Benjamin Scherer Quesada
I was born in 1979 in Königstein / Taunus, Germany, and have lived in Spain, France, and the Netherlands. After having studied with Prof. Zakhar Bron at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid, I continued my studies in Holland with Prof. Herman Krebbers and completed my Master at the Amsterdam Conservatory as a student of Prof. Ilya Grubert. Later I have specialized in the interpretation of early music with baroque violin at the Conservatoire de Paris with Prof. Patrick Bismuth.
I’m devoted to chamber music and have collaborated with various ensembles and orchestras in Europe and the United States. Currently I’m Assistant Principal in the Valencian Community Orchestra
Currículum Vitae
personal experience
From 2015
Orquestra Comunitat Valenciana – Spain
Assistant Principal First Violins
2014
Bayerische Staatsoper Munich – Germany
Substitution First violins
From 2013
Forma Antiqva – Spain
Guest Soloist
Ensemble Clematis – Belgium
Tutti
From 2012
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana – Spain
La Chambre Philarmonique – Paris, France
Le Cercle de l’Harmonie – Paris, France
Tutti
2010 - 2012
Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao – Spain
Guest Soloist Second Violins
Guest Concertmaster
FROM 2011
Les Paladins – Paris, France
Second Violins Soloist
Al Ayre Español – España
Le Palais Royal – París, Francia
Tutti
2008 - 2010
Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia – Spain
Guest Concertmaster
2009
Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla – Spain
Guest Concertmaster
FROM 2009
Les Arts Florissants – Paris, France
La Compañía del Príncipe – Aranjuez, Spain
Tutti
2005 - 2006
Süddeutsche Kammersinfonie – Stuttgart, Germany
Guest Concertmaster
2003 - 2006
Nederlands Kamerorkest – Amsterdam, Holland
Second Concertmaster
Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest – Holland
Substitute Tutti, first and second violins
Currículum Vitae
FESTIVALS
2018
Festival Música Clásica de Peñíscola, Castelló, Spain
2016 - 2018
Festival Música de Cambra Godella, Valencia, Spain
2013 - 2014
Paradyz, Muzyka w Raju, Gościkowo, Poland
Musik +, Hall, Austria
2012
Rheingau Musik Festival, Germany
Festival de Sablé, France
2011
Festival Printemps à Lanvellec, France
Festival Sully, Loiret, France
Festival Chaise – Dieu, France
2008 - 2010
Festival Internacional de Órgano Catedral de León, Spain
2006
Festival Ribadeo, Lugo, Spain
2005
Music at Hillwood, Long Island, New York, USA
2004 - 2005
Festival Internacional de Música de Lucena, Córdoba, Spain
2004
Ameropa, Prague, Czech Republic
Currículum Vitae
MUSICAL STUDIES
2007 - 2011
Study of specialization and historicist interpretation with baroque violin
Conservatoire National Région de Paris, France
Professor Patrick Bismuth
2006 - 2007
Master in chamber music
Instituto Internacional de Música de Cámara, Madrid, Spain
Professors: Ralf Gothóni, Hansjörg Schellenberger
2003
Violin Master Degree
Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Netherlands
Professor: Ilya Grubert
2002
Violin Professor Diploma with Honors
Conservatori Superior de Música de Castelló, Spain
2000 - 2003
Orchestral Academy Diploma
Koninklijik Concertgebouworkest, Amsterdam
Private lessons with Profesor Herman Krebbers, Tillburg, Holanda
1995 - 2000
Scholarship at Reina Sofía High School
Professor: Zakhar Bron
Scholar Fundación Isaac Albéniz
1986 - 1995
Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu
Conservatori Municipal de Música de Barcelona
Professors: Jaume Francesch, Leon Ara
