BIO
photo by Nada van Tongeren
Benjamin de Murashkin is an Amsterdam-based composer whose work bridges intuitive and systematic approaches to form, drawing on influences from classical tradition, contemporary music, and film. His music moves between meditative sound worlds and passages of heightened dramatic intensity, shaped by processes that seek organic development and resolution.
Born in Denmark in 1981 and raised largely in Australia, de Murashkin’s cross-cultural background informs a musical language that is both structurally rigorous and emotionally direct.
His output spans solo, chamber, choral, and orchestral music. Following several collaborations with the Copenhagen Philharmonic, he was appointed composer-in-residence (2014–2018), during which he composed a piano concerto for Katrine Gislinge and a symphony.
Alongside his concert music, de Murashkin is active as a composer for film and radio. His credits include the feature film Hundeliv (Where Have All The Good Men Gone?, 2016) by Frelle Petersen, and Lars er LOL (2023), directed by Eirik Sæter Stordahl, with whom he has also collaborated on several radio dramas for the Danish Broadcasting Corporation.
As an orchestrator and arranger, he has worked extensively with orchestras across Scandinavia, including projects for the Copenhagen Philharmonic, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, and Malmö Opera. His work ranges from orchestrations of Clara Schumann and Schubert to collaborations with a wide range of popular artists.
De Murashkin studied in Melbourne and Copenhagen, completing the Advanced Postgraduate Diploma (Solistklassen) at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. His teachers include Brenton Broadstock, Bent Sørensen, Hans Abrahamsen, and Niels Rosing-Schow. His music has been performed by leading ensembles and orchestras across Europe and beyond.
Born in Denmark in 1981 and raised largely in Australia, de Murashkin’s cross-cultural background informs a musical language that is both structurally rigorous and emotionally direct.
His output spans solo, chamber, choral, and orchestral music. Following several collaborations with the Copenhagen Philharmonic, he was appointed composer-in-residence (2014–2018), during which he composed a piano concerto for Katrine Gislinge and a symphony.
Alongside his concert music, de Murashkin is active as a composer for film and radio. His credits include the feature film Hundeliv (Where Have All The Good Men Gone?, 2016) by Frelle Petersen, and Lars er LOL (2023), directed by Eirik Sæter Stordahl, with whom he has also collaborated on several radio dramas for the Danish Broadcasting Corporation.
As an orchestrator and arranger, he has worked extensively with orchestras across Scandinavia, including projects for the Copenhagen Philharmonic, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, and Malmö Opera. His work ranges from orchestrations of Clara Schumann and Schubert to collaborations with a wide range of popular artists.
De Murashkin studied in Melbourne and Copenhagen, completing the Advanced Postgraduate Diploma (Solistklassen) at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. His teachers include Brenton Broadstock, Bent Sørensen, Hans Abrahamsen, and Niels Rosing-Schow. His music has been performed by leading ensembles and orchestras across Europe and beyond.
