MISTER G (Ben Gundersheimer) is a Latin GRAMMY Award-winning artist, author and educator. Hailed as “a bilingual rock star” by The Washington Post and "irresistible" by People magazine, he was originally dubbed MISTER G by his young students while pursuing a Master of Education degree. His dynamic, interactive bilingual performances aim to dissolve borders and foster cross-cultural connections.
As MISTER G, Ben has released 14 albums of original, multicultural music and received numerous accolades including a Latin GRAMMY Award and five Parents’ Choice Gold Awards. He tours internationally headlining major performing arts centers, festivals, and theaters, including Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Central Park SummerStage and New Orleans JazzFest. His dynamic and interactive concerts weave together a wide variety of musical styles and languages.
Throughout Ben’s career the crafts of music and storytelling have intertwined seamlessly propelling him as performer and author. Ben has now published four picture books with Penguin Random House based on his original, bilingual songs, with two more forthcoming in 2025/26. His first book Señorita Mariposa, a bilingual telling of the monarch butterfly migration from Canada to Mexico, is into its 15th hardcover printing. It is also distributed widely in paperback by Scholastic Books, and was recently commissioned as a theatrical performance by Stages Theater in Minneapolis.
Many of Ben’s original songs and stories are inspired by his love of the natural world. He has performed at the National Climate Rally and headlined multiple concerts for Moms Clean Air Force on Capitol Hill. As part of his long-standing partnership with the United States Forest Service, they have commissioned him to write songs, produce a series of virtual Earth Day events and create curricula to be used nationwide.
For adults and educators, Ben offers Musical Keynote presentations and workshops at conferences in the US and abroad, including the National Association of Bilingual Educators (Dallas and Orlando), Monarch Migration and Multilingualism (Sedona), and Limmud (Birmingham, England). His professional development workshops empower teachers to enliven their classrooms by incorporating the arts as a tool to facilitate learning.
Whether writing in English, Spanish or Hebrew, Ben uses songs and stories as a unifying tool to build bridges between cultures and people.
