Benjamin Janisch

Music Theory

Benjamin Janisch (born 1997) was born in the United States. He studied composition with Prof. Dieter Mack, as well as music theory and ear training with Prof. Sascha Lino Lemke,

Prof. Immanuel OH, Prof. Birger Petersen, and Prof. Irmgard Brockmann. Alongside his work as a composer and music theorist, he is also passionately involved in composition pedagogy. He is a member of the board of Chiffren. Forum für zeitgenössische Musik e.V., Kiel..

His composi;ons have been performed by, among others, Ensemble Klangrauschen, Trio Klarisono, the renowned Saki Quartet, Tempus Konnex, as well as at the ZKM | Center for Art

and Media Karlsruhe and by the Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra.

He is a recipient of the DAAD Prize awarded by the Musikhochschule Lübeck and of the MHL Orchestra Competition on in 2018 (conducted by Roland Kluttig) and 2020 (conducted by Stefan Geiger). In autumn 2021, he won first prize in the Orchestra Competition of the Mitteldeutsche Kammerphilharmonie Schönebeck (conducted by Jan-Michael Horstmann). In 2024, he was awarded the Kurt Masur Prize by the IMPULS Festival.

Since 2023, he has taught music theory and ear training at the Peter Cornelius Conservatory of the City of Mainz, and since 2025 at the Musikhochschule Lübeck and the Hochschule für

Musik Mainz.