Sophie Junker (born 1985) is a Belgian operatic soprano, focused on Baroque music, especially works by Handel.
Junker, born in 1985, was first trained by her father, Stéphan Junker, a voice teacher at the Verviers conservatoire. [1] She then studied voice in Namur at the IMEP (Institut supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie) and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. [2] [3]
She achieved international recognition when she won the Handel Competition in London in 2010. In 2012 she won the international Cesti Competition of the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music. [3] [4] [5]