Inga Lohne-Otterstad

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Inga Lohne-Otterstad (born 2003) is a 19-year-old soprano from Oslo. She has sung in Opera's Children's Choir, Norway's Youth Choir and Oslo Chamber Choir. Inga has also had several roles at the Norwegian Opera, among them Jano in Janacek's Jenufa, Barnet in Wallin's Elysium, Miranda in Aasheim's Stormen, 1.gutt in Mozart's Magic Flute and Cinderella in P.M. Davies' Cinderella.

 

In autumn 2021, Inga was a soloist at the Ultima Festival's opening concert with the Oslo Philharmonic on Rolf Gupta's work Jordens sang, and she also sang the same work in Nidaros Cathedral with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra during Olavfestdagene 2022. In the same year, she sang the soprano solo at the premiere of Lasse Thoresen's choral symphony Det Being with the Oslo Philharmonic. In addition, the soprano has previously performed at various other music festivals and concerts such as Fjord Classics, Oslo concert hall's concert series for children, Røa music festival weeks and Oslo municipality's festival concert with the Oslo Symphony Orchestra. Inga has also participated in various masterclasses and courses both at home and abroad in recent years.

 

In the autumn of 2022, she started a bachelor's degree in classical singing at the Norwegian Academy of Music. From 2019 to 2022, she studied music at Foss upper secondary school and during the same period Inga was a student at the Talent Development Program at the Norwegian Academy of Music.