ALBUMStravinsky: Chamber WorksBarbara Hannigan, Juilliard School Ensemble & Royal Academy of Music
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ALBUMDance With MeLudwig Orchestra & Barbara Hannigan
ALBUMLa PassioneBarbara Hannigan & Ludwig Orchestra
ALBUMVienna: Fin de SiècleBarbara Hannigan & Reinbert de Leeuw
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ALBUMVan de Putte: Bamboleamos No MundoAsko Schönberg, Barbara Hannigan, Barbara Kozelj & Reinbert de Leeuw
ALBUMCrazy Girl CrazyBarbara Hannigan & Ludwig Orchestra
ALBUMErik Satie: SocrateBarbara Hannigan & Reinbert de Leeuw
ALBUMHans Abrahamsen: Let Me Tell YouBarbara Hannigan, Andris Nelsons & Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMWritten on SkinBarbara Hannigan, George Benjamin, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Bejun Mehta, Christopher Purves, Rebecca Jo Loeb & Allan Clayton
ALBUMDutilleux: CorrespondancesBarbara Hannigan, Anssi Karttunen, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France & Esa-Pekka Salonen
ALBUMFreedman, H.: Vocal MusicPenderecki String Quartet, Valdine Anderson, Barbara Hannigan, Andrew Burashko, Lori Freedman, Robin Engelman, Erica Goodman, Trevor Tureski, Wendy Nielsen, Gordon Gietz, Accordes String Quartet, Dianne Aitken & Terry McKenna
The Canadian musician who embraces challenging and polarising works.
Barbara Hannigan: Passion
The soprano invites us to experience music-making of unalloyed passion.
About Barbara Hannigan
Artist Biography
When Barbara Hannigan sang and conducted Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre in 2011, she was already the leading soprano of avant-garde vocal music and thought conducting was a one-time thing. Born in Waverley, Nova Scotia, in 1971, Hannigan studied music in Toronto and went on to collaborate with Boulez, Ligeti, Zorn, and other notable contemporary composers. But having persevered with singing through chronic stage fright, she found ease on the podium. She went on to collaborate with Simon Rattle and orchestras across Europe, making her recording debut as both soloist and conductor with 2017’s Crazy Girl Crazy. In addition to singing and conducting Poulenc’s La voix humaine (1958) with Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Hannigan recorded her dual roles again on 2020’s La Passione and was appointed the London Symphony Orchestra’s debut conducting Associate Artist. Other notable appearances have included starring roles in George Benjamin’s opera Written on Skin (2012) and theatre director Krzysztof Warlikowski’s acclaimed 2012 production of Berg’s Lulu (1935).
Hometown
Waverley, Nova Scotia, Canada
Genre
Classical
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