Biography

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Laure-Catherine Beyers (b. 1994) is a Belgian soprano celebrated for her passion for story telling, as well as her deep interest in exploring the vocal and performative potential of the human voice.

Laure-Catherine has garnered international recognition through numerous prestigious competitions, including her finalist placements in the Helmut Deutsch International Lied Competition and the Opera at Florham competition in New Jersey. She was also honored with the Gérard Souzay Prize for French Mélodie at the Joy In Singing international lied competition in New York. In addition, she has refined her artistry through masterclasses with legendary musicians such as Christa Ludwig, Anne Sophie von Otter, Julius Drake, Linda Watson, and Christoph Pregardien.

Beyond her love for opera, Laure-Catherine is deeply committed to the repertoire of mélodie and contemporary chamber music. She enjoys a long-standing collaboration with Portuguese pianist Pedro Costa, focusing on the lied repertoire, and regularly performs with the Viennese contemporary music ensemble "Between Feathers." With this ensemble, she has brought to life an array of works, many of them recent commissions from contemporary Austrian composers.

Her summers have been equally distinguished: Laure-Catherine was a vocal fellow at Songfest at Colburn in Los Angeles (2019), participated in the online edition of Music Academy of the West (2020), and was an artist-in-residence at the Indemini Festival in Switzerland (2021, 2022), as well as the IMPULS Festival in Graz (2023). Most recently, she was a fellow at the AIMS Festival in Graz, where she earned second prize in the Meistersinger Competition.

In previous seasons, Laure-Catherine has made her debut at prestigious venues, including the Wiener Musikverein, Lausanne Opera, Salle Métropole in Lausanne, and various international festivals such as la Semaine du Neuf in Montréal, the Wiener Kultursommer Festival, and the Mostra Sonora Festival in Spain.

Since January 2024, she has formed Duo Ardea with Serbian pianist Ana Ostojić. The pair met during a project with German composer Helmut Lachenmann, performing his monumental work for high soprano and piano, *Got Lost*, in Graz.

An ardent advocate for contemporary repertoire and explorant new expressive frontiers, Laure-Catherine Beyers is dedicated to forging connections between the soundscapes of today and the rich musical traditions we cherish.

Her forthcoming performances include A. Schoenberg’s *Erwartung* at the Schoenberg Center in Vienna, as well as the role of the second soprano in Pascal Dusapin’s opera *Passion*, a production by Neue Opera Wien. In February 2024, she will sing the one-act a cappella opera ‚The Medium’ by British composer Peter Maxwell Davies at the BCV Concert Hall in Lausanne.

Currently, Laure-Catherine is pursuing a master’s degree in contemporary music at the Kunstuniversität in 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 Soloist degree from HEMU Lausanne, where her outstanding recital performances earned her two significant prizes.