Ben Odhner

Ben Odhner was born in Boston and started his violin studies at age five in Michigan. He is currently a student of Paul Kantor at CIM and at the Aspen Music Festival and School. He has appeared as a soloist with the CIM Orchestra, the Warminster Symphony Orchestra, the Oakland Youth Orchestra, and other ensembles. In 2009 and 2008, Ben was selected to participate in the New York String Orchestra Seminar at Carnegie Hall. A fellowship recipient at the Aspen Music Festival and School, he has been concertmaster of the Aspen Sinfonia (2009) and the Aspen Concert Orchestra (2008). Ben was a member of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra, which performed at Carnegie Hall in April 2009 as a part of the first international classical music summit brought together through the internet. NPR’s radio program From the Top featured Ben as a member of the Gray Charitable Trust Piano Trio in 2007. Ben has appeared frequently in concert at the Glencairn Museum in Bryn Athyn, PA. In his free time, he enjoys staying in touch with his five siblings. Ben’s instrument is currently on loan from the Virtu Foundation. Ben receives generous scholarship funding from the D.R. Starling Foundation and the New Church Music Scholarship Fund.