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““ Intensely musical, intoxicating, graceful, passionate…Hannigan is an all-round musician, her whole being breathes music. “”
In the 25/26 season, Barbara returns to the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (as Principal Guest Conductor), London Symphony Orchestra (as Associate Artist), l'Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (as Principal Guest Conductor), and Iceland Symphony (where her position as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director will begin in 2026/27 season). She also returns to the Munich Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and the Juilliard School (as Creative Associate). She will make her New York Philharmonic conducting debut, performing her unique version of Poulenc's opera La Voix Humaine, in which she both sings the role of Elle and conducts the orchestra. She will bring this acclaimed production also to La Scala in Milan, to the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra in Istanbul, and to the Czech Philharmonic, as part of her residency at the Prague Spring Festival. Her recital tour with Bertrand Chamayou (works by Messiaen, Scriabin and Zorn) continues in the 2025/26 season, with performance dates in Lausanne, Amsterdam, Gothenburg, Brussels, Madrid, Vienna, Prague and London (Wigmore Hall debut) and she embarks on another European tour alongside the Quatuor Belcea singing the soprano part in Schoenberg's String Quartet No 2.
Upcoming Performances
Masterclasses led by Barbara Hannigan and Bertrand Chamayou
Final concert featuring the participants on July 18
Barbara Hannigan, soprano/special guest
Benefit Concert “au profit d’Ophtalmo Sans Frontières”
Stéfan Patry, organ
André Losquin, trumpets
Cédric Botet, saxophone
Philippe Bensaid, organ
Holger Beckmann, guitar
Loïc Larnicol, drums
GERSHWIN: Songs
Free entry
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
PEREZ SANCHEZ: Création (Commissioned by the Festival Ravel)
TURINA: Niñerias, op.21
GARCIA LORCA: Nana de Sevilla
MOMPOU: Impresiones intímas
SZYMANOWSKI: La Berceuse d’Aitacho Enia, op.52
NIN: Canto de cuna para los Huérfanos de España
CRUMB: Ancient voices of children
Barbara Hannigan, conductor and soprano
Bertrand Chamayou, piano (artist-in-residence)
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
ROUSSEL: The Spider's Feast
MESSIAEN: Oiseaux Exotiques for piano and orchestra
BRITTEN: Les Illuminations for soprano and string orchestra
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G
Details & Tickets
Barbara Hannigan, conductor and soprano
Bertrand Chamayou, piano (artist-in-residence)
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
ROUSSEL: The Spider's Feast
MESSIAEN: Oiseaux Exotiques for piano and orchestra
BRITTEN: Les Illuminations for soprano and string orchestra
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
George Benjamin, conductor and composer
RAVEL: Alborada del gracioso
SIBELIUS: Luonnotar for soprano and orchestra
CHIN: Piano Concerto
BENJAMIN: Introduction & Aria from "Lessons in Love and Violence" for soprano and orchestra
RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole
Barbara Hannigan, conductor, soprano, dancer
Nanine Linning, concept, director and choreography
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Scapino Ballet
Laurens Collegium Choir
KYRIAKIDES: Measure of the Sea (World premiere)
DEBUSSY: La Mer
KYRIAKIDES: Fracking
KYRIAKIDES: Dead Zone
DEBUSSY: Sirènes
KYRIAKIDES: Abyssal (World premiere)
KYRIAKIDES: Venus
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
MESSIAEN: Chants de Terre et de Ciel pour soprano et piano
SCRIABIN: Poème-nocturne for piano
SCRIABIN: Vers la flamme for piano
ZORN: Jumalattaret for soprano and piano
Barbara Hannigan, soprano and conductor
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
Munich Philharmonic
KHAYAM : Je ne suis pas une fable à conter, for soprano and orchestra
HAYDN : Symphony No. 39 in G minor
MESSIAEN : Oiseaux exotiques, for piano and orchestra
RAVEL : Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
SCHREKER : Nachtstück
Barbara Hannigan, soprano and conductor
