Photo: Jennifer Hui Bon Hoa

Benjamin Shwartz, conductor

'The intense pleasure of this performance lay in the baton of Benjamin Shwartz... who gave us an evening of Bellini conducting of which I had only dreamed for decades: fluid, taut of line, and yet filled with the nuances of a singing rubato. He is certainly a man to watch - in a crop of handsome, young conductors, he comes close to the top - but much more so he is a talent to listen to, head and shoulders over most of his young competition.'

Opera Britannia

'[Benjamin Shwartz] delivered a faultlessly emotive version of Beethoven's Egmont Overture, op. 84. It is moving to see young musicians return to timeless music and give it new life. In spite of his young age, one can already perceive in Shwartz the lineage of the true "maestros." '

Miami Herald