Violinist Benjamin Thacher has performed solo, chamber, and orchestral music around the globe. He has collaborated in music festivals and orchestras with such noted conductors as Christoph Eschenbach, John Williams and Ivan Fischer, among others.
After winning a position with the prestigious Shleswig-Holstein Musik festival under the direction of Christophe Eshenbach, Mr. Thacher has most recently completed a tour of Russia, Armenia, Lithuania, and Germany with the festival orchestra.
As a violin soloist, Ben has performed concerti with several different orchestras which include the Cape Cod Symphony, Nashua Symphony, Metrowest Symphony and the Chatham Chorale Chamber Orchestra. He currently studies with Donald Weilerstein, founding first violinist of the Cleveland quartet. Previous teachers have included the following: James Buswell, Kelly Barr and additional private studies and masterclasses with Midori Goto and Itzhak Perlman. Mr. Thacher has won several competitions, prizes and awards which include the Eugene Lehner Chamber Music Award given by the New England Conservatory for excellence in chamber music.
He is a member of the acclaimed Béla Quartet of whom were two time winners in the prestigious honors competition at NEC. In 2005, his piano trio won first place in the international chamber music foundation of New England which enabled them to perform at Carnegie Hall. He has appeared twice on national radio for NPR’s “From the Top” performing as a soloist and as a concertmaster for the Walnut Hill Orchestra at Boston's symphony hall. Mr. Thacher was personally invited by Toby and Itzhak Perlman to participate in the Perlman Music Program residency in Sarasota, Florida and was among those who soloed under Mr. Perlman's baton as part of this experience. While a participant in this program, he has performed concerts with Perlman at Van Wezel Hall and Carnegie Hall. Dedicated to the growth of the next musical generation, he currently conducts the Nashoba Youth Orchestra in Westford, Massachusetts.
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