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Born in 1991 in Debrecen, he studied classical trumpet at the Kodály Zoltán Secondary School of Music in his hometown (2006–2010), followed by jazz trumpet studies at the Kőbánya Music Studio (2010–2012). Since 2012 he has pursued vocal studies at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music. His teachers have included Kornél Fekete-Kovács (jazz trumpet), Andrea Meláth (voice), and currently Attila B. Kiss (voice).

In the autumn of 2013 he sang the tenor solo in Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, Op. 80, at the festive opening gala of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, conducted by Zoltán Kocsis. In 2015, at the Müpa Budapest gala aria evening of Ildikó Komlósi, he performed the tenor solo in the Smugglers’ Quintet from Bizet’s Carmen with the MÁV Symphony Orchestra under Gergely Kesselyák. In 2016, he appeared as tenor soloist in Liszt’s Missa solemnis (Esztergom Mass) with the Liszt Academy Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gergely Ménesi.

He makes his Hungarian State Opera debut in The Two Women.

Benjámin Beeri (opera studio)