Benedicte Kyllingstad is employed full-time as the alternate section leader for the second violin section in the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra. She is an active chamber musician and regularly performs in concerts. Together with the 1b1 ensemble, she has performed with musicians such as Clemens Hagen, Benjamin Schmidt, Lars Anders Tomter, and Dan Laurin. She frequently tours and has participated in several CD recordings with Europa Galante under the direction of Fabio Biondi.

Benedicte has received multiple scholarships and has performed as a soloist with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra on several occasions.

She received her education from the Grieg Academy in Bergen, the University of Agder, and the University of Stavanger. She plays on a Gagliano violin on loan from the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra.