Benjamin D'Annibale

Benjamin D`Annibale is a pianist and harpsichordist based in Philadelphia. A graduate of the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg in Germany (M.M. Harpsichord) and Temple University (B.M. Piano Performance), he has had extensive training with a diversity of keyboard professors and a special focus on baroque music and instruments. He also received a year of training at the Hochschule für Kirchenmusik Rottenburg, where he studied conducting and organ. He has given concerts in various corners of the United States, as well as areas of Germany and France. In addition to teaching and performing in the Philadelphia area, Benjamin is currently on the faculty at the Baldwin School; pianist for the choirs at Drexel University; and director of music at First Presbyterian Church in Flourtown, PA. He was a fellow at the Bach Institute at Emmanuel Music in Boston and recently participated in the Hugo Wolf International Lieder Competition in Stuttgart. He regularly plays with ensembles such as Valley Vivaldi, La Fiocco and the American Bach Soloists. Last summer, he assistant conducted and performed harpsichord for the American premiere of Nicola Porpora’s Polifemo with Opera Neo in San Diego. He returned to Opera Neo this summer to work on Haydn's Armida in Budapest, Hungary and San Diego.