Benedict Holland
violin
Ben studied Violin and Piano at the Royal Academy of Music, later moving to the Royal Northern College of Music to study in Yossi Zivoni’s violin class. As a chamber musician, he was a founder member of the Matisse Piano Quartet and the Music Group of Manchester. He is currently a member of virtuoso chamber ensemble I Musicanti, and together with friends David Greed, Kimi Makino, and Adrian Bradbury, of the Victoria Quartet, as well as pursuing a busy recital programme on violin and viola with both piano and organ.
As an experienced orchestral leader, he has guest-led many of the UK’s major orchestras, including The Hallé, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Northern Sinfonia, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Ensemble, Orchestra of Opera North, and BBC Philharmonic, and until 2023, he was the violinist and violist with the contemporary ensemble Psappha.
Ben has always put teaching at the heart of his work at the RNCM, where he was awarded a professorship in 2016. He also gives consultative classes in orchestral and contemporary techniques at Trinity Laban Conservatoire where he is a visiting artist.
Ben’s violin is a rare Rogeri, c. 1710.
