Sophie Junker

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Sophie Junker (born 1985) is a Belgian operatic soprano, focused on Baroque music, especially works by Handel.

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Life and career

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]

Roles

Recordings

Awards

References

  1. Meyers, Norbert (11 August 2022). "Sophie Junker: endlich auch Prophetin im eigenen Land" . GrenzEcho (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Sophie Junker". Naxos Records . 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Sophie Junker". Staatsoper Berlin . 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  4. "Sophie Junker / Soprano". parnassus.at. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  5. "Sophie Junker". Opéra national du Rhin (in French). 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  6. "Sophie Junker, Sopran | Vorstellungen" (in German). Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  7. Kube, Michael (4 June 2025). "Sophie Junker / Soprano". Neue Musikzeitung (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2025.

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