Benett Tsai
cello
Australian cellist Benett Tsai gained international recognition after winning major prizes at the Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann in Berlin in 2022. In 2023, he joined the roster of Young Concert Artists after receiving First Prize and the Stern Young Artist Award at the International Auditions in New York.
He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras including the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Sinfonia Lahti and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. In the 2026/27 season, he will make his debuts with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Göttinger Symphonieorchester and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
In recital, he has performed at venues such as the Kennedy Center, the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, with the La Jolla Music Society and at City Recital Hall. He has also collaborated with distinguished artists including Esa-Pekka Salonen, Emanuel Ax and Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
Born in 2003, Tsai studies at The Colburn School with Clive Greensmith and performs on a 1719 cello by Giuseppe Guarneri ‘filius Andreae’.