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
LIADOV : The Enchanted Lake
VIVIER : Orion
BARTOK : The Miraculous Mandarin Suite Op. 19, Sz. 73
HAYDN : Symphony no 102
LIGETI: Mysteries of the Macabre for soprano and orchestra
Barbara Hannigan, soprano and conductor
Gothenburg Chamber Symphony Orchestra
SCHREKER: Der Wind
SCHONBERG: Lieder Op. 2 (arr. Abrahamsen)
HOOSHYAR KHAYAM: Abr (Cloud)
GOLFAM KHAYAM: Je ne suis pas une fable à conter
HINDEMITH: Kleine Kammermusik
HINDEMITH: Kammermusik n.1
Barbara Hannigan, conductor
Lucie Horsch, recorder
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
BACH: Ricercar a 6 (arr. Webern)
BACH: Keyboard Concerto No. 1053 (arr. Frans Brüggen for recorder)
STRAVINSKY: Concerto in E-flat (Dumbarton Oaks)
TÜÜR: Whistles and Whispers from Uluru (recorder and orchestra)
PROKOVIEV: Symphony No. 1 “Classical”
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Lucie Horsch, recorder and mezzo soprano
Musicians from the Iceland Symphony Orchestra
BERIO: Folk Songs
TELEMANN: Double Concerto TWV 52
BARTOK: Romanian folk dances
BARTOK: Three Romanian folk songs
SERBIAN TRADITIONAL: Pasono Kolo
PIAZZOLLA: Libertango
PARKER: Tico Tico
ICELANDIC TRADITIONAL: Móðir mín í kví kví (arr. Barbara Hannigan)
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
HAYDN: Chaos from “The Creation”
COWELL: Irish Suite (string piano and orchestra)
HAYDN: Symphony n. 64
LISZT: Malédiction (piano and strings)
MENDELSSOHN: Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, op. 27
Barbara Hannigan, conductor and soprano
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
IVES: The Unanswered Question
CRAWFORD SEEGER: Andante for strings, from string quartet 1931
BARBER: Knoxville, Summer of 1915, op. 24 (soprano and orchestra)
MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ouverture
KHAYAM: Seven Valleys of Love (I, II Lullaby)
PROKOVIEV: Symphony no.1 “Classical”
Barbara Hannigan, conductor
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
ROUSSEL : The Spider's Feast
RAVEL : Piano Concerto in G Major
OFFENBACH (arr Rosenthal): Selections from Gaîté Parisienne
GERSHWIN (arr Hannigan/Elliott): Girl Crazy Suite (soprano, piano and orchestra)
Barbara Hannigan, soprano and conductor
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
STRAUSS: Metamorphosen
POULENC: La Voix Humaine
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Aliya Vodovozova flute
Bilal Alnemr, violin
Semaan Wehbe, violin
Sila Nur Türedi, violin
Anuschka Cidlinsky, viola
Idil Pulat, cello
Roshanak Rafani, percussion
Jonathan Ware, piano
PÄRT: Fratres
GOLFAM KHAYAM: Je ne suis pas une fable à conter
AL-WADI: Sonata for violin and piano No. 2 in A
HOOSHYAR KHAYAM: Abr (Cloud)
ATTAHIR: De l'Est au soleil (World Premiere)
MARTINŮ: Promenades, H. 274
Barbara Hannigan, conductor
Johanna Wallroth, soprano
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
IVES : From the Steeples and the Mountains
CRAWFORD SEEGER : Andante for Strings
IVES : 3 Places in New England
BARBER : Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (soprano and orchestra)
GERSHWIN (arr Bennett): Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Karina Canellakis, conductor
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
ADAMS : This is Prophetic (soprano and orchestra, from Nixon in China)
BARBER : Medea's Dance of Vengeance
IVES : 3 Places in New England
BARBER : Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (soprano and orchestra)
STRAVINSKY : Symphony in 3 movements
Barbara Hannigan, conductor and soprano
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
Rafael Adobas Bayog, flute
Fabiana Piccioli, light design
CRUMB: A Haunted Landscape
DEBUSSY: Syrinx (solo flute)
SIBELIUS: Luonnotar (soprano and orchestra)
SIGFÚSDÓTTIR: Aequora
SCRIABIN: Prometheus: The Poem of Fire (piano and orchestra)
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
MESSIAEN: Chants de Terre et de Ciel pour soprano et piano
SCRIABIN: Poème-nocturne for piano
SCRIABIN: Vers la flamme for piano
ZORN: Jumalattaret for soprano and piano
Barbara Hannigan, conductor and soprano
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
