conductor, soprano
Barbara Hannigan
Soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan is an artist at the forefront of creation. Her artistic colleagues include Simon Rattle, Kent Nagano, Andris Nelsons, Esa Pekka Salonen, Katie Mitchell and Kirill Petrenko. The late conductor and pianist Reinbert de Leeuw has been an extraordinary influence and inspiration on her development as a musician.
Hannigan has shown a profound commitment to the music of our time, having given the world première performances of over 90 new creations. Hannigan has collaborated extensively with such composers as Boulez, Stockhausen, Dutilleux, Ligeti, Zorn, Barry, Dean and Benjamin.
Her opera performances include the title role in Berg's Lulu at La Monnaie in Brussels in both 2012 and 2021. The past few seasons, she has been touring a highly acclaimed new production of Poulenc's opera La Voix Humaine, in which she both sings and conducts, created by her in collaboration with video artist Denis Guéguin and premiered with l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.
The Icelandic Symphonic Orchestra appointed her chief conductor woth tffect from the 2026-27 season.
Hannigan’s album as both singer and conductor with LUDWIG, Crazy Girl Crazy (2017), won numerous awards, including a Grammy and an Edison award. In 2022 she was named Officier des Arts et des Lettres in France, as well as Gramophone Artist of the Year.
Her commitment to the younger generation of musicians led her to create the mentoring initiatives Equilibrium Young Artists in 2017 and Momentum: our Future Now in 2020.
In the 2022/23 season, Barbara Hannigan made her first appearance with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducting works by Richard Strauss, Berg, Barber and Vivier.
Soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan is an artist at the forefront of creation. Her artistic colleagues include Simon Rattle, Kent Nagano, Andris Nelsons, Esa Pekka Salonen, Katie Mitchell and Kirill Petrenko. The late conductor and pianist Reinbert de Leeuw has been an extraordinary influence and inspiration on her development as a musician.
Hannigan has shown a profound commitment to the music of our time, having given the world première performances of over 90 new creations. Hannigan has collaborated extensively with such composers as Boulez, Stockhausen, Dutilleux, Ligeti, Zorn, Barry, Dean and Benjamin.
Her opera performances include the title role in Berg's Lulu at La Monnaie in Brussels in both 2012 and 2021. The past few seasons, she has been touring a highly acclaimed new production of Poulenc's opera La Voix Humaine, in which she both sings and conducts, created by her in collaboration with video artist Denis Guéguin and premiered with l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.
The Icelandic Symphonic Orchestra appointed her chief conductor woth tffect from the 2026-27 season.
Hannigan’s album as both singer and conductor with LUDWIG, Crazy Girl Crazy (2017), won numerous awards, including a Grammy and an Edison award. In 2022 she was named Officier des Arts et des Lettres in France, as well as Gramophone Artist of the Year.
Her commitment to the younger generation of musicians led her to create the mentoring initiatives Equilibrium Young Artists in 2017 and Momentum: our Future Now in 2020.
In the 2022/23 season, Barbara Hannigan made her first appearance with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducting works by Richard Strauss, Berg, Barber and Vivier.
Soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan is an artist at the forefront of creation. Her artistic colleagues include Simon Rattle, Kent Nagano, Andris Nelsons, Esa Pekka Salonen, Katie Mitchell and Kirill Petrenko. The late conductor and pianist Reinbert de Leeuw has been an extraordinary influence and inspiration on her development as a musician.
Hannigan has shown a profound commitment to the music of our time, having given the world première performances of over 90 new creations. Hannigan has collaborated extensively with such composers as Boulez, Stockhausen, Dutilleux, Ligeti, Zorn, Barry, Dean and Benjamin.
Her opera performances include the title role in Berg's Lulu at La Monnaie in Brussels in both 2012 and 2021. The past few seasons, she has been touring a highly acclaimed new production of Poulenc's opera La Voix Humaine, in which she both sings and conducts, created by her in collaboration with video artist Denis Guéguin and premiered with l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.
The Icelandic Symphonic Orchestra appointed her chief conductor woth tffect from the 2026-27 season.
Hannigan’s album as both singer and conductor with LUDWIG, Crazy Girl Crazy (2017), won numerous awards, including a Grammy and an Edison award. In 2022 she was named Officier des Arts et des Lettres in France, as well as Gramophone Artist of the Year.
Her commitment to the younger generation of musicians led her to create the mentoring initiatives Equilibrium Young Artists in 2017 and Momentum: our Future Now in 2020.
In the 2022/23 season, Barbara Hannigan made her first appearance with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducting works by Richard Strauss, Berg, Barber and Vivier.
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Barbara Hannigan Conductor-Singer - image: Marco Borggreve -
Barbara Hannigan singing and conducting LUDWIG. Concertgebouw Amsterdam 4-12-2017 Photo: Marco Borggreve -
Barbara Hannigan singing and conducting LUDWIG. Concertgebouw Amsterdam 4-12-2017 Photo: Marco Borggreve
