Biography

 The Finnish Hochdramatic Soprano Jutta Holmberg graduated from Sibelius Academy of Finland, Opera department, in 2006, obtaining her voice diploma with highest scores (Master of Music).

Her vocal coaches include  Cynthia Makris, Sirkku Wahlroos-Kaitila and Ritva-Liisa Korhonen.

She has studied with pianist Klaus Sallmann in Berlin and nowadays she studies repertoire with swedish dramatic soprano Katarina Dalayman.

She has taken part in several masterclasses such as the ones with Alessandro Amoretti, Larissa Gergieva, Peter Gülke, Betsy Jolas and Fiorenza Cossotto.

She was among the finalists in Timo Mustakallio Singing Competition 2002 and received the merit award in the Lappeenranta National Singing Competition in 2004. In 2006 she was bestowed the Bayreuth Scholarship by the Finnish Wagner Society. In Year 2019 she is scholar of Päivi and Paavo Lipponen Foundation. 

She sang her debut recital successfully in September 2008 with pianist Kristian Attila.

During years  she has sung a string of operaroles on stage including Tatjana and Larina from Tchaikowsky’s Eugene Onegin, Donna Elvira from W. A Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Leonora from G. Verdi’s Il trovatore and G. Puccini’s Tosca, Brünnhilde (Siegfried) among others.

During last few years her voice has grown to dramatic soprano and her repertoire includes heroines like Brünnhilde (Wagner), Turandot (Puccini) and Lady Macbeth (Verdi). In 2020 she was chosen to the international Lauritz Melchior-competition for wagnerian voices.

Her other focus is on concert repertoire. Recently she has sung M. Mussorgsky’s song cycle ”Songs and dances of death” with pianist Kiril Kozlovsky and was as a soloist in A. Dvořák’s  and F. Hidas Requiem in Helsinki, Finland

She performes regularly in Finland and also in Hong Kong, Portugal, Estonia and Austria.