Competition star is son of ROH injured violist
mainBen Goldscheider emerged last night as youngest-ever prizewinner in the long running (est.1960) Bromsgrove International Young Musicians Competition.
Ben, 18, a horn student at the Royal College of Music, was placed second.
His father, Chris, is suing the Royal Opera House for irreparable damage to his hearing caused by heavy brass playing during Wagner operas.
The Bromsgrove first-prize winner was Toby Hughes, a doublebass player, aged 22.
Congratulations to him. Worth saying that – as I can testify at first hand – Toby Hughes is a pretty phenomenal player too. We’ll hear more from both of them, no doubt.