Mia Heikkinen

Finnish Soprano Mia Heikkinen was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. She studied singing at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and graduated with excellent grades as a Master of Music in 2009. After graduating she has been working as a freelancer and has gained reputation particularly of the beautiful silvery timbre and work as an actress. Heikkinen has taken part in several vocal master classes in Finland as well as abroad with teachers such as Marit Sauramo, Luba Orgonášová, Margaret Chalker, Eva Blahová, Monica Groop, Elisabeth Werres and Udo Reinemann. She has also studied improvisation and improvised opera with the Finnish Improvisation Theatre Stella Polaris and the British group Impropera. In addition, Heikkinen is a founder member of the Finnish group Improah! which specialises in