Eva Beneke

About Eva Beneke

Eva Beneke is an active soloist, chamber musician, and arranger, whose interpretations have been lauded by the American Record Guide as "beautifully sonorous, sensitive, and highly expressive." She has distinguished herself as a chamber musician, with performances at festivals such as the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Music Festival and collaborations including the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. She is Associate Professor of Classical Guitar at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. Prior to this appointment, she spent over a decade as a freelance musician and university lecturer in the United States, where she earned her Doctorate in Music with a specialization in Musicology from the University of Southern California. She studied at the HfM “Franz Liszt” Weimar and at the UdK Berlin. She has contributed to the recorded repertoire through several album releases for labels such as NAXOS, GSI, 10th Symphony Editions, and Panofon and is an active researcher.