Robert Bennesh

Robert Bennesh (born 31 July 1986) is a Swedish organist who, since September 2024, has been the organist at the Uppsala Cathedral, having moved from his position as organist at Lund Cathedral in Lund taken up in 2016. In 2016, he founded the 'Festival of Sacred Arts,' launching in 2017, and has won numerous awards for his musical capabilities.

Education Bennesh gained his education firstly at the age of ten, beginning with piano and quickly progressing to organ.

He later sought his bachelors studies at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and continued with a Masters at the Malmö Academy of Music. as well as Orchestra New England's Colonial Concert in Connecticut.

He has played and premiered works by contemporary composers such as Judith Bingham, Benjamen Staern, Staffan Storm, Per Gunnar Petersson, Stefan Klaverdal, Eli Tausen á Lava, Daniel Hjorth, and Hanna Blomberg.

Awards Julia R. Sherman Memorial Prize

Recordings 2020: Humperdinck, Music for the Stage (Naxos, Dario Salvi) 2017: Faure Requiem & Other Sacred Music (Hyperion, David Hill)