Héloïse Bernard is a French-American singer based in Glasgow, freshly graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She holds a Bachelor in Music from the Estonian National Academy of Music and Theatre and a Masters in French Literature from the University of Paris. Throughout her studies she participated in master classes with Roberta Alexander, Carolyne Watkinson, Alexandra Papadjakou, Michèle Command, Anne Grappotte, Lisa Milne. On stage she has appeared as Missia in the Merry Widow, by Lehàr, Eurydice in Orphée aux Enfers, by Offenbach, all at the Festival of Opera Bouffe d’Etriché, in France. She has sung Mélisande in Auri Jurna's creation of Pelleas/Mélisande at the Theatre Von Glehni in Tallinn and at the International Student Drama Festival in Tartu. Her interest in Theatre led her to follow a drama education in the Conservatoire de Creteil. She has performed as an actress since she was a child. In the UK, she played the roles of Chorus, Boy and Catherine in Leo Graham's staging of Henry V, by Shakespeare, in November 2017.
In July 2018, she made her debut as Susanna in Mozart's Nozze di Figaro in Spain with the Amics de l'Opera de Castelló, conducted by Josep Gil. Very fond of baroque music, she has performed profane and sacred repertoire with various ensembles in France, the Netherlands and Estonia, where she has been Dido in Dido and Aeneasconducted by Reinut Tepp and the Young Baroque Ensemble. She collaborates with Estonian lutenist Kristiina Watt in the Ensemble Cordes en Ciel, offering recitals of baroque monody and duets. She also nourishes a deep interest in contemporary music, involving herself in projects with young poets and composers such as Electra Perivolaris. Héloïse and pianist José Javier Ucendo Malo have played as a duo since 2014. They were awarded the third prize in the Lied Duo competition in Tallinn in April 2016. Their collaboration has led them to the Oxford Lieder Festival where they participed in the Oxford lieder masterclasses for promising young duos. Together with other performers they set up the daïmon collective, aiming to perform classical and contemporary music creating shows of depth and quality with dramatic unity.
