Benjamin Seah, Violin

Benjamin Seah is an 18-year-old violinist from Montreal, QC. He has been studying at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in the class of William van der Sloot since the Fall of 2021. Mr. Seah has won numerous prizes in competitions across America and Europe such as the Canadian Music Competition, the Marie Cantagrill International Violin Competition and the Sorel-Tracy Music Festival.

He is a recipient of scholarships from the Oberlin Conservatory, Orford Music Festival, the Camp Musical des Laurentides, and the Festival Père Lindsay. In 2018, he won the third season of the television show Virtuose hosted by Gregory Charles which led to a series of concerts, professional recordings, and television appearances.

An avid orchestral musician, Mr. Seah has sat as concertmaster for the Oberlin Orchestra, the Montréal Conservatory Orchestra, and the Montérégie Symphony Orchestra, where he has also performed as soloist in May 2021. An enjoyer of new music, Mr. Seah has participated in world premières as soloist and chamber musician. Mr. Seah has been fortunate to participate in Master Classes taught by Almita Vamos, Blake Pouliot, Eszter Haffner, Mark Kaplan, and the Verona Quartet.