Benedikt
Brydern
 

Benedikt Brydern studied violin and piano at the Richard-Strauss Academy of Music in Munich,  Germany. He undertook private composition studies with Romanian composer Stefan Zorzor. 

He was selected out of 1000 applicants for Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival to perform in the  Festival Orchestra under the baton of Leonard Bernstein in 1988. He returned to the Festival in  1990 to be part in the TV series "Orchestra!" hosted by Sir Georg Solti and Dudley Moore.  

After graduation in 1992 he received a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship to  continue his studies in the United States where he completed the Advanced Studies Program  "Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television" at the prestigious USC Thornton School of Music in  Los Angeles.  

He currently lives in Los Angeles and composes music for movies, TV and the concert stage  when not performing. His compositions have won multiple awards and have been published  worldwide. 

Besides being a classically trained concert violinist he co-founded the “Hot Club Quartette” which  pays tribute to the great music of legendary guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane  Grappelli.  

Other vintage bands include “Lizzy and Her Triggermen”,“Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys” and the Dean Mora Orchestra.  

He has been a member of platinum recording artist Yanni's band since 1998 performing  worldwide and appearing in numerous videos (“Yanni Voices, Acapulco”, “Live at El Morro”, ”The  Dream Concert: Live from the Great Pyramids of Egypt”)