Barbara HENDRICKS

Sweden

Opera Singer (Sweden)
Barbara Hendricks received her bachelor of Music at the Julliard School of Music in New York and made her American and European operatic debuts in 1974 at the San Francisco Opera and at the Glyndebourne Festival, and went on to appear at all major opera houses throughout the world. She made her film debut as Mimi in La Bohème, directed by Luigi Comencini. In 1994, she participated in an international prize- winning film production of the Rake's Progress singing Anne Truelove. She sang Liu in the historical premiere performance of Turandot, given in the Forbidden City in Beijing in 1998, conducted by Zubin Mehta and directed by Zhang Yimou. Since her 1974 New York Town Hall debut, Barbara Hendricks has been acclaimed as one of the leading and most active recitalists of her generation. She also is one of today's best- selling recording artists and has made over 70 recordings with conductors such as Barenboïm, Bernstein, Giulini, Karajan, Maazel, Mehta and Solti. She made her jazz debut at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1994 and has since performed regularly in renowned jazz festivals throughout the world. Goodwill Ambassador at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) since 1987, she founded the Barbara Hendricks Foundation for Peace and Reconciliation in 1998 to personalise her struggle for the prevention of conflicts in the world and to facilitate reconciliation and enduring peace where conflicts have occurred. She has received numerous awards for her artistic achievements and humanitarian work amongst which a Doctor in Law from the University of Dundee in Scotland, a Doctorat Honoris Causa from the University of Grenoble in France and was awarded the rank of Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur by President François Mitterrand.

Jury attendance

  • Member Feature films, 1999