Benjamin Bevan is establishing himself as one of the finest young baritones in the  United Kingdom. This year he has performed at the Perth International Festival, a concert broadcast on ABC, performed in Ireland with the superb Irish Chamber Orchestra, broadcast on RTE Lyric and made his debut at Wigmore Hall. In May 2008 Ben was a soloist in the UK premier of a new Mass by John Taverner at The Brighton Festival
 
Ben is the youngest of a musical family of fourteen brothers and sisters and as a child he sang with the Family choir, performing throughout the UK and Europe. After a spell in the Wine Trade, Ben won a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music and after graduation proceeded to the famous Opera Course there. 1999 saw him at Glyndebourne for the summer and then on to English Touring Opera. He made his International debut at lausanne Opera in Rossini's La Cenerentola.
 
  
 
Ben has had a strong association with Scottish Opera and in 2009 will sing the role of Riccardo in Bellini's I Puritani and the role of Lescaut Massenet's Manon. Previously he has sung Fouquier and Fleville in Giordano's Andrea Chenier, Marcello in La Boheme for Scottish. In 2010 he will sing the role of Marcello in La Boheme for Scottish opera. In 2011 Benjamin will sing the role of Pilatus in a staged St John Passion for Reis Opera in Holland.
 
Ben has considerable concert experience having performed a great deal of the standard oratorio repertoire as well as recitals of lieder, chanson and English song in London, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Last year ben performed Schubert's Winterreise  for the first time and this concert featured on BBC Radio 3's In Tune. 
 
Last year Benjamin was chosen by international tenor José Cura to work with him in the final of the José Cura Opera Project - the search for the next generation of opera star.
 
Ben now lives in rural Kent with his wife and two small children and he regularly appears as a soloist at The Stour Festival under the direction of Mark Deller and with the fabulous Canterbury Choral Society.
 
Jose Cura writes:

"In the  spring of 2007, at a master class I was giving in London, I encountered the voice of Benjamin Bevan. This young and already well rounded singer surprised me not only with the sheer beauty of his voice but also with his fine use of the Italian language and his very professional phrasing. I would happily bet on the future of this talented English singer!"