Benjamin Harrison
Cirque Du Soleil Performing Artist
Australia

In 2007, Benjamin began studies at the Elder Conservatorium of Music and graduated the following year with a Bachelor of Music Performance, specializing in Jazz Saxophone, after being fast-tracked through the course. During his studies Benjamin held the 1st tenor saxophone chair in the Downbeat magazine award-winning Big Band One, and in 2008, received an award from dB Magazine for Top Undergraduate Saxophone. In early 2010, Benjamin was short-listed for his composition work in the MAX Tropscore competition at the Tropfest International Film Festival and composed the music for The List, an immersive performance by Kirra Cheers of viral sensation Tinderella which premiered in New York in May 2018. From 2010 through to 2012, Benjamin toured North America with Cirque du Soleil's arena show Quidam playing saxophone and keyboards, and as acting bandleader. In 2014, Benjamin joined Cirque du Soleil’s big top tour of KOOZA and toured Europe, North America, South America and Australia until late 2016 playing saxophone, keyboard, electric guitar, tin whistles, duduk and clarinet. After this, from 2016 until 2019, Benjamin toured North America as bandleader on Cirque du Soleil's big top production of VOLTA (with music by Anthony Gonzalez of M83) playing keyboard, synth, bass guitar and saxophone. Benjamin is currently bandleader on Cirque du Soleil’s big top production of Alegria.