Laura Strickling

Two-time GRAMMY® award nominee for Best Classical Vocal Solo Album for 40@40 (2024) and Confessions (2022), soprano Laura Strickling was recognized by The New York Times for her, “flexible voice, crystalline diction, and warm presence.” Celebrated for her work performing and promoting art song, with an emphasis on new additions to the canon through her landmark 40@40 Project song commissioning initiative, she is the host of SongCycle – a podcast covering all things song, curated The NewMusicShelf Soprano Anthology, and has performed recitals and presented masterclasses and lectures with art song and chamber music organizations, music festivals, and universities around the world. She created the roles of Fanni Radnòti in the world premiere of Tom Cipullo’s opera The Parting with Music of Remembrance and the evil Dr. Slade in the serial television-style opera film, Everything for Dawn with Experiments in Opera.

Her, “powerful and expressive voice across a large range, her variety of timbre and character,” (Classical Scene), make her a welcome guest soloist for oratorio, concert, and chamber works – from Bach to Britten and beyond. Her solo appearances include Petite messe solennelle(Rossini) at Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s May Festival, Fourth Symphony (Mahler) with Knoxville Symphony, San Antonio Philharmonic, and Rockford Symphony, Peer Gynt (Grieg) with Elgin Symphony, Ninth Symphony (Beethoven) with the Seattle Symphony, Knoxville Symphony, and Elgin Symphony, Petite Messe Solennelle (Rossini) with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra May Festival, Bachianas Brazileiras(Villa-Lobos) with the San Antonio Philharmonic, Messiah (Handel) with the Indianapolis Symphony, Pacific Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Knoxville Symphony, and Syracuse Symphony, Gloria (Poulenc) with Asheville Symphony, Requiem (Fauré) with Elgin Symphony, Mass in c minor (Mozart) with Richmond Symphony, Cathedral Choral Society, and Berkshire Choral International, Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (Barber) with Norwalk Symphony and Mexicoliederfest, Exsultate, jubilate (Mozart) with Cathedral Choral Society, Marietta’s Lied (Korngold) with the String Orchestra of Brooklyn, Luonnotar (Sibelius) and Les Illuminations (Britten) with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, and Pierrot Lunaire (Schoenberg) with the Chiarina Chamber Players and Picosa.