Ben le Heux (New Zealand) studied at the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana in Lugano with Arturo Tamayo and at the Italian Conducting Academy in Milan with Gilberto Serembe. He furthered his studies in masterclasses with conductors such as Kirill Karabits, Jorma Panula, Alexander Polianichko, and Vassily Sinaisky.

He holds a doctorate in conducting pedagogy from the New Zealand School of Music. Until the outbreak of the war, Ben was a regular guest conductor with both symphonic and chamber orchestras in Russia and Ukraine. Orchestras he has worked with include the St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, the St. Petersburg Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Karelian State Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Adygea, the North Caucasus Safonov Philharmonic Academic Symphony Orchestra, the Pskov Philharmonic Orchestra, and the chamber philharmonic orchestras of Astrakhan, Krasnodar, Novgorod, and Tuapse.

As an opera conductor, he has led seasons for the State Theatre of the Republic of Karelia and the Dnipropetrovsk Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.