Lucy Dhegrae - Artist Bio

Lucy Dhegrae is a singer committed to changing and challenging how vocal music is perceived, performed and programmed. Hailed as an “adventurous mezzo-soprano” and “raconteur” (The New Yorker) known for her “vocal versatility and an omnivorous curiosity” (The New York Times), she moves easily between a broad variety of styles, and can be found “everywhere new music is being sung” (New York Classical Review). Dhegrae is also the founder and director of the boundary-pushing Resonant Bodies Festival, which was praised by The New York Times as “an annual highlight [that] gives some of the world’s most adventurous vocal artists full freedom.”

Dhegrae was chosen for WQXR's "20 for 20": Artists to Watch for the Upcoming Year as someone "redefining what classical music can be...in thrilling ways” (WQXR). The 2019/20 season will see Dhegrae as an Artist in Residence at National Sawdust, presenting a multi-concert project entitled The Processing Series, which explores trauma’s relationship to the voice. Ultrafizz, her duo with pianist Nathaniel LaNasa, also has residencies at both Yellow Barn (Putney, VT) and Princeton University. In February 2020, Dhegrae makes her New York Philharmonic debut with the world premiere of Paola Prestini’s Thrush Song.