Born in Toulouse in 1989, Benjamin Attahir began by studying the violin then, very early on, became passionate about composition.
His masters include Édith Canat de Chizy, Marc-André Dalbavie, Gérard Pesson, as well as Pierre Boulez.
Winner of numerous competitions and distinctions such as the Ernst Von Siemens Music Prize, the USA IHC of Bloomington, the UNESCO International Tribune of Composers, several prizes from the SACEM and the SACD as well as the Academy of Fine Arts , he is nominated in 2019, 2021 and 2023 for the Victoires de la Musique Classique.
His works are performed by prestigious international ensembles and orchestras, just as he collaborates assiduously with the greatest performers.
He has been composer in residence at the Lille National Orchestra, the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon as well as numerous Festivals (Aix en Provence, Gstaad, Les Arcs, Messiaen, Lucerne Festival... )
Resident at the Villa Medici (16/17), he discovered the work of the author and playwright Lancelot Hamelin with whom he has since weaved an uninterrupted dialogue.
Author of two operas, the premieres of which he directed in 2012 and 2015, the stage is the backbone of his musical writing, which, like its origins, draws its inspiration halfway between East and West. In 2019, he conducted l’Orchestre de La Monnaie de Bruxelles for his third lyrical work, Le Silence des Ombres on a libretto by Maurice Maeterlinck.
His works are published by Durand Salabert Eschig.
