About

Ben Kazez is a baritone working with many of Europe’s leading early music groups.

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 joins Thomas Dunford’s Ensemble Jupiter for a European tour of Handel’s Theodora, with performances at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Bozar Brussels, and the Royal Chapel of Versailles.

Recent soloist appearances include Pilate in Bach’s Matthew Passion with the Netherlands Bach Society under Masato Suzuki, and in one-per-part performances with Johannes Leertouwer and Nieuwe Philharmonie Utrecht. He has sung solos in Zelenka with Vox Luminis in Paris, Bach cantatas at Leipzig’s Nikolaikirche in a MDR broadcast, and Kuhnau and Buxtehude at Musikfest Bremen, all under Lionel Meunier. He has also sung Handel’s Hercules under Václav Luks in Barcelona’s Petit Palau and Valens in Theodora under Christian Curnyn at Snape Maltings. In recital he performs regularly with Dutch Music Prize winner Laurens de Man, with appearances at Toulouse les Orgues and historic organ venues in the Netherlands and Belgium. Their programmes span from Gregorian chant to Langlais, with upcoming projects including a recording of Brahms’s Vier ernste Gesänge and a recital of Schubert rarities with fortepiano.

Alongside his solo work, Kazez has appeared with ensembles including the Monteverdi Choir, Netherlands Bach Society, Vox Luminis, Ensemble Jupiter, and Ensemble Correspondances. Performances include Charpentier’s David et Jonathas with Correspondances, Handel’s Theodora with Ensemble Jupiter at Versailles, and the Monteverdi trilogy at the Salzburg Festival under Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

Kazez’s enthusiasm for under-recognised vocal music led him to create VMII.org, a searchable catalogue of early vocal music that now draws half a million visitors a year. He also teaches privately, with students admitted to graduate and summer programmes.

After earning his master’s from London’s Guildhall School in 2018, Ben became a Britten Pears Young Artist and was awarded the Salvat Bach Grant. He has trained with Dame Emma Kirkby, Max van Egmond, Dame Sarah Connolly, Yvonne Kenny, and Martin Katz.