Isa Katharina Gericke is known as a versatile and colourful artist in concert, chamber music and opera, and is acclaimed for her programming, interpretation and communication skills. She performs repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music. Her love of Lieder and art songs has resulted in well-received performances combining theatre and music, celebrating the life and work of legendary Nordic singers Eva Sars Nansen, Kirsten Flagstad and Jenny Lind. Further facets of Isa's versatility can be seen in the cabaret Frauen sind keine Engel, featuring music from Berlin in the 1930s and 40s.

Isa is a sought-after programmer for various classical music projects, and she has been Artistic Director of Kongsberg´s classical music festival Glogerfestspillene since its beginning in 2002.

Isa graduated from the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo and the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin. She has won several awards, including the very first Wessel-pris, awarded by Norske Selskab for her contribution to the promotion of Norwegian vocal music.

Solo engagements have included collaborations with Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Akademie für alte Musik Berlin, Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and conductors Sir Andrew Davies, Manfred Honeck, Frans Brüggen, Philippe Herreweghe and Rinaldo Alessandrini.

Isa is a frequent guest at chamber music festivals in Norway and abroad, and her CD recordings for Simax Classics and LAWO Classics all have a connection to the Nordic art song repertoire.

October 2022 she started her PhD in artistic research at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Opera Department

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