{Lucy (LOO-see) Dhegrae (duh-GRAY)}

Hailed as an “adventurous mezzo-soprano” and “raconteur” (The New Yorker), Lucy Dhegrae is known for her “vocal versatility and … omnivorous curiosity” (The New York Times). Dhegrae is also the founder and director of the boundary-pushing Resonant Bodies Festival (2013-2021), 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 selected among WQXR's "20 for 20 Artists to Watch” as someone "redefining what classical music can be...in thrilling ways” (WQXR), and also received the Career Advancement Award from Dawn Upshaw at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s inaugural Women in Classical Music Symposium. She was also honored by her alma mater, the University of Michigan, with an Emerging Artist Award. She was an Artist in Residence with National Sawdust, where she presented The Processing Series, exploring trauma’s relationship to the voice. Dhegrae made her New York Philharmonic debut with a new work by Paola Prestini, and her 92Y opera debut singing George Benjamin’s Into the Little Hill.

Dhegrae has worked closely with composers such as Eve Beglarian, Philippe Leroux, Jason Eckardt, Paola Prestini, Tonia Ko, Angélica Negrón, Kate Soper, Anthony Braxton, Judd Greenstein, Donnacha Dennehy, and others. One of her closest collaborators is pianist Nathaniel LaNasa; in Ultrafizz their band plays with the boundaries of song recital and singer-pianist duo expectations.

Dhegrae was on faculty at Bard College Conservatory’s Graduate Vocal Arts Program, and has been a guest speaker at several universities including Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, CUNY’s Graduate Center, NYU, Peabody Conservatory, Princeton University, and William Paterson University.