Renée Fleming
Soprano; Arts and Health Advocate; Co-Artistic Director, Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS
Renée Fleming is an acclaimed soprano performing in opera houses and concert halls worldwide, co-director of the Aspen Opera Theater, and artistic advisor at the Kennedy Center. A dedicated advocate for research at the intersection of arts, health, and neuroscience, Fleming leads a collaboration between the Kennedy Center and the National Institutes of Health. In 2020 she launched Music and Mind LIVE, a weekly web show exploring connections between arts, health, and the brain, with nearly 700,000 views from 70 countries. Fleming has sung for occasions including the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony and the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II and has been honored with four Grammy awards, the National Medal of Arts, Germany’s Cross of the Order of Merit, and France’s Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.
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