Margrét Hrafnsdóttir
Soprano
Margrét Hrafnsdóttir was born in Reykjavik and studied singing with Sieglinde Kahmann in Reykjavik Conservatory of Music and Stuttgart Musikhochschule where professors Takanashi, Francisco Araiza and Robert Hiller were her teachers. She also completed a diploma in Lied singing in prof. Witthoeft Lieder class. In Stuttgart Margrét received a scholarship from the Richard Wagner Verband to enjoy three operas at the Bayreuth music festival, followed by a solo concert of hers in Stuttgart, organized by the Richard Wagner Verband. Margrét has attended various Masterclasses, led by e.g. Christoph Pregardien, Elly Ameling and Anne Sofie von Otter. She has received grants and scholarships to organize and hold concerts in Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Iceland, Sweden and Denmark with various musicians. She sung the role of Freyja in the Icelandic opera Þrymskviða by Jón Ásgeirsson, the role of Ortlinde in Wagners Walküre at the Icelandic Opera which was postponed because of Covid.