Our critics choose highlights from a lineup that includes Joshua Bell, Nathalie Joachim, Barbara Hannigan and more. Hannigan, the rare artist to have a career as a soprano and a conductor, will assume ...

In 2018, Barbara Hannigan came to the Tiny Desk with a pianist and her simply gorgeous voice — silvery, buttery-smooth throughout the registers, with crystalline top notes emerging from thin air and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Barbara Hannigan, the dynamic Canadian soprano who started singing professionally at 17 and later added separate — though sometimes simultaneous — responsibilities as conductor, ...

Jane Bua Bua covers classical music for Goings On. You’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. It ...

How does internationally acclaimed, Grammy Award-winning soprano Barbara Hannigan describe her performance of the notoriously thorny work of composer John Zorn? She compares it to Olympian Simone ...

Barbara Hannigan is fearless in the face of new music. The Canadian soprano has sung the world premiere of over 100 new works, and last year released a recording of songs by the contemporary American ...

British rock band Queen, American jazz legend Herbie Hancock, and Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan are the 2025 recipients of the Polar Music Prize. The three acts will be presented ...