Renée Fleming
Renée Fleming
Visiting Artist 2026
Soprano Renée Fleming is one of the most highly acclaimed singers of our time, performing on the stages of the world’s great opera houses and concert halls. A 2023 Kennedy Center Honoree, winner of five Grammy awards and the US National Medal of Arts, she has sung for momentous occasions from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to the Diamond Jubilee for Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. In 2023, the World Health Organization appointed her a Goodwill Ambassador for Arts and Health. Her book Music and Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness was published the following year.
Fleming’s latest recital and concert program, Voice of Nature: the Anthropocene, inspired by her 2023 Grammy Award-winning album, includes an original film created by the National Geographic Society to reflect the musical selections.