Benjamin Kobler

Benjamin Kobler was born in 1973 in Munich and grew up in the inspiring atmosphere of a family involved with music and the theater. He started learning the piano at the age of 5, that was soon followed by the cello, composition and conducting lessons. His most influential piano teachers were Carmen Piazzini and Pierre-Laurent Aimard. Along with the studies of the piano, he also had lessons with Peter Eötvös in contemporary chamber music. Highlights in his career up to now include concerts in Carnegie Hall, New York and his performance as a soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle. He began to work with Ensemble Modern in 1995, and became a member of Ensemble Musikfabrik in 2007. Due to this work he has been able to very easily come into contact with artistic personaliti