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Barbara Hannigan
12+ albums
sopranoconductorCanadianClassicalopera
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Barbara Hannigan CM (born 8 May 1971) is a Canadian soprano and conductor, known for her performances of contemporary opera. Education Hannigan's initial musical education came from music teachers in her hometown of Waverley, Nova Scotia, in Halifax. After growing up in Waverley, Hannigan moved to Toronto at the age of 17. She studied music at the University of Toronto, where her teachers included Mary Morrison. She graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Music degree in 1993 and a Master of Music degree in 1998. She continued her studies at the Banff Centre for the Arts, the Steans Institute for Young Artists at the Ravinia Festival, and the Centre d'arts Orford. She also studied for one year at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. Career Hannigan is known for her performances of contemporary music. Her advocacy of contemporary music began in her youth, and she sang her first world premiere at the age of 17. As of 2011, she had premiered approximately 75 contemporary compositions. These include One by Michel van der Aa (2002), the song cycle Auf der Suche nach meinem Gesicht by Friedrich Cerha (2007), and La plus forte by Gerald Barry (2007), which the composer wrote specifically for her. Hans Abrahamsen wrote the symphonic song cycle let me tell you for Hannigan. Hannigan is particularly noted for her performances of György Ligeti's Mysteries of the Macabre (a concert version of a scene from his opera Le Grand Macabre); in 2011 she began to conduct th
top songs
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O virga mediatrix (Arr. for Soprano, Pianos and Electronic by David Chalmin)
7022Che t’ho fatt’io?
5843Research #1
4424O orzchis Ecclesia
3405Che si può fare?, Pt. 1
2976Lingua ignota
2597Che si può fare?, Pt. 2 (Arr. for Soprano, Pianos and Electronic by David Chalmin)
2288Part I. Let me tell you how it was
1829No. 1, Bail avec Mi (pour ma femme)
18110Sequenza III
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