Ben Kearsley was born in
Edinburgh, Scotland. He began classical guitar with Norman Quinney and later with Ian Smith. During his time at school Ben won The Young Musician Of The Year 1993 at
James Gillepies High School and the Norman Quinney Prize for Classical Guitar. Performances at the Usher Hall and Queens Hall in
Edinburgh took place during this time.
After 5 years of full time study in music (one year at
Napier University and four years at Birmingham Conservatoire ) Ben graduated from the Birmingham Conservatoire in 1998 with a BMus (Hons) 2:1
During this time Ben performed in masterclasses for Alirio Diaz, Jose Tomas, David Russell, Roland Dyens, Nigel North and Carlos Bonell. Performances at the Adrian Bolt Hall,
Birmingham Town Hall and Symphony Hall took place during this time. During the 1990’s Ben attended many summer schools in
Scotland,
England,
France and Belguim.
After studing Ben lived in La Paz, Bolivia and then Madrid, Spain. He taught guitar at the Conservatoirio De La Paz and performed at the British Embassy, Palacio Chico and Theatre Municipal.
