Ben Gant

I am a professional freelance Trumpet player based in London. Born in Leeds and raised in Nottingham I began playing the trumpet and piano from the age of 7. Having spent four years in the National Youth Orchestra I went to London to study at the Royal Academy of Music and then the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. I graduated in the summer of 1997 and went to live in Hamburg for six months, playing trumpet with the Philharmonie der Nationen before coming back to London to start a long relationship with the National Theatre. Since then I have had a very varied and interesting career in Music, performing and recording with many different Orchestras, Ballet Companies, Chamber Ensembles and Commercial Artists. These have included the BBC Concert Orchestra, Rambert Dance Company, Sheryl Crow, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Eddy Grant, Lulu, Camarata Wales, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Bond, London Mozart Players, Will Young, Lisa Stansfield, London Musici, National Symphony Orchestra, Shapeshifters, Dina Carroll, Sinfonia Viva, The Corrs, Paul Taylor Dance Company, London Jazz Orchestra, Andy Panayi Big Band, Serpentine Fire and ONYX Brass. I have been Principal Trumpet in many productions at both the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company including Candide, Villains Opera, The Tempest, Measure for Measure and Oh What a Lovely War. In the West End I have had my own chair on the productions of South Pacific, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Producers. I have recorded on the Soundtracks for the films 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' and 'The Phantom of the Opera' as well as playing on numerous TV signature tunes including 'Boxing Academy' and 'Linda Green'. Thanks for checking out my site - I hope you enjoy it. Ben x

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Ben Gant is an Eclipse Trumpet Artist and plays Eclipse Trumpets and Flugels exclusively. Me with Thierry Henry and more importantly Animal! For god's sake don't blink...