Benjamin Kirk (b.1992) was born in Beverley, East Yorkshire, to missionary parents. After finishing Christ’s Hospital School in 2011 Benjamin moved to Tallinn, Estonia, to begin studying Choral Conducting under Tõnu Kaljuste.

Benjamin is now Musical Director with the Lea Singers in Harpenden, the Clerkes ​of All Saints, York, and the Orlando Singers, in Cambridge. After leaving Bath Camerata as MD in July 2024, Benjamin was appointed Conductor with The Purcell Singers in London. Further afield, Benjamin has been Guest Conductor with the National Forum of Music (NFM) Choir in Wrocław, Poland, since 2021.

Benjamin's career as a choral conductor began with the Tartu University Female Choir (TÜAN) in south Estonia, in 2016. He was selected as a TENSO young conductor in March, 2017, and served as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of Tallinn Chamber Choir between 2017 - 2019, touring with them in Slovakia in December 2017.

Benjamin won 3rd Prize in the 2019 World Choral Conducting Competition in Hong Kong, and has worked with The Carice Singers, the Estonian National Male Choir, the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, the Swedish Radio Choir, and the French Radio Choir in a burgeoning international career.

As a choir trainer Benjamin has prepared numerous choruses for Tõnu Kaljuste, Kristjan Järvi, Kaspars Putninš, Risto Joost, Stephen Layton, Benjamin Goodson, Kaspar Mänd, George Vass, Martina Batič, and Jacek Kaspszyk.

Outside of Conducting, Benjamin enjoys playing chess, watching stand-up comedy, and reading; Benjamin has read all of the novels by Herman Hesse and James Clavell, and is working on accomplishing the same feat with Aldous Huxley, and Annie Ernaux.