Biography

Laure-Catherine Beyers is a Belgian soprano, currently based in Austria, celebrated for her powerful, expressive voice and her deep commitment to storytelling through music. Most recently, she made her debut as Eurydice in the Austrian premiere of Manfred Trojahn’s Eurydice, die Liebenden, blind in Vienna with Neue Oper Wien, under the baton of Walter Kobéra and the Tonkünstler Orchestra. Her performance was met with enthusiastic acclaim for its psychological depth and vocal intensity.

Together with Serbian pianist Ana Ostojić, Laure-Catherine forms Duo Ardea, an ensemble dedicated to exploring the intersection of tradition and innovation in art song and chamber music. The duo has gained international recognition, winning First Prize at the IVC Theatre in Song 2025 in ’s-Hertogenbosch and becoming prizewinners of the International Chamber Music Competition “Franz Schubert and Modern Music 2025” in Graz. Their program Echoes beyond the Body, the Duino Elegies, inspired by the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, has been selected for the Rhône Festival in Brig (Switzerland), where they will perform it in November 2025.

A passionate advocate for contemporary and 20th-century repertoire, Laure-Catherine has a particular affinity for the music of the Second Viennese School. Her recent performances include Arnold Schoenberg’s Erwartung at the Arnold Schönberg Center in Vienna, Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire at the IMPULS Festival in Graz, Alban Berg’s Sieben frühe Lieder with Joseph Bastian and the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, and Drei Bruchstücke aus Wozzeck with Marius Stieghorst and the AIMS Festival Orchestra in Graz.

She has been recognized in numerous international competitions, including as a finalist in the Helmut Deutsch Lied Competition (2019), recipient of the Gérard Souzay Prize for French Mélodie in New York (2019), and Second Prize winner at the Meistersinger Competition of the AIMS Festival in Graz (2024).

Upcoming engagements include Peter Maxwell Davies’ a cappella monodrama The Medium in Lausanne and Graz, as well as performances at the Münchener Biennale 2026. Previous seasons have brought her to major venues such as the Vienna Musikverein, Halle E in Vienna’s Museumsquartier, Opéra de Lausanne, and the Salle Métropole in Lausanne, as well as international festivals including La Semaine du Neuf in Montreal, the Vienna Kultursommer Festival, and the Mostra Sonora Festival in Spain.

In recent summers, Laure-Catherine has been a vocal fellow at Songfest at Colburn (2019), participated in the Music Academy of the West (2020, online), and served as artist-in-residence at the Indemini Festival in Switzerland (2021, 2022), IMPULS Festival in Graz (2023) and AIMS in Graz (2024).

Currently, Laure-Catherine is pursuing a Master’s degree in Contemporary Music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, studying under Holger Falk and Anna Sushon. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin and a Master Soliste (Concert Exam) degree from HEMU Lausanne, where her recital performances earned her two major prizes.