STRAUSS: Metamorphosen
POULENC: La Voix Humaine
Barbara Hannigan, conductor and soprano
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
STRAUSS: Metamorphosen
POULENC: La Voix Humaine
Barbara Hannigan, conductor and soprano
Ej Fastställd, tenor
Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, soprano
Arvid Eriksson, baryton
Gothenburg Symphony Choir
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
BOULANGER : Vieille Prière Bouddhique
SCHREKER : Chamber Symphony
MENDELSSOHN: Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt
FAURE : Requiem
Barbara Hannigan, conductor and soprano
Musikkollegium Winterthur
STRAVINSKY : Concerto in E-flat (Dumbarton Oaks)
BRITTEN : Les Illuminations op.18 (soprano and string orchestra)
BEETHOVEN : Symphony no. 4
Barbara Hannigan, conductor
Christina Åstrand, violin
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
COPLAND : Dance Symphony
LYKKE : Violin concerto (World premiere)
BEETHOVEN : Symphony No. 4
Barbara Hannigan, conductor and soprano
London Symphony Orchestra
Half Six Fix
IVES: Shall we gather at the river
IVES: From the Steeples and the Mountains
GERSHWIN (arr Russell Bennett): Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
Past Performances
Barbara Hannigan, conductor and soprano
Munich Philharmonic
COPLAND: Dance Symphony
HAYDN: Symphony No. 90 in C major, Hob. I:90
OFFENBACH: Suite from »Gaîté Parisienne« (compiled by Manuel Rosenthal)
WEILL: selected songs
Barbara Hannigan, conductor and soprano
Munich Philharmonic
COPLAND: Dance Symphony
HAYDN: Symphony No. 90 in C major, Hob. I:90
OFFENBACH: Suite from »Gaîté Parisienne« (compiled by Manuel Rosenthal)
WEILL: selected songs
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Stéphane Bridoux, cor
Amandine Ley, violon
Florent Brannens, violon
Daniel Wagner & Julien Dabonneville, alto
Karine Jean-Baptiste, violoncelle
Jérémie Maillard, violoncelle
Catherine Cournot, piano
Musiciens de l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
SCHREKER: Der Wind
HINDEMITH: Des Todes Tod
BRAHMS: Sextuor à cordes n°2
Barbara Hannigan, conductor and soprano
Czech Philharmonic
IVES: The Unanswered Question
HAYDN: Symphony No 45
SCHÖNBERG: Verklärte Nacht op.4 (1943 version)
GERSHWIN: Girl Crazy Suite
Barbara Hannigan, soprano and conductor
Czech Philharmonic
STRAUSS: Metamorphosen
POULENC: La Voix Humaine
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Quatuor Belcea
WEBERN: Five movements for String Quartet, Op. 5
MOZART: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K 465 "Dissonance"
HINDEMITH: "Melancholie" Four songs for soprano and string quartet, op. 13
SCHONBERG String quartet no. 2 in F sharp minor op. 10 [for soprano]
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
MESSIAEN: Chants de Terre et de Ciel pour soprano et piano
SCRIABIN: Poème-nocturne for piano
SCRIABIN: Vers la flamme for piano
ZORN: Jumalattaret for soprano and piano
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
MESSIAEN: Chants de Terre et de Ciel pour soprano et piano
SCRIABIN: Poème-nocturne for piano
SCRIABIN: Vers la flamme for piano
ZORN: Jumalattaret for soprano and piano
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
MESSIAEN: Chants de Terre et de Ciel pour soprano et piano
SCRIABIN: Poème-nocturne for piano
SCRIABIN: Vers la flamme for piano
ZORN: Jumalattaret for soprano and piano
Barbara Hannigan, soprano and conductor
New York Philharmonic
STRAUSS: Metamorphosen
POULENC: La Voix Humaine
Barbara Hannigan, conductor
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
HAYDN: The Representation of Chaos from The Creation
CRAWFORD SEEGER: Andante for Strings
HAYDN: Symphony No. 64 “Tempora mutantur”
LIGETI: Lontano
STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra
Barbara Hannigan, conductor and soprano
Bar Avni, conductor
Copenhagen Phil
BOWLER: The White Book (based on the novel by 2024 Nobel Prize Han Kang)
LIGETI: Lontano
STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra
Barbara Hannigan
Steve Gosling
Jorge Roeder
Ches Smith
Jack Quartet – Chris Otto, Austin Wulliman, John Pickford Richards, Jay Campbell
Sae Hashimoto
Ikue Mori
ZORN II
