Pianist Benjamin Hopkins has performed across Europe and North America, including recent debuts at the Festival de Luis Vega in Asturias, Spain, Mexico’s Festival del Lago, and New York City’s Merkin Hall. He holds a doctorate from the University of British Columbia, where he was a member of the prestigious Public Scholars Initiative.

Dr. Hopkins is a two-time prize winner at the National Federation of Music Clubs Young Artist Auditions and has won first prize at the Susan Torres Award, the Rio Hondo Symphony Young Artist Competition, and the Thousand Islands International Piano Competition. He holds three degrees from the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, where the faculty twice selected him as the school’s Outstanding Graduate. His past teachers include Julian Martin, Corey Hamm, Lucinda Carver, Brian Preston, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet.

While at UBC he was chosen to perform concertos with the UBC Symphony an unprecedented three seasons in a row, won Grand Prize at the inaugural Silverman Piano Competition, and commissioned and premiered new piano works by composers Joel Thompson and Peter S. Shin.

Dr. Hopkins is a highly sought-after collaborator and teacher, and has held fellowships at the Aspen Music Festival, Festival del Lago (Mexico) and the Gijon International Piano Festival (Spain) in recent summers. He has played in masterclasses for renowned musicians including Menahem Pressler, Stephen Hough, Roberto Plano, Yong-Hi Moon, Frederic Chiu, Vadym Kholodenko, and Anton Nel. His students benefit from his breadth of experience and regularly earn top marks and win prizes at festivals and competitions in Canada and the U.S.