Charlotte Hellekant has inspired some of the world’s leading composers to write especially for her. This includes Toshio Hosokawa who created the role of Murasame for her in his acclaimed Matsukaze. Subsequently, Hosokawa wrote his monodrama The Raven for her, which she premiered in concert performances with Ensemble Lucilin in Brussels, Amsterdam and Japan. Hellekant also received particular acclaim for her tour de force performance as Sweden’s schizophrenic King Erik XIV — a role also created for her — in Mikko Heiniö’s eponymous opera and most recently she premiered a new work by Stefano Gervasoni, In die Luft geschrieben, with the Münchner Kammerorchester.

Extending her craft beyond performing, Charlotte Hellekant created a staged version of The Raven which she performed at the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg and Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris. She also curated, produced and performed Hedvig Leonora, a celebration of the life of the 17^th century Swedish Regent at Drottningholms Slottsteater. 

In concert Charlotte Hellekant has collaborated with many notable conductors and orchestras, including Christoph von Dohnányi at the BBC Proms, Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Los Angeles Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel. Recent performance highlights include Mahler’s Symphony No.8 with the Utah Symphony (Thierry Fischer) and released on the Reference Records label, Berio’s Folksongs and Canteloube’s Chants d’Auvergne with the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra (Martin Fröst) and Janáček​’s Glagolitic Mass with the Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España (Xian Zhang). Other recent successes include Lili Boulanger’s rarely performed cantata Faust et Hélène with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra (James Gaffigan), Gurrelieder at the Festival de Música de Canarias (Josep Pons) and both Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 and Berg’s Sieben frühe Lieder with the Orchestre National de France. 

The 2020/21 season includes performances of Sasha Waltz & Guest’s L’Orfeo production at the Ludwigsburger Schloßfestspiele and Bluebeard’s Castle with the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra under Timothy Redmond.