Benjamin Marquise Gilmore

Benjamin Marquise Gilmore has been concertmaster of the Philharmonia since 2019, and a member of the Navarra Quartet since 2021. He is also a member of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and formerly leader of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. He studied with Natalia Boyarskaya at the Yehudi Menuhin School and with Pavel Vernikov in Vienna, and received further guidance and inspiration from Julian Rachlin and Miriam Fried. He won prizes at the Oskar Back, Joseph Joachim and Salzburg Mozart competitions, and has participated in festivals such as Kuhmo, Prussia Cove and Ravinia. Benjamin’s father was the musicologist Bob Gilmore, his grandfather is the conductor Lev Markiz, and his mother Maria Markiz has variously been a musicologist, interpreter, equestrian and data analyst.