Léontine Maridat-Zimmerlin is a French mezzo-soprano. She studied music from a very early age, and after passing through the Paris Conservatoire from secondary school to the end of high school, she went on to study at the Département Supérieur pour Jeunes Chanteurs at the CRR de Paris, and, she obtained a Bachelor's degree in musicology from the Sorbonne in 2020.
In 2021, she entered the class of Sophie Marin-Degor and Hélène Lucas at the Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse de Lyon. She studied there for two years, at the end of which she obtained her DNSPM with honours.
She made a name for herself at the 14th Saisons de la Voix and won 3 prizes at the Gordes International Competition, including the special Karine Deshayes prize in 2022. More recently, she stood out once again at the Georges Enesco International Competition, where she was awarded the Prix Génération Opéra and the Grand Prix de la Musique Contemporaine; three weeks later, at the Concours Jeunes Espoirs Opéra Raymond Duffaut, she was awarded the Prix du Répertoire Français. In November 2023, she was invited to Canada for the international gala of the Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques de Montréal, and to get the year 2024 off to a good start, she joined the Tremplin promotion of the Fonds Tutti, where she was sponsored by Clémentine Margaine.
