BARBARA HENDRICKS (Sweden/Switzerland)

Since her debut in 1974 she has performed on the world’s most prestigious opera and concert stages. Her vast repertoire spans from baroque to contemporary opera, concert, chamber music and jazz. She is one of today’s best-selling recording artists. In 2006 she started her own label, Arte Verum for which she records exclusively.

 

An avid human rights activist, she is UNHCR’s only Honorary Ambassador for Life. Today marks 35 years of service to the refugee cause. At the end of 1991 and 1993, she gave two solidarity concerts in war-ridden former Yugoslavia (Dubrovnik and Sarajevo). In 1998 she founded the Barbara Hendricks Foundation for Peace and Reconciliation coordinating her work for refugees and Human Rights Defenders. She works closely with the European Women’s Lobby. Among the many awards Barbara Hendricks has received for her artistic achievements and humanitarian work include Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Prince of Asturias Award; she is a Member of the Swedish Academy of Music.