Lilly Jørstad

Born in Astrakhan (Russia), the Norwegian mezzo-soprano Lilly Jørstad starts singing as child, at the age of 4. She moved with her family to Norway when she was a teenager and finished her Master’s degree at Trømso University in 2012. After participating in many Festivals and winning several prizes, including 1st prize in the Concorso Internazionale di Portofino and third prize in the Concorso Internazionale di Canto Lirico “Giacinto Prandelli”, in Summer 2012 Lilly Jørstad attended the Accademia Rossiniana in Pesaro where she had the chance to debut at Rossini Opera Festival as Melibea in Il viaggio a Reims under the baton of Alberto Zedda. In the same year she became a soloist at Mariinsky Academy in St.Petersburg. In 2014 she entered La Scala Academy, where she had the chance to perform