Benny Sluchin studied at the Tel-Aviv Conservatory and Jerusalem Music Academy, parallel to pursuing a math and philosophy degree at the University of Tel-Aviv. He joined the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and was engaged as co-soloist for the Jerusalem Radio Symphony Orchestra. He subsequently went to work with Vinko Globokar at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne, where he graduated with honors. A member of the Ensemble Intercontemporain since 1976, he has premiered numerous works (by Elliott Carter, Pascal Dusapin, Luca Francesconi, Vinko Globokar, Gérard Grisey, Marco Stroppa, James Wood…) and recorded “Keren” by Iannis Xenakis, the “Sequenza V” by Luciano Berio in addition to 19th and 20th century works for trombone.

A Doctor of Mathematics, Benny Sluchin is involved in acoustic research at Ircam and teaches computer-assisted music notation at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. Passionate about teaching, he edited “Brass Urtext”, a series of original texts on teaching brass instruments. In 2001, he published “Le trombone à travers les âges” (Buchet-Chastel) with Raymond Lapie. Two of his books have been awarded the Sacem Prize for pedagogic publications: “Contemporary Trombone Excerpts” and “Jeu et chant simultanés sur les cuivres” (Éditions Musicales Européennes). His written publication on brass mutes is a benchmark and his research on “Computer Assisted Interpretation” has been the object of several presentations and scientific publications.

As an application to his research, Benny has released a number of recordings of John Cage's music. His recent film “Iannis Xenakis, Le dépassement de soi” has been produced by Mode Records in 2015.

Besides Benny Sluchin, who will be in Graz from February 13th to 22nd, Bill Forman will teach from February 10th to 16th at impuls as well.