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Quatuor Belcea
WEBERN: Five movements for String Quartet, Op. 5
MOZART: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K 465 "Dissonance"
HINDEMITH: "Melancholie" Four songs for soprano and string quartet, op. 13
SCHOENBERG String quartet no. 2 in F sharp minor op. 10 [for soprano]
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Quatuor Belcea
WEBERN: Five movements for String Quartet, Op. 5
MOZART: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K 465 "Dissonance"
HINDEMITH: "Melancholie" Four songs for soprano and string quartet, op. 13
SCHOENBERG String quartet no. 2 in F sharp minor op. 10 [for soprano]
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Quatuor Belcea
WEBERN: Five movements for String Quartet, Op. 5
MOZART: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K 465 "Dissonance"
HINDEMITH: "Melancholie" Four songs for soprano and string quartet, op. 13
SCHOENBERG String quartet no. 2 in F sharp minor op. 10 [for soprano]
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Quatuor Belcea
WEBERN: Five movements for String Quartet, Op. 5
MOZART: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K 465 "Dissonance"
HINDEMITH: "Melancholie" Four songs for soprano and string quartet, op. 13
SCHOENBERGString quartet no. 2 in F sharp minor op. 10 [for soprano]
Barbara Hannigan, conductor and soprano
Quatuor Belcea
WEBERN: Five movements for String Quartet, Op. 5
MOZART: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K 465 "Dissonance"
HINDEMITH: "Melancholie" Four songs for soprano and string quartet, op. 13
SCHOENBERG String quartet no. 2 in F sharp minor op. 10 [for soprano]
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Quatuor Belcea
WEBERN: Five movements for String Quartet, Op. 5
MOZART: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K 465 "Dissonance"
HINDEMITH: "Melancholie" Four songs for soprano and string quartet, op. 13
SCHOENBERG String quartet no. 2 in F sharp minor op. 10 [for soprano]
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Quatuor Belcea
WEBERN: Five movements for String Quartet, Op. 5
MOZART: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K 465 "Dissonance"
HINDEMITH: "Melancholie" Four songs for soprano and string quartet, op. 13
SCHOENBERG String quartet no. 2 in F sharp minor op. 10 [for soprano]
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Quatuor Belcea
WEBERN: Five movements for String Quartet, Op. 5
MOZART: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K 465 "Dissonance"
HINDEMITH: "Melancholie" Four songs for soprano and string quartet, op. 13
SCHOENBERG String quartet no. 2 in F sharp minor op. 10 [for soprano]
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Quatuor Belcea
WEBERN: Five movements for String Quartet, Op. 5
MOZART: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K 465 "Dissonance"
HINDEMITH: "Melancholie" Four songs for soprano and string quartet, op. 13
SCHOENBERG String quartet no. 2 in F sharp minor op. 10 [for soprano]
Barbara Hannigan, conductor and soprano
Bar Avni, conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
BOWLER: The White Book (based on the novel by 2024 Nobel Prize Han Kang)
LIGETI: Lontano
STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Bar Avni, conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Half Six Fix
BOWLER: The White Book (UK premiere)
Barbara Hannigan, conductor
Johanna Wallroth, soprano
The Cleveland Orchestra
CRUMB: A Haunted Landscape RUGGLES: Sun-Treader BARBER: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 GERSHWIN: Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture (arr. Bennett)
Barbara Hannigan, conductor
Johanna Wallroth, soprano
The Cleveland Orchestra
CRUMB: A Haunted Landscape RUGGLES: Sun-Treader BARBER: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 GERSHWIN: Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture (arr. Bennett)
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Barbara Hannigan, conductor and soprano
COPLAND : Dance Symphony
HAYDN : Symphony No 90
OFFENBACH : Selections from Gaîté Parisienne (arr Rosenthal)
WEILL : Youkali
WEILL : Lost in the Stars
