Ben Osborn is a multi-instrumentalist musician and award-winning composer and writer.Ben's soundtracks and sound designs have won the Cameron Mackintosh Award, the Methuen Drama Emerging Artists Award, the Peter Brooke Empty Space Award and a Manchester Theatre Award. His critically acclaimed libretti have been performed at London’s National Portrait Gallery, the Bristol Proms and the RCM Britten theatre among others, while his poems and stories have been published in a range of magazines and compilations including his own collection, "murmeln um schiffland" (Moot Press, 2017). He is a co-founder of and teacher at Berlin’s Open Music Lab, a free school for refugee musicians.Ben’s pieces and songs blend ambient electronica and bittersweet pop with modern classical and folk influences. Driving by penetrating poetic lyrics, his songwriting has drawn comparisons to Leonard Cohen, Patrick Wolf and Thom Yorke and have been featured by a variety of broadcasters and publications including BBC Introducing (UK), Radio Eins and NDR (Germany), RTE (Ireland), GodIsInTheTV, FolkRadioUK and many more.Ben is proud to be supported by Asylum Arts, an international network of Jewish artists, as well as Music Board Berlin and Iniative Musik. He has previously received support from Arts Council England and the British Council.Education:University of Warwick (graduated 2010): BA, Hons., English and American Literature. First Class; Undergraduate Research Scholarship in Pedagogy and Performance.Awards:Ignite Critics’ Choice Award (Ablutions); Cameron Mackintosh Award for Theatre Music (By the Bog of Cats…); Ideastap, Methuen Drama and NSDF Emerging Artist Award, with Judges' Commendation for Music (Belleville Rendez-vous); Peter Brook Award (He Had Hairy Hands); Manchester Theatre Award (He Had Hairy Hands).