Johanna Nylund – Soprano

Johanna Nylund is a finnish soprano on the rise. She is based in Copenhagen and has received recognizion in Denmark, Finland and Sweden in the past year. This season brings two opera debuts in her home country: Pamina at the Finnish National Opera and Liù in Puccini’s Turandot in Alexander theatre, Helsinki. See upcoming events here.

Johanna is the recipient of the prestigious Barbro Salén scholarship 2022 in Stockholm. She was also one of the Léonie Sonning talent prize recipients in Copenhagen 2022. See the interview and music video here.

Johanna sings a wide range of concert repertoire. Among others, she has been a soloist with Odense Symphony Orchestra, Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra, RDAM Symphny Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Choir and Århus sinfonietta with repertoire varying from church music to opera and contemporary music. This season she performs Fauré’s Requiem, Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor, Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem and Orff’s Carmina Burana.

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Johanna has a Masters degree from The Royal Danish Academy of Music as well as from Stockholm University of the Arts’ Department of Opera (previously: Operahögskolan) She is graduated from the Soloist class of The Royal Danish Academy of Music in 2022.

Nylund performs Lied-repertoire together with the pianist Johannes Stenberg Brooks as Duo Newbrook. In October 2019 they were awarded with 3rd prize at the international Copenhagen Lied-Duo Competition.

In July 2019 Nylund received a 3rd prize in Kangasniemi singing competition. In the final round she “shined with admirably pure singing. Kaija Saariaho’s composition Sua katselen revealed Nylund’s technical magic, which was particularly emphasized in the quieter tones. Long, static and very quietly sung lines carried over the piano in a controlled manner in the Kangasniemi Hall and captivated the audience.”(Keskisuomalainen 14.7.2019) She was also awarded a special prize of 1000 € in Lappeenranta singing competition in 2023.

You can read her full biography here.