BENJAMIN YUSUPOV is music director and conductor of founded by him “Israeli Soloists” Chamber Orchestra that included the best Israeli musicians. Currently he is Composer-in-Residence of Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra.
His extensive catalogue, which is published by Boosey & Hawkes/Sikorski, has been performed extensively by a wide range of renowned artists and orchestra across the globe the likes of the London Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagen Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique Radio France, Bogota Philharmonic, New World Symphony, NDR Radio-Philharmonie Hannover, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Belgrade Philharmonic, Brno Philharmonic to name a few.
Yusupov works closely with outstanding artists like Maxim Vengerov, Mischa Maisky, Vadim Repin, Sergei Nakariakov, Reinhold Friedrich, Konstantin Lifschitz, Alexander Kniazev, Maxim Rysanov.
The short list of venues Yusupov appeared as conductor includes KKL Lucerne, Berlin Philharmonie Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Prinzregententheater Munich, and Cologne Philharmonie. He conducted among others Lucerne Symphony, Slovenian Philharmonic, Sinfonietta Amsterdam, Bogota Philharmonic, Iceland Symphony, Novosibirsk Philharmonic, Jerusalem Symphony, Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra, to name a few.
Born in Dushanbe, Tajikistan in 1962, Yusupov studied piano, composition and conducting at the Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow with Roman Ledeniov, Yuri Fortunatov and Dmitri Kitajenko. He received his PhD degree at Bar-Ilan University.
Yusupov was awarded the Clone Prize (1992), the Sherover Award (1993), the Israeli Prime Minister Prizes (1999, 2008), the ACUM Prizes (2002, 2004), the Landau Award for the Performing Arts (2007), and Engel Prize (2009), the ACUM Prize for lifetime achievements (2016)