Enjoy a conversation with Renée Fleming during a private ZOOM session!
Renée Fleming is one of the most highly acclaimed singers of our time, performing on the stages of the world’s greatest opera houses, concert halls, and theaters. Winner of four Grammy® awards and recipient of the US National Medal of Arts, Renée has sung for momentous occasions from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to the Diamond Jubilee Concert for HM Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. In 2014, Renée became the first classical artist ever to sing the US National Anthem at the Super Bowl.
In May, Renée launched Music and Mind LIVE, a weekly online interview show, exploring the intersection of music and arts with human health and the brain. Renée’s guests so far have included Deepak Chopra, MD and Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the NIH. To date, the show has been seen by more than 450,000 viewers, from more than 60 countries.
Renée was inspired to launch the series by the Sound Health initiative she spearheads as Artistic Advisor to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in partnership with the National Institutes of Health and the National Endowment for the Arts, focused on the science connecting music, health, and the brain. She has given presentations with scientists and practitioners on this subject around the world.
Last year, she appeared opposite Ben Whishaw in Norma Jean Baker of Troy to open The Shed in New York City. Last summer, she performed world premieres by André Previn and Kevin Puts at Tanglewood. In June, she made her London musical theater debut in The Light in the Piazza, bringing the acclaimed production to Los Angeles and Chicago in the autumn. Renée earned a Tony Award nomination for her performance in the 2018 Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel.
Known for bringing new audiences to classical music and opera, Renée has starred in and hosted an array of television and radio broadcasts. Her voice is featured on the soundtracks of the Best Picture Oscar winners The Shape of Water and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Her other awards include the Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Medal, Germany’s Cross of the Order of Merit, and France’s Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.