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Jenni Lättilä is a Finnish soprano of jugendlich dramatische fach. She has studied in the
Sibelius-Academy in
Helsinki, Finland,
first at the department
of Church Music, from where she obtained her first Master's degree (Music Performance). After graduation,
she continued her studies in the Opera Class of the
Department of the Vocal Music,
from where she graduated with her second Master's degree in May, 2008 having received Excellent grades from her diploma concert.
In addition to her degrees in music, Jenni Lättilä also holds a bachelor's degree in linguistics from
University of Helsinki.
During her studies at Sibelius Academy, she has taken voice lessons first from Pekka Kähkönen and then from Outi Kähkönen. She has also studied opera with prof., conductor Markus Lehtinen. She has worked with opera coaches Rilla Kyykkä, Tuula-Marja Tuomela-Nyman, Liisa Pimiä, Kristian Attila and Harri Karri, and received lieder teaching from pianists Collin Hansen, Ilmo Ranta and from Tuula Hällström.
Jenni Lättilä has attended Master Classes by Dorothy Irving, Udo Reinemann, Stefano Algieri, Norma Enns and Matti Salminen. Currently she continues her academic studies in Sibelius Academy DocMus programme, and singing studies with Susanna Eken and prof. Dorothy Irving.
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Before she decided to pursue an opera career, Jenni Lättilä already did partake in several professional activities as a
performing musician: she has served as a church organist, and conducted several choirs. For some years during her studies at
the Sibelius Academy, she was engaged as the conductor of an amateur chamber orchestra,
Wiipurilaisen Osakunnan Soittajat.
In 2010, Jenni Lättilä won the third prize at the Lauritz Melchior International Singing Competition, a competition focusing solely on Wagner's music. She is also a prizewinner of Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition, 2008, and of Lappeenranta National Vocal Competition in years 2006 and 2008. In summer 2007, she was chosen as one of a small group of young Finnish opera singers receiving stage and opera coaching on support from Matti Salminen Foundation. In 2008, Jenni Lättilä received a bursary award of the Friends of the Kirov Opera in Finland, and in 2009 she was awarded the Bayreuth bursary of the Finnish Wagner Society.
Jenni Lättilä has given several recitals and concerts, as well as sung on the opera stage. In addition to her performances in her native Finland she - as also do the audience - derives much delight from performances of Finnish music in venues abroad: her performances include 9th Annual Finlandia University Sibelius Festival in Calumet, Michigan, and a performance of the Luonnotar by Jean Sibelius together with West-Bohemian SO under the baton of Michael Rohác.
Jenni Lättilä's recent operatic work includes her appearances as Gerhilde, the third Norn and Gutrune in the
Finnish National Opera's acclaimed 2011 staging of
Der Ring des Nibelungen, and her
Lady Macbeth in Verdi's
Macbeth by
Jyväskylä Opera.
Her other performances cover diverce roles such as Agathe in
der Freischütz by
Carl Maria von Weber
(Finnish National Opera, cover), Lady Billows in
Benjamin Britten's
Albert Herring
(Finnish National Opera 2006, a Sibelius Academy production), Donna Anna in
Mozart's
Don Giovanni
(Finnish National Opera 2008, a Sibelius Academy production) and Elisabeth in Verdi's
Don Carlo
(parts and scenes performance)
Jenni Lättilä is also a renowned interpreter of contemporary music. In addition to the contemporary music award she received from the
Stenhammar Competition, she has performed works by Arnold Schönberg (with NYKY Ensemble),
Heitor Villa-Lobos
(with Käpylä Music School ensemble) and Einojuhani Rautavaara (with Mikkeli orchestra and conductor
Cem Mansur).
Her repertoire also includes a diverse sampling of lieder, sacred works and orchestral works, of which
9th Symphony
by
Ludvig van Beethoven
and
Wesendonck-Lieder
by Wagner as well as the
Requiem by
Verdi are mentioned here.