Born in 1962 in Tajikistan, Benjamin Yusupov studied piano, composition, and conducting at the Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow under Roman Ledeniov and Dmitrij Kitajenko. His orchestral works have been performed in Moscow, Gorky Park, and Paris, as well as in Israel by the Haifa Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Camerata Jerusalem, and others. In 1988, Yusupov was named conductor of the Dushanbe Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1989, he won the Soviet Composers’ Association Prize. He immigrated to Israel in August 1990, and in 1993 won the Clone Prize on behalf of the Israeli Composers’ League.

Yusupov’s orchestral piece Gabriel won First Prize in the Composers’ Contest organized for the opening of  Gabriel House in the Jordan Valley in April 1993 and was performed by the Jerusalem Academy of Music Orchestra. In May 1994, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra performed this piece. Tanover (1994), commissioned by the “Israel Music Heritage Project,” has been performed in Israel and the U.S. “Kol Israel Upper Galilee Music Days 1996” commissioned him to write his Quintet for marimba and string quartet.

During recent musical seasons, his works were performed by the New World Symphony (Miami), the Zurich Chamber Orchestra (Zurich, Biel), the Lancaster Symphony (Pennsylvania), Emperor Quartet (London), Filarmonica Quartet (Novosibirsk), Israel Chamber Orchestra (Tel Aviv), Dresdner Sinfoniker (Dresden, Berlin), and the Berner Symphonie (Bern). His works were performed and broadcast in Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Holland, Hungary, Australia, and the U.S. In 1999, Benjamin Yusupov was granted the Israeli Prime Minister Award.