About this event
LearningJoin us for a week of celebrations marking Mary Morrison’s 100th birthday and honouring her enduring legacy. We are delighted to welcome one of Mary’s past students, award-winning soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan O.C. as John R Stratton Visitor in Music. Hannigan will lead a public master class featuring singers from our Faculty of Music's Voice Studies and Opera programs.
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Barbara Hannigan 2026/2027 Embodying music with an unparalleled dramatic sensibility, conductor and soprano Barbara Hannigan is an original, who moves freely between the multiple roles of conductor, singer and curator. Her work is driven by curiosity, passion, discipline, imagination and an unwavering belief in music as essential to life.
Over more than three decades, she has forged artistic partnerships with extraordinary musicians, directors and choreographers, including Romeo Castellucci, Claus Guth, Vladimir Jurowski, Katie Mitchell, Simon Rattle, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Kirill Petrenko, Sasha Waltz, and Krzysztof Warlikowski. The late conductor and pianist Reinbert de Leeuw has been an extraordinary influence and inspiration on her development as a musician.