Multitalented Benjamin Perry Wenzelberg (New York, 1999) graduated from the National Master's Programme in Orchestral Conducting in 2024. Since then, he has enjoyed a meteoric career as a conductor, composer, countertenor and pianist. His choice of projects also demonstrates that it is possible to specialise in more than one discipline: he conducts a Mozart opera with the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century with the same ease as he does contemporary works with ensemble Het Muziek.

‘Conducting is at the heart of my work, but it doesn’t exclude other activities,’ Benjamin said in a recent interview with national newspaper NRC about his artistic choices. ‘All these different aspects of my artistry are loaded with meaning and intention for me […]. They enrich each other. The intersection is where the power is.'

In February, Benjamin will conduct students from the Dutch National Opera Academy in his opera Nighttown, for which he also wrote the libretto. Read more

The entire interview can be read here (in Dutch, and only for subscribers).

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