Ben Kazez baritone
Ben Kazez has been praised for his “velvety and full voice” by Barcelona Clássica. He regularly performs as a soloist in Europe and the U.S., and has sung in the Netherlands Bach Society and the Monteverdi Choir under Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
Ben recently studied and performed the music of Charpentier with William Christie in Les Arts Florissants masterclasses, sang Valens in Handel’s Theodora under Christian Curnyn and Dame Sarah Connolly, and performed Handel’s Hercules under Václav Luks and Shunske Sato. In the 2021–22 season he sings Pilate and arias in Bach’s St John Passion in Amsterdam, Schumann’s Dichterliebe in San Francisco, and Charpentier with Emmanuel Resche-Caserta.
As an ensemble singer Ben has performed at the Salzburg Festival, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Berlin Philharmonie, Vienna Musikverein, Teatro La Fenice, Westminster Cathedral, Palace of Versailles, and the BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall.
Ben is passionate about the music of J.S. Bach and has performed the Passions (Christus, Pilatus, and arias), B Minor Mass, and 40 cantatas. During the pandemic he created a digital resource that Juilliard and other libraries use to help people learn about early vocal music. He is fluent in French and Italian.
Upcoming performances
20 August 2022
26 August 2022
9 September 2022
10 September 2022
11 September 2022
12 September 2022
13 September 2022
14 September 2022
18 October 2022
20 November 2022
15 December 2022
17 December 2022
20 December 2022
8 January 2023
7 April 2023
Further performances to be announced soon
Recent performances
22 July 2022
15 April 2022
11 April 2022
31 March 2022
2 March 2022
11 February 2022
5 February 2022
4 February 2022
2 February 2022
29 January 2022
“Velvety and full voice…he delivered all his arias with great polish.” Barcelona Clássica
“Remarkable.” San Francisco Classical Voice
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