Katrina Krumpane

Katrina Krumpane (; born 1 April 1980 in Krāslava, Latvia) is a Latvian soprano and professor in opera, concert and recitals.

Early life Katrina Krumpane studied singing, piano, and flute at the Daugavpils Music college (Daugavpils Mūzikas koledža) in Latvia. In 1998 she won her first International Vocal Competition "Alexandrovsky" in Belarus.

After making her debut in 2004 at the Komische Oper Berlin with The Four Note Opera composed by Tom Johnson she has been performing around the globe including Europe, Asia and North America.

Education

In 2010 she graduated with distinction for her diploma in singing/music theatre at the Berlin University of the Arts as Ännchen, La bohème as Musette, L'elisir d'amore as Adina, Rigoletto as Gilda, Don Giovanni as Zerlina, Les noces as Bride, L'occasione fa il ladro as Berenice, as Marie, Die lustige Witwe as Valencienne.

In 2011 she recorded her first CD with musicians from Deutsche Oper Berlin with Lalla-Roukh composed by Gaspare Spontini and made her debut at the Berlin State Opera (Staatsoper Unter den Linden) with Cinderella composed by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari as Hartwige.

Since 2012 she has been named as the main jury of the vocal competition in multiple international competitions.

For five years she had been working as an assistant professor at Sungshin Women's University while also teaching the Masterclass at both Yonsei University and Chugye University of the Arts. Since March 2021 she started to work as a visiting professor at Kyung Hee University.