Biography

Croatian soprano Tia Pikija (born 2001) currently studies concert solo singing at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna in the class of Professor Claudia Visca. 

Her most recent engagements include Anna-Marie (J. Offenbach - Le mariage aux lanternes) at Kammeroper Rheinsberg and Ännchen (C. M. von Weber - Der Freischütz) at Schlossfestspiele Ettlingen. In 2023, she debuted as Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel) at the Schönbrunn Palace Theatre. In 2022, she sang the soprano solo part in Bach's Matthäuspassion under the baton of Andelko Igrec and the Capella Savaria orchestra to name a few. She takes part in many concerts in Croatia and abroad. 

The young soprano is a prizewinner of several international singing competitions, most recently she won the Young Talent Award and the Audience Award at the International Haydn Competition for Classical Lied and Aria, the third prize at the Triomphe de l'Art in Belgium (2022) and first prize at the International Antonín Dvořák Singing Competition in the Czech Republic (2019) among others

She attended masterclasses by Tiziana Šojat, Vlatka Oršanić, Luis Alberto Llaneza, Armando Puklavec and Gabriele Lechner.