Ben Goldscheider has premiered over 50 new works for horn, spanning concerti, solo, chamber, and cross-genre projects—including those incorporating live electronics and lighting. In the 2025–26 season, he gives world premiere performances of Sirens by Anna Clyne with the London Mozart Players, and Laurence Osborn’s Horn Concerto with Manchester Camerata.
Ben also debuts with Magdeburg Philharmonic (Christian Øland) performing Gavin Higgins’ Horn Concerto, and returns to BBC National Orchestra of Wales (Ryan Bancroft). Recent highlights include the world premiere of Brian Elias’ Horn Concerto with BBC Symphony Orchestra (Sakari Oramo) at the Aldeburgh Festival, the Irish premiere of Higgins’ concerto with the Ulster Orchestra (Paweł Kapuła) and performances with Tokyo Philharmonic and Aichi Chamber Orchestra. Other notable debuts include Uppsala Chamber Orchestra (Rebecca Miller) with the Swedish premiere of Huw Watkins’ Horn Concerto, as well as performances with Norwegian Radio Orchestra (Jamie Phillips) and London Philharmonic Orchestra (Valentina Peleggi).
Ben has given recitals at major concert halls across Europe, including the Concertgebouw, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Kölner Philharmonie, Musikverein, Pierre Boulez Saal, Southbank Centre, and Wigmore Hall. As a soloist, he has appeared with orchestras such as the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, BBC NOW, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (BBC Proms), Das Sinfonie Orchester Berlin, Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Lucerne Symphony, Munich Chamber Orchestra (Klosters Music), Musikkollegium Winterthur, Philharmonie Zuidnederland, Prague Philharmonia, Tapiola Sinfonietta, and the Ulster Orchestra.
A committed chamber musician, Ben has collaborated with leading artists including Daniel Barenboim, Martha Argerich, Sergei Babayan, Kirill Gerstein, Denis Kozhukhin, Sunwook Kim, Clara Jumi-Kang, and Allan Clayton at festivals such as Verbier, Salzburg, Jerusalem, Intonations (Berlin), and Barenboim (Buenos Aires). In recital, he has worked with Michael Barenboim, Stephen Hough, Tom Poster, Benjamin Baker, Giuseppe Guarrera and Richard Uttley, and is a member of the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. In 2025, Ben was Artist-in-Residence at the Barnes Music Festival, appearing in both concerto and chamber music performances. Upcoming highlights include a return to the U.S. with Camerata Pacifica in Santa Barbara and a recital at the Boulez Saal with Alina Ibragimova (violin) and Dénes Várjon (piano), as well as a programme of works for horn and electronics.
His recordings include Legacy: A Tribute to Dennis Brain (Three Worlds Records), featuring newly commissioned works by Huw Watkins and Roxanna Panufnik, and a solo concerto album with the Philharmonia Orchestra (conducted by Lee Reynolds), featuring works by Arnold, Schoenberg, and Gipps. Ben also recorded the iconic horn call from Wagner’s Siegfried with the Hallé Orchestra under Sir Mark Elder.
Ben is Principal Horn of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and a Principal Player of Camerata Pacifica. He is also a a member of the Boulez Ensemble. He holds a professorship at the Royal Conservatory in Antwerp and serves as Artist in Association at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.
Born in London in 1997, Ben studied at the Royal College of Music Junior Department with Susan Dent, and in 2020 completed his studies with honours at the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin with Radek Baborák. He was a prize-winner at the 2019 YCAT International Auditions, a concerto finalist in the 2016 BBC Young Musician Competition, and was nominated by the Barbican as an ECHO Rising Star for the 2021/22 season.
