Ben Thomson

Principal Tuba, Board Member

Member since 2019

Ben Thomson studied at the Royal Northern College of Music Junior School and then went on to study for his degree at the college. He won the BBC Radio 2 Young Brass Soloist of the Year in both 2006 and 2007. Since winning the prizes, Ben has performed concertos with such ensembles as the Ulster Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra and Black Dyke Brass Band, and has given recitals for the Manchester Midday Concert Series in Bridgewater Hall, Leeds International Concert Season and RNCM’s international Festival of Brass.

Ben was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and the European Union Youth Orchestra. He has since performed with most of the UK’s orchestras, including as Principal Tuba of the orchestra of the Royal Opera House and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and has also worked abroad including with the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Sydney Opera House, and the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra.