Benjamin Wien

Music Director

musicdirector@firstchurchwilliamstown.org

Benjamin joined the FCC team in June of 2026. Ben has performed as a soloist and chamber musician across New York and New England including at Steinway Hall, The Juilliard School, the Rose Studio at Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall, and Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. He made his concerto debut with the Symphony of Westchester as first-prize winner of its 2022 Young Artists Concerto Competition, and most recently was a winner of the Berkshire Symphony’s 2026 Soloist Competition. Ben began piano lessons at age 7 and is a graduate of the Juilliard Pre-College Program, where he studied piano with Julian Martin and French horn with Brad Gemeinhardt. He is currently a physics major at Williams College, where he studies piano and horn with Jeewon Park and Victor Sungarian, and plays horn in the Berkshire Symphony. In his free time, Ben enjoys walks, biking, and listening to music.