Benjamin Faden is a violist from Iowa City, Iowa, and a senior at WashU. Ben began his musical career at five years old at the Preucil School of Music, playing the violin. In eighth grade, seeking more excitement in his classical journey, he chose to switch to an objectively richer and more beautiful instrument: the viola. He has loved it ever since. After learning from a violin teacher throughout high school, it was not until college that he first began playing proper viola repertoire. This recital is the culmination of all that he has learned.

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Benjamin Faden, Senior Minor Recital, viola

560 Music Center

The warm, dark sound of a cello is dreamy, melancholic, stirring, and highly poetic. For Yehudi Menhuin, the cello exerts "the strongest immediate physical effect of all instruments. It touches our emotions on a deep, unfathomable level."

Eduard Pütz

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Apr 11, 2026

Benjamin Faden, Senior Minor Recital, viola · Washington University in St. Louis Department of Music

Sep 21, 2025

1. Sunday Matinee · Brandenburgischen Staatsorchesters Frankfurt

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