• Handel Hercules / Václav Luks, Petit Palau
    A velvety and full voice…he delivered all his arias with great polish.
    Barcelona Clássica
    Barcelona Clássica, Handel Hercules with Václav Luks

Baritone Ben Kazez is a frequent soloist with leading ensembles in repertoire from Bach and Monteverdi to contemporary music. In 2025/26 he appears as soloist in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with La Cetra Barockorchester under Andrea Marcon, in Bach’s duet cantata 32 with B’Rock Orchestra, and in Graupner, Telemann, and Bach cantatas with the Academy of Ancient Music under Laurence Cummings. He also performs Handel’s Theodora with Thomas Dunford’s Ensemble Jupiter at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Bozar Brussels, and the Royal Chapel of Versailles.

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Videos

Grosser Herr (Christmas Oratorio)
La Cetra / Andrea Marcon, 2025
Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder (Matthew Passion)
Mayumi Sargent (violin), Laurens de Man (organ), 2025
Why do the nations (Messiah)
Laurens de Man, piano, 2024
Eile mich, Gott (Schütz)
Laurens de Man / Contius Foundation organ, 2024
Dover Beach (Barber)
Vlieland Bunker Museum, 2025
Priez pour paix (Poulenc)
Vlieland Bunker Museum, 2025
Polyphemus (Acis and Galatea)
Laurens de Man, piano, 2024
Auf der Bruck (Schubert)
Laurens de Man, 2025
So wahr als ich (Hammerschmidt)
Laurens de Man / Schnitger organ, 2025
Paratum cor meum (Hammerschmidt)
Laurens de Man / Schnitger organ, 2025
Une nymphe (Lorbeer)
Chimaera Trio, 2025
Fischerweise (Schubert)
Chimaera Trio, 2025
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Upcoming Highlights

  • March 2026
    BWV 157 and BWV 99 with Cantata Collective
  • March 2026
    Bass soloist (Choir 2), Matthew Passion with Nieuwe Philharmonie Utrecht
    Kampen, Bovenkerk
  • March 2026
    Bass soloist (Choir 2), Matthew Passion with Nieuwe Philharmonie Utrecht
    Leiden, Stadsgehoorzaal
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Reviews

  • Handel Hercules / Václav Luks, Petit Palau
    A velvety and full voice…he delivered all his arias with great polish.
    Barcelona Clássica
    Barcelona Clássica, Handel Hercules with Václav Luks
  • Handel Messiah, Cincinnati
    Ben Kazez was a forceful presence in 'Why do the nations so furiously rage,' as he navigated its treacherous vocal passages against furious tremolos in the strings.
    Cincinnati Business Courier
    Cincinnati Business Courier, on Handel's Messiah
  • Handel L'Allegro, San Francisco
    Remarkable, too, was Allegro bass Benjamin Kazez in the aria 'Mirth, admit me of thy crew.'
    San Francisco Classical Voice
    San Francisco Classical Voice, on Handel's L'Allegro
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