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Benjamin Shute
Benjamin Shute...played the Sibelius [concerto] with marvelous aplomb and gave...this composition his very own unique interpretation—formidable.
Benjamin is one of the most musically intelligent students that has studied with me in recent years. He possesses a great knowledge of the score of each studied work like few other musicians.
Solo - String
Instrumentation
- Benjamin Shute - period & modern violin
- TBA - piano, harpsichord
Repertoire
Repertoire includes unaccompanied, duo-sonata, chamber music, and concerto literature from the 17th to 21st centuries, flexible in coordination with host venue.
Fee negotiable
Biography
Recently settled in Scotland, period and modern violinist Benjamin Shute has appeared in North America, Europe, and Asia as soloist in concertos from the 17th to 20th centuries, leader of ensembles including the Boston Chamber Orchestra, recitalist, and chamber musician. He holds a DMA and BM from the New England Conservatory of Music and a Diplom KA from the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg, where his mentors included Rainer Kussmaul, Masuko Ushioda, and Lucy Chapman.
CDs include the premiere recording of the violin-piano sonatas of Karén Khanagov with Anastasia Abu Bakar, the complete Brahms sonatas with pianist Kai-Ching Chang, and "In Sara Levy's Salon" with the Raritan Players on period instruments. Other outputs include a book on J. S. Bach's solo violin works, reconstructions of Bach's lost D-minor violin concerto BWV 1052R and incompletely surviving D-major sinfonia BWV 1045, and various scholarly editions. As a composer, he has been a finalist for the American Prize, and his works have been heard at UK venues including the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music.
Currently teaching at the University of St Andrews Music Centre, he formerly held faculty posts at various US universities, most recently the Wanda L. Bass School of Music, Oklahoma City University.
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