Biography
Katherina Sandmeier is a Greek-German soprano who has established herself as a promising voice of her generation. With her powerful yet nuanced voice, paired with an extraordinary stage presence