Benjamin is a NYC pianist, composer and arranger. He began studying piano at 5 years old, made his first debut as a professional pianist at 12 years old playing with Nolan Gardner Retrofit and later that year joined them on tour. He began studying jazz in high school and received the Luis Armstrong Award; then he continued to study jazz piano and arranging at Berklee College of Music. At Berklee, Benjamin began starting his own bands and joined the Delfina Cheb Sextet as their pianist and arranger; later touring Argentina with the band and making an appearance at the 2016 Buenos Aires Jazz Festival. Ben now continues his education at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music where he studies piano, composition and arranging. It was here that Ben met the musicians making up the …