Ben Loska

Ben Loska is a trombonist from Brighton, England. He served as the Principal Trombone of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain from 2021 to 2022. Ben studied at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama where he studied with Mark Templeton, Dave Stewart, Matthew Lewis, Emily White, Eric Crees and Simon Wills. During this time he started freelancing professionally with many professional orchestras such as the London Symphony, Philharmonia, London Philharmonic, BBC concert, London Concert, and Scottish Opera (trial). He is the principal trombonist of the Fidelio Orchestra and was the principal trombonist of the Odyssey festival Orchestra from 2023 to September 2026. He also works in jazz and commercial genres and works frequently with The Signatures of Royal Northern soul and the Ogretones at major UK venues on both tenor and bass trombone. During his time at Guildhall he specialised in historical performance and is proficient on alto, tenor and bass sackbut having played on, esteemed early music Violinist and Trombonist, Emily White’s upcoming album “Apocalypse Flower”. Ben is also member of “Silk Street Five”, a brass quintet formed at guildhall that plays frequently across London.