French-born soprano and composer Héloïse Werner is currently an Associate Artist at Wigmore Hall and is ‘quickly becoming a latter-day Cathy Berberian or Meredith Monk’ (Richard Morrison, The Times). Her debut album ‘Phrases’ was released in 2022 on Delphian Records, and quickly garnered widespread critical acclaim, including Sunday Times’ 10 Best Classical Records of 2022, Gramophone Magazine’s Editor’s Choice (“extraordinary range, tone and vocal abilities… composer of subtle imagination”), Presto Classical’s Editor’s Choice (“absolute tour de force”), BBC Music Magazine’s Choral/Song Choice (*****), The Times’ Classical album of the week (****). Apple Music described the disc as “a staggering debut from an imaginative and original voice”. Héloïse’s anticipated follow-up ‘close-ups’ will be released in June 2024, and launched at the Southbank Centre.

As a soprano, Héloïse has performed with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Grange Festival, CBSO and Nash Ensemble, and created the role of Madame DuVal in Sarah Angliss’ opera Giant opening the Aldeburgh Festival 2023. Of her solo opera The Other Side of the Sea, The Times said “you can’t help but be dazzled by it…”

As a composer, Werner has written for the CBSO, Aurora Orchestra, Maîtrise de Radio France, London Handel Festival, Lawrence Power, Mishka Rushdie-Momen, Helen Charlston, and has commissions in the pipeline for Manchester Collective, St Paul’s Cathedral, BBC Singers and Royal Northern Sinfonia amongst others.

Héloïse is a fluent improviser and musical leader and a founding member of The Hermes Experiment.

Web: heloisewerner.com / Twitter: @Heloise_Werner