Balázs Székely, attended the Bartók Conservatory of Music in Budapest for piano, composition and music theory (1984-1990) and the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest receiving a degree in piano, music education, music theory and choral conducting (1990-1995). His teachers were András Kemenes, Erzsébet Legányné Hegyi, József Maklári, István Párkai, among others. He also attended the Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna, for vocal accompanying by David Lutz (1995-2000) and various masterclasses with Attila Némethy, Daniel Immelman and Charles Spencer.
Since 1998 he has been working at Leó Weiner Conservatory of Music as accompanist and has also taught at the Liszt Academy 1999-2005. Since 2012 he has been teaching chamber music, piano and score reading at the Kodály Institute in Kecskemét and was accompanist at the 27th, 28th and 29th International Kodály Seminar.
Between 2000 and 2006 he was guest teacher with his wife at the Music Education Department of Central Conservatory of Music, in Beijing as well as at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music (2001) and at the Canton International Summer Music Academy (2006).
He has given solo and chamber music concerts in Austria, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Switzerland and China.
Székely has also published László Weiner: Triple concert, with Mónika Hegedűs, László Fehérvári, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and conducting by Tamás Vásáry (CD). He will be the accompanist in Prague for the 2019 season.