Benjamin Attahir

Benjamin Attahir (born February 25, 1989 in Toulouse[1]) is a French composer, violinist and conductor. He studied at Conservatoire de Toulouse, at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris under Édith Canat de Chizy and at the Conservatoire de Paris itself.[1]

Benjamin Attahir
Born25 February 1989  (age 31)
Toulouse 
OccupationComposer, violinist, conductor 

He studied the violin under Ami Flammer.[1]

Attahir made three short plays for marionettes by Maurice Maeterlinck, La Mort de Tintagiles, Intérieur and Alladine et Palomides, into an opera entitled Le Silence des ombres, premiered at La Monnaie in Brussels in September 2019.

On 21 February 2020, BBC Radio 3 broadcast a concert including his Al Asr string quartet (2017), performed by the Arod Quartet, recorded at Perth Concert Hall, Scotland in 2018.[2]

Attahir has also put to music W. B. Yeats's poem 'The song of wandering Aengus'.

References
  1. "Atttahir Benjamin (1989)". Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  2. "BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Perth Concert Hall 2018, The Arod Quartet play Al Asr by French composer Benjamin Attahir". BBC Radio 3. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
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