Mezzo-soprano
Hailed as “a knockout performer” by The Times, GRAMMY Award-winning Fleur Barron is an artist of striking versatility, celebrated for her vivid interpretations of repertoire spanning baroque, Weill, contemporary, and 19th century French music. Recognized as a leading Mahler interpreter of the new generation, she is equally known for her collaborations with living composers and curating multidisciplinary projects that explore connections across cultures and musical styles.
Highlights of the current symphonic season include performances with Sir Antonio Pappano and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Daniel Harding and the Czech Philharmonic, and Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, among others. She also tours Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder to Vienna, Amsterdam, and Linz with the Mahler Academy Orchestra.
On the recital platform, the mezzo is heard in a six-city U.S. tour with Trio Afiori, a voice-clarinet-piano trio she created with Anthony McGill and Gloria Chien, in her Kabuki Winterreise project at Wigmore Hall and Schloss Elmau, and in recital with Joseph Middleton at Wigmore Hall and Garsington Opera.
She appears with Opéra de Bordeaux in a staged production of Mozart’s Requiem, and in leading roles in two world premieres by composer-collaborator Bryce Dessner: Herakles Mad at Theater Basel, and Night Sky with Exit Wounds — a fully-produced monodrama for mezzo and ensemble, with poetry by Ocean Vuong — at various European festivals.
Born in Northern Ireland to a Singaporean mother and British father, Fleur grew up in Hong Kong and later New York. She holds degrees from Columbia University (B.A. Comparative Literature) and Manhattan School of Music (M.M. Vocal Performance).
