Renée Fleming

Aspen Opera Ensemble alumna Renée Fleming is one of the most highly acclaimed singers of our time. Awarded the prestigious Kennedy Center Honor in December 2023, winner of five Grammy Awards and the National Medal of Arts, she has sung for momentous occasions from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to the Super Bowl. In 2023, the World Health Organization appointed her as a Goodwill Ambassador for Arts and Health.

Renée’s latest 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. In May, she returned to the Metropolitan Opera to reprise her starring role in The Hours, an opera based on the prize-winning novel and film.

In April, Penguin Random House published Renée’s new anthology, Music and Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness. She is a leading advocate for research at the intersection of arts, health, and neuroscience, giving presentations with scientists and practitioners around the world. Rénee is an artist-faculty member of the AMFS New Horizons Program, which is made possible by an endowment gift by Kay and Matthew Bucksbaum. Artistic advisor to the Kennedy Center and advisor for special projects at L.A. Opera, Renée also leads SongStudio at Carnegie Hall. Other awards include the 2023 Crystal Award from the World Economic Forum at Davos, the Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Medal, Germany’s Cross of the Order of Merit, France’s Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, and honorary doctorates from ten universities. www.reneefleming.com