Benjamin Hochman Chamber Music Master Class at the Liszt Academy

Dates:

Friday, October 17, 2025, 14.00-17.00

Venue:

Liszt Academy Main Building, Room X

(1061 Budapest, Liszt Ferenc tér 8.)

Participation options & application:

Active participants:

• Chamber music groups formed by students of the Liszt Academy may apply with the members’ names, their instruments, and pieces to be performed at the master class. You can apply using the online form below (on the form, fill in the names in the first two blocks). If the applications are more than the number of classes, the Head of Department will choose the performing groups with the supervision of guest professor.
• Application deadline: Tuesday, September 30, midnight

Passive participants:

• The master class is open to all students of Liszt Academy and Bartók Conservatory as passive participants free of charge, with no prior registration. Others must register at detari.alexandra@zeneakademia.hu email address. 

Hochman regards music as vital and essential. Composers, fellow musicians, orchestras and audiences recognize his deep commitment to insightful programming and performances of quality.

Born in Jerusalem in 1980, Hochman studied piano with Claude Frank at Curtis and Richard Goode at Mannes.

Since his concerto debut with the Israel Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall conducted by Pinchas Zukerman, he has performed with orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic and Prague Philharmonia under conductors including Gianandrea Noseda, Trevor Pinnock, and John Storgårds.

A winner of Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Career Grant, Hochman performs at venues around the world, including the Philharmonie in Berlin, Marlboro Music Festival, and the Louvre. His chamber music collaborations include the Emerson, Jerusalem, and Casals Quartets.

Following his conducting studies with Alan Gilbert at Juilliard, he recorded Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 17 and 24, playing and directing the English Chamber Orchestra (Avie Records). He has conducted the orchestras of Santa Fe Pro Musica, Orlando, Bridgeport, and The Orchestra Now.