Engeli Benjamin

Benjamin Engeli is one of the most versatile Swiss musicians of his generation. His career as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher has taken him to most European countries as well as to Australia, India, North and South America. As a member of the Tecchler Trio, he was the 1st Prize winner at the International ARD Music Competition in Munich in 2007, and has since then performed in venues such as the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Konzerthaus Berlin, Wigmore Hall London, Tchaikovsky Conservatory Moscow, Oriental Arts Center Shanghai, Konzerthaus Vienna and Tonhalle Zürich. He is now a member of the Zürich Ensemble and also one of the four pianists of the Gershwin Piano Quartet, with whom he has conducted concert tours in Brazil, China and the Middle East. For many years he has also been teaching up-and-coming musicians and holds teaching positions at Basel School of Music (Switzerland) and at Landeskonservatorium Feldkirch (Austria)