Héloïse Werner
Capitalising on their deliberately idiosyncratic combination of instruments, the ensemble regularly commissions new works (over 50 to date), as well as creating their own innovative arrangements and venturing into live free improvisation.
Héloïse has written for musicians including mezzo-soprano Marielou Jacquard, pianist Kunal Lahiry, violinist Fenella Humphreys, mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston, The Gesualdo Six, The Bach Choir, mezzo-soprano Grace Durham and Miller-Porfiris Duo, commissioned by Spitalfields Music Festival 2020. She is currently writing new duos for her debut album: voice & viola/violin (Lawrence Power) and voice & bassoon (Amy Harman).
Recipient of the Michael Cuddigan Trust Award 2018, Linda Hirst Contemporary Vocal Prize 2017 and a Leeds Lieder Young Artist 2018, French-born and London-based soprano and composer Héloïse Werner was one of the four shortlisted nominees in the Young Artist category of the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards 2017. She is one of the BBC Radio 3’s 31 under 31 Young Stars 2020.
Héloïse is soprano and co-director for contemporary quartet The Hermes Experiment (soprano, clarinet, harp and double bass). They were shortlisted for the RPS Awards 2019 in the Young Artists category, winners of the Nonclassical’s Battle of the Bands 2014, Royal Over-Seas League Mixed Ensemble Competition 2019, Making Music Selected Artists 2019/20, ClassicalNEXT Showcase Artists 2019, winners of the Tunnell Trust Awards 2017, and Park Lane Group Young Artists 2015-16.
Releases
Hear from our previous winners Héloïse Werner (The Hermes Experiment) and Heidi Heidelberg about their experience and what they’ve gone on to do since.