Glogerfestspillene

Isa studied at Norges Musikkhøgskole and Hochschule der Künste in Berlin and has been Artistic Director for The Gloger Festival since 2001.

She was awarded first prize in the national round of the Queen Sonja International Music Competition in Oslo/Trondheim 2001. The following year she received the 'Newcomer of the Year' award at the Kissinger Sommer festival in Germany.

In the autumn of 2003 Isa made her début at the Norwegian National Opera as Gretel in Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel, and in 2008 she sang the role of Euridice in Monteverdi's L'Orfeo during the opening season of the new opera house in Oslo.
Isa Katharina Gericke has performed as a soloist with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the Akademie für alte Musik Berlin, and Stavanger Symphony Orchestra among others. She has collaborated with conductors including Sir Andrew Davies, Manfred Honeck, Franz Brüggen, Rinaldo Alessandrini and Philipe Herreweghe.

Isa has specialized in romantic Lieder and has appeared at numerous festivals in Norway and abroad. In the autumn of 2008 she made her London début with a recital at Wigmore Hall.

Together with pianist Sveinung Bjelland Isa Katharina Gericke released the critically acclaimed CD 'Waldabendlust' for Simax (PSC1231). She is also singing the role of Solveig in a 2008 recording of Grieg's Peer Gynt for Naxos. Isa is also one of the founders of Oslo BarokkOpera.

Homepage: www.isagericke.com