Editing George Benjamin (composer) (section)

==Honours==
In 2019, Benjamin was awarded the [[Golden Lion Award]] for lifetime achievement from the [[Venice Biennale]]. Other awards include the 2001 [[Arnold Schönberg Prize]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://delphianrecords.co.uk/person/george-benjamin/|title=George Benjamin {{!}} Delphian Records|language=en-GB|access-date=17 October 2019|archive-date=17 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017162738/http://delphianrecords.co.uk/person/george-benjamin/|url-status=dead}}</ref> the 2015 Prince Pierre of Monaco composition prize (for his opera ''Written on Skin''),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fondationprincepierre.mc/en/music/prize/the-musical-composition-prize/2015|title=Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco|website=www.fondationprincepierre.mc|access-date=17 October 2019|archive-date=17 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017162737/https://www.fondationprincepierre.mc/en/music/prize/the-musical-composition-prize/2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and 2023 the [[Ernst von Siemens Music Prize]].<ref name="nmz_9">{{cite web | title=Komponist George Benjamin erhält Ernst von Siemens Musikpreis – neue musikzeitung | website=[[nmz]] | date=31 January 2023 | url=https://www.nmz.de/kiz/nachrichten/komponist-george-benjamin-erhaelt-ernst-von-siemens-musikpreis | language=de | access-date=2023-01-31 | archive-date=31 January 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131010909/https://www.nmz.de/kiz/nachrichten/komponist-george-benjamin-erhaelt-ernst-von-siemens-musikpreis | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2022, Benjamin received the [[Ivor Novello Awards|Ivor Novello Award]] for Outstanding Works Collection.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ophelia |first=Maya |date=2022-11-15 |title=The Ivors Composer Awards 2022 winners announced |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/news/the-ivors-composer-awards-2022-winners-announced/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref> For 2023, he received the [[BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.frontiersofknowledgeawards-fbbva.es/ |title=BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award 2023 |access-date=21 April 2024 |archive-date=21 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921232238/https://www.frontiersofknowledgeawards-fbbva.es/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2019, critics at ''[[The Guardian]]'' ranked ''Written on Skin'' as the second best work of the 21st-century.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Clements|first1=Andrew|last2=Maddocks|first2=Fiona|last3=Lewis|first3=John|last4=Molleson|first4=Kate|last5=Service|first5=Tom|last6=Jeal|first6=Erica|last7=Ashley|first7=Tim|date=12 September 2019|title=The best classical music works of the 21st century|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/12/best-classical-music-works-of-the-21st-century|access-date=31 May 2021|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=21 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921054947/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/12/best-classical-music-works-of-the-21st-century|url-status=live}}</ref>  In 2024, ''Picture a day like this'' received an [[Ivor Novello Awards|Ivor Novello Award]] nomination for Best Stage Work Composition.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Mark |date=2024-10-15 |title=Nominations for The Ivors Classical Awards 2024 announced |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/news/nominations-for-the-ivors-classical-awards-2024-announced/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref>

An honorary fellow of [[King's College, Cambridge|King's College Cambridge]], the [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]], the [[Royal College of Music]] and the [[Royal Academy of Music]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nimbusrecords.co.uk/index.php?id=george-benjamin|title=George Benjamin|website=www.nimbusrecords.co.uk|access-date=17 October 2019}}</ref> Benjamin is also an Honorary Member of the [[Royal Philharmonic Society]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/awards/honorary/benjamin|title=George Benjamin|website=Royal Philharmonic Society|language=en-GB|access-date=17 October 2019}}</ref> He is foreign member of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Music]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Ledamöter | website=Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien | url=https://www.musikaliskaakademien.se/omakademien/organisation/ledamoter.39.html | language=sv | access-date=12 November 2024}}</ref> He was awarded a [[C.B.E.]] in 2010,<ref>Announcement in ''The London Gazette'', Issue 59446, 12 June 2010, p. 7</ref> made a Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2015,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://barenboimsaid.de/george_benjamin_composers_club|title=George Benjamin Guest at Composers' Club|website=barenboimsaid.de|language=en|access-date=17 October 2019}}</ref> and was knighted in the [[2017 Queen's Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61962|supp=y|page=B2|date=17 June 2017}}</ref>