Barbara Hannigan
Features, videos, recordings and concerts with our Associate Artist
Barbara Hannigan became one of our first two Associate Artists in February 2022, for a period of three years.
Associate Artists are musicians with distinct influences, qualities and styles. As a supremely gifted singer and conductor, Hannigan has introduced new dimensions to our programming, including gripping interpretations of music from Joseph Haydn to Claude Vivier.
Videos
News & Stories
Interview with Barbara Hannigan
‘As a singer, I’m also an actor.’ LSO Associate Artist Barbara Hannigan on balancing of singing and conducting, curating programmes and her love of Joseph Haydn.
Barbara Hannigan: The 2024/25 Season
Barbara Hannigan, LSO Associate Artist, introduces her concerts in 2024/25.
Barbara Hannigan – the 2023/24 Season
Barbara Hannigan, LSO Associate Artist, opens the 2023/24 Season at the Barbican with four electrifying concerts. Here, she introduces her concerts.
Concerts
Half Six Fix: Laura Bowler
Bar Avni and Barbara Hannigan
Wednesday 4 March 2026 • 6.30pm
Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. Featuring Barbara Hannigan & rising star Bar Avni in Laura Bowler’s powerful new work, inspired by Han Kang’s The White Book
Bowler, Ligeti and Richard Strauss
Barbara Hannigan and Bar Avni
Thursday 5 March 2026 • 7pm
Barbara Hannigan is vocal soloist for Laura Bowler’s new work, alongside conducter Bar Avni, and then leads the LSO herself in groundbreaking Ligeti and Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra.
Reviews
‘A soaring, swooping soprano solo, which Hannigan delivered from the podium with radiant ease before plunging straight into the Strauss’ ★★★★ The Guardian, Sep 2023
‘Hannigan is a supremely mobile conductor, at times almost dancing, her hands shaping the music like a sculptor who works in sound and silence. … The virtuoso orchestra flourished under this mesmerising conductor.’ ★★★★ Evening Standard, Sep 2023
‘When the London Symphony Orchestra brought in that force of nature Barbara Hannigan as an Associate Artist, the expectation must have been that the Canadian singer and conductor would deliver extraordinary programmes such as this.’ ★★★★★ The Times, Mar 2023
