French soprano and agile coloratura, Sarah Aristidou is a gifted singer, vocally serene in classical, contemporary and folk music, as well as live improvisations. She ranks as one of the most innovative and creative artists of her generation and in 2022, she became the first singer to receive the Belmont Prize for Contemporary Music.

Sarah Aristidou’s recording projects reflect her artistic vision – a shared silence born from the vastness of an authentic, resonant note. Her debut album AETHER (2021), together with Thomas Guggeis, Orchester des Wandels and special guests Daniel Barenboim, Emmanuel Pahud and Christian Rivet, was nominated for a BBC Music Magazine Award and featured composers ranging from Handel to Varèse. Her wider discography includes her second solo release, Enigma (2023), which was awarded the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, as well as Thomas Larcher’s The Living Mountain, S’Agapo with Kaan Bulak and Max Cooper’s EP Seme, which was performed as part of the Salzburg 2024 Easter Festival.

An intense and committed actress, in recent breakthrough performances of Ligeti’s Le Grande Macabre, Aristidou made lasting impact in two acclaimed new productions, marking her debut at Wiener Staatsoper and at Bayerische Staatsoper. She made an acclaimed debut at Salzburger Festspiele in Morton Feldman’s Neither with ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien. With Berliner Philharmoniker, she debuted in Edgard Varèse’s Offrandes. She regularly appears at Staatsoper unter den Linden, Oper Frankfurt and Semperoper Dresden. Further world premiere performances include Aristidou’s debut at Opernhaus Zürich in the world premiere of Beat Furrer's Das Grosse Feuer.

On the concert platform, Aristidou recently debuted with The Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst for her first performances of Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine and made her BBC Proms debut with Ensemble Intercontemporain and Pierre Bleuse performing Berio’s Recital I for Cathy. Further concert highlights included a tour of Boulez’s Pli selon Pli with Les Siècles in Paris, Munich and Baden-Baden, Boulez’s Le Soleil des Eaux with Orchestre National de France. With Orchestre de Paris, she performed Fauré’s Requiem under Klaus Mäkelä, with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra she sang Orff’s Carmina Burana and, conducted by the composer, she performed Jörg Widmann’s Versuch über die Fuge with Orquestra Simfonica de Barcelona.

Aristidou’s voice has inspired several compositions including Aribert Reimann’s Cinq fragments lyriques, premiered with Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Robin Ticciati and Jörg Widmann’s Labyrinth IV, presented with Boulez Ensemble and Daniel Barenboim.

Aristidou received the Luitpold Prize for Outstanding Performance at the Kissinger Sommer Festival (2021) and has been twice nominated for Opernwelt’s Best Newcomer award. Off stage, Sarah is a talented photographer, capturing the beauty of the surroundings which inspire her as an artist.