Pianist Benjamin Kobler has made a name for himself as a sought-after interpreter of works by Lachenmann, Ligeti, Messiaen and Stockhausen and as a passionate advocate of contemporary music. He performs as a soloist in the USA, Asia, South America and the major concert halls of Europe.He is accompanied by renowned orchestras and renowned conductors such as Myung-Whun Chung, Vladimir Jurowski and Sir Simon Rattle.
He has been a permanent member of the Musikfabrik since 2007. He enjoys commissioning solo piano works; a new etude by Unsuk Chin and a piano piece (“Nuss”) by Enno Poppe are currently awaiting their premieres.
His most influential teachers include Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Peter Eötvös and Carmen Piazzini, with whom he studied at the Musikhochschule Köln and the Conservatoire de Paris. Benjamin Kobler worked intensively with Karlheinz Stockhausen for ten years and is the dedicatee of his last piano solo pieces (“NATÜRLICHE DAUERN”). In addition to teaching at the Stockhausen courses, he also passes on his experience as a lecturer in contemporary piano music at the Robert Schumann University in Düsseldorf.