Prof. Benedikt Hübner studied at the University of Music and Theatre in Leipzig under Prof. Achim Beyer and Prof. Frithjof M. Grabner. He also completed his concert examination under Prof. Esko Laine at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin. He also received significant guidance from Prof. Duncan McTier.
After working as a substitute with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, he took up his first permanent post with the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden in 2004. In 2007, he became principal double bassist of the Dresden Philharmonic.
In addition, he has appeared as a guest principal in orchestras such as the WDR Symphony Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Berlin, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Munich Philharmonic. He has also performed at the Leipzig chamber music festival “Con Spirito”.
Benedikt Hübner is a prize-winner at various international competitions, including 2nd prize and the audience prize at the International Johann Matthias Sperger Competition in Ludwigslust in 2004 and 1st prize at the International Music Competition in Markneukirchen in 2005.
He has also appeared as a soloist with various orchestras, including the Chursächsische Philharmonie Bad Elster, the Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester, the Brandenburger Sinfoniker and the Philharmonisches Kammerorchester Dresden.
Benedikt Hübner has given various international masterclasses, for example in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Rio de Janeiro, as well as at the Bass2015 International Bass Convention in Prague, where he also performed as a soloist.
In addition to his work with the Dresden Philharmonic, Benedikt Hübner served as Professor of Double Bass at the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music in Dresden from 2015 to 2021.
He plays a double bass made by the English master luthier William Booth in 1830.