The Belgian soprano Irene Carpentier focuses primarily on concert and oratorio repertoire. Throughout her career, she has collaborated with distinguished conductors and musicians, including Ed Spanjaard, Peter Eötvös, Nicolas Fink, Thomas Hengelbrock, Hans Jaskulsky, Graham Johnson, Dimitri Liss, Filip Rathé, Frank Agsteribbe, Nicolas Achten, Pietro Rizzo, Jos Van Veldhoven and Jan Vuye.
Her performances have taken her to esteemed concert halls, churches and theatres across Europe. She has appeared at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Cologne Cathedral, St Thomas Church Leipzig, Christuskirche Bochum, KVS Brussels, St Saviour’s Cathedral Bruges, Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam, Théâtre de la Ville Paris, Opéra de Marseille, Tramway Glasgow, Southbank Centre London, Teatro Alhambra Granada, Teatro Central Seville, Ridehuset Aarhus and the Oslo Concert Hall.
In addition to her deep affinity for sacred music, Irene Carpentier captivates audiences with expressive interpretations in the art song and opera repertoire. She gives regular song recitals and has appeared in productions by Muziektheater Transparant, Opera Vlaanderen, Les Ballets C de la B and Ensemble Leporello. Through her own production platform, she created "Zout", as well as "Grietje de heks" (in collaboration with Opera Vlaanderen), a children’s opera for ages eight and up, in which she performed the title role of Grietje.
A sought-after ensemble singer, she regularly works with the WDR Radio Choir in Cologne and Studium Chorale in Maastricht.
Teaching is another important aspect of Irene Carpentier’s professional life. She teaches privately, is a lecturer in voice at the University of Music and Performing Arts Frankfurt am Main, and a vocal coach for the Bach Choir Siegen. In her teaching, she places great emphasis on a physiologically grounded vocal technique, which she studied with Judith Lindenbaum and which also forms the core of her dissertation. She conducted her research on this topic from 2020 to early 2026 at the University of Siegen. From 2023 onwards, the work was funded by the Heidehof Foundation. She also participated in the FraMeS mentoring program at the University of Siegen, mentored by Prof. Dr. Hans Jaskulsky. In October 2026, she was admitted as a doctoral candidate at the University of Music and Performing Arts Frankfurt am Main.
Irene Carpentier began her musical training at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, where she earned a Master of Music under Stephanie Friede as well as a Master’s degree in vocal pedagogy. She subsequently studied at the Flanders Opera Studio in Ghent, and completed another Master’s degree at Fontys School of Fine and Performing Arts in Tilburg, the Netherlands, with Xenia Meijer.
She received scholarships from Stichting Robus and the Tivoli Fonds in support of her studies.
She has also received important artistic inspiration through masterclasses with Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Graham Johnson, Barbara Bonney, Ann Murray, Roberta Invernizzi, Maarten Koningsberger, Valérie Guillorit, Paul Triepels and Johannette Zomer.
She continues to receive artistic guidance from Judith Lindenbaum.