Born in London, Ben Goldscheider completed his studies with Radek Baborák at Berlin’s Barenboim-Said Akademie in 2020. He was an ECHO Rising Star in the 2021–22 season and has since appeared at some of Europe’s most prestigious venues, including Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Vienna Musikverein, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, London’s Wigmore Hall, and the Cologne Philharmonie. At the Pierre Boulez Saal, he regularly appears as a soloist and as a member of the Boulez Ensemble. He has premiered more than 70 new works for horn to date, including solo works and chamber music as well as horn concertos by Laurence Osborn, Gavin Higgins, Huw Watkins, and Brian Elias, and has performed as a soloist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Britten Sinfonia, London Philharmonic, and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, among others. He has also collaborated with artists such as Daniel Barenboim, Martha Argerich, Sergei Babyan, Kirill Gerstein, Denis Kozhukhin, Sunwook Kim, Clara-Jumi Kang, and Allan Clayton and is a member of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. His discography includes a solo album in honor of the 100th birthday of British hornist Dennis Brain as well as horn concertos by Malcolm Arnold and Ruth Gibbs. His recording of Mozart’s four horn concertos will be released in October 2026. Ben Goldscheider is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and has held a professorship at the Royal Conservatory in Antwerp in 2025.