Jerica Steklasa

Praised for her warm, beautiful voice and incredibly strong stage presence, the young Slovenian soprano Jerica Steklasa is often called the favourite of the audience. Jerica Steklasa was born in 1992 in Ljubljana and has been surrounded by music from an early age. Her music education started at the age of six with violin and piano lessons. Ms Steklasa began to take singing lessons at the age of 13, which she continued to pursue at the Conservatory of Music and Ballet in Ljubljana. At her young teenage years, she was awarded with the highest prize of the Conservatory “Škerjančeva Honorary Award” for her artistic endeavours. In 2011, Steklasa joined the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts under the tuition of professor Claudia Visca, later also the Lied&Oratorio programme with pr