Belgian soprano Fleur Strijbos studied with Anne Cambier at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, before continuing her training with Barbara Bonney at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. Her artistic development was further enriched at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, where she was an Artist in Residence and worked with Stéphane Degout and Sophie Koch.
In 2024 she was selected by the Belgian national radio station Klara for De Twintigers, a series highlighting some of the country’s most promising young musicians. She was also selected as a Young Talent by Flanders LiedFest and Festival van Vlaanderen Gent, and as part of Prima La Musica – Zoekt Jong Talent, under the direction of Dirk Brossé and Jasper Gheysen.
From 2022 to 2023, she was an Artist in Residence at SWUK Vlaanderen. As a SWUK Vlaanderen Laureate 2026, she received support towards the realisation of her debut album Lacunes (Etcetera Records, 2026).
She is a laureate of several international competitions, including First Prize at the Concours Lyrique International Bell’Arte in 2024 and Third Prize at the Symphonies d’Automne International Singing Competition in 2023.
She has performed at venues including Flagey, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, La Monnaie / De Munt, the Royal Palace of Brussels, the Gran Teatro Giacomo Puccini in Torre del Lago Puccini, and Teatro Zoco in Santiago, Chile.
Lied and chamber music hold a special place in her artistic work. She collaborates closely with pianist Babette Craens, with whom she has created several programmes and recorded Lacunes. With guitarist Emma Wills, she forms the duo Leora, which debuted at the Walden Festival in Brussels and appears on Wills’ debut album Serenades of Spain (Antarctica Records, 2025).