Fleur Barron

Fleur Barron won a 2025 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording, in which she sang the title role in Saariaho’s Adriana Mater with the San Francisco Symphony under Esa-Pekka Salonen. A passionate interpreter of opera, symphonic works and chamber music ranging from the baroque to the contemporary, she is mentored by Barbara Hannigan. The 2025–26 season brings her to many of the world’s premier presenters including the Salzburg Festival, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Barbican Centre, New York Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Her recording catalogue extends from Hasse to Brahms and Purcell to Ravel with labels including Deutsche Grammophon and Pentatone. She is committed to the way music facilitates cross-cultural dialogue and healing and she is passionate about curating inclusive chamber music programming that amplifies the voices of diverse communities. Born in Northern Ireland to a Singaporean mother and British father, she grew up in Hong Kong and later New York and holds degrees from Columbia University and Manhattan School of Music.