(Credit: Daniel Welch)

Leah Hawkins has joined the roster of IMG Artists for General Management.

She will be represented by Executive Vice President and Global Head of Vocal Matthew Horner and Artist Manager Callan Coughlan.

Hawkins is the Metropolitan Opera’s 2024 Beverly Sills Artist Award winner and a graduate of The Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. She is also the recipient of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Women in Classical Music Career Advancement Award, the Marian Anderson Award, and a Richard Tucker Foundation Career Grant.

In a statement, Hawkins said, “I am thrilled to begin the next phase of my career with IMG Artists! It is a special joy to share a roster with colleagues and artists that I respect and admire. I look forward to expanding my reach and believe that the wonderful team at IMGA can help me fulfill all of my biggest dreams.”

Horner and Coughlan added, “We are delighted to welcome Leah to the roster at IMG Artists. Already established as one of the most exciting sopranos of a generation, we are honoured to help facilitate the next chapter in her illustrious career. Leah has an innate gift to move and inspire through her distinctive artistic voice, and we look forward to witnessing future audiences worldwide relish in her talent.”

This season Hawkins made a surprise role debut as Leonora at the Metropolitan Opera and is set to perform teh title role of “Aida” at the Arizona Opera, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. Future engagements include debuts with La Monnaie and The Dallas Opera.