executive, he is currently Chief Technology Officer at Softwire, a UK technology consultancy. Early life and education Benjamin was born in 1975, grew up in North London, and attended Christ’s Hospital school. He lives in Todmorden, West Yorkshire. Career Early recognition Benjamin’s compositional talent emerged early. At seventeen, while still a student at Christ’s Hospital, he won the 1993 BBC Young Musician of the Year Composer’s Award for Antagony, a substantial work scored for two large wind bands, amplified strings, and six percussionists. The work was performed by the London Sinfonietta under conductor Martyn Brabbins and broa