Being granted special permission by the curator of Beethoven House in Bonn, Germany where Beethoven was born in 1712, Benjamin performed a private concert of a Beethoven Romance as well as one of his own compositions. “It was such a great honour to have been invited to play just outside Beethoven’s birth room, especially that the last person to perform in this very spot was Pablo Casals in 1956. I couldn’t have been more humbled by the kindness of all the staff working at the museum and music collections to allow me to play for them.” Read More...