Benyamin Nuss

Benyamin Nuss (born 20 June 1989) is a German pianist and composer.

Life

Nuss was born in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. He began playing the piano at age 6 in 1995 and was taught and supported by his then teacher Viktor Langemann. He also was greatly supported by his father, the internationally renowned Jazz trombonist Ludwig Nuss. His uncle is jazz pianist Hubert Nuss. With a good environment, he grew up with music from different genres. Later, inspired by “Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum” from “Children’s Corner,” he began at the age of ten to study the composer Claude Debussy, and soon after the works of Maurice Ravel.

In 2004, Nuss was taught privately with concert-pianist Andreas Frölich in Bonn, Germany, and later changed teachers to Ilja Scheps as a youth-student. After high school, Nuss studied at the Hochschule für Musik Köln and graduated with a Bachelor in Music. He visited masterclasses there with Anatol Ugorski, Einar Steen-Nokleberg and Ragna Schirmer. .

Albums 2010 – Benyamin Nuss Plays Uematsu; Deutsche Grammophon 2012 – Exotica; Deutsche Grammophon with works by Claude Debussy, Darius Milhaud, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Alberto Ginastera, Charles T. Griffes, Mily Balakirev, Alan Hovhaness, Alexandre Tansman, Martin Torp, Benyamin Nuss, Jonne Valtonen and Masashi Hamauzu 2014 – Masashi Hamauzu: Opus 4, with Lisa Schumann (Violin) and Kana Shirao (Cello); Mons Records 2015 – Paul Juon: Silhouettes op. 9 and op. 43, Sieben kleine Tondichtungen op. 81, with Malwina Sosnowski (Violin) und Rebekka Hartmann (Violin); Musiques Suisses 2016 – Nikolai Kapustin: Works for Cello, with Christine Rauh (cello); SWR Music 2018 – Mia Brentano’s Hidden Sea: 20 Songs for 2 Pianos, with Max Nyberg (2nd Piano); Mons Records 2022 – Mia Brentano’s Summerhouse: New Music for 2 Pianos, with Billy Test (2nd Piano); Mons Records

Performances

Video games 2013 - Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix; Performed Lord of the Castle 2014 - Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix 2016 - World of Final Fantasy 2017 - Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World Tour-