Barbara Weldens dead: Up and coming French singer dies on stage during concert age 35

One report suggests she may have been electrocuted

Up and coming French singer Barbara Weldens has died after collapsing in the middle of a concert, it has been reported.

The cause of her death is currently unclear but local media reports she may have been electrocuted.

Weldens, 35, was on stage at a church in the small village of Goudron, in the Lot region of south-west France, when she reportedly suffered a reported cardiac arrest.

Her first album was released this year and she had recently won a young talent award.

Police are investigating the cause of her death. A spokesperson told L'Europe1 that they "will see in the next weeks if a re-evaluation" is necessary, and that they would assess the possible cause behind an electrical malfunction.

Weldens was performing as part of the Léo Ferré festival. In 2016 she won first prize in the Jacques Brel Young Talent competition.

Her debut studio album Le Grand H de l'Homme was released on 3 February this year to positive reviews.

The organisers of the Pic D’Or prize, which Weldens won in 2016, said in a statement: “It was with great emotion that we learned this morning of the death of Barbara Weldens, our Pic d’Or 2016 winner, at a concert last night in Gourdon in the Lot.

"Our team is deeply disturbed by the brutal disappearance of the artist who had appeared on the stage of the Theater des Nouveaux on 20 May, during our last edition. She was a radiant woman, talented and full of energy, and of course we are thinking of all her family and her loved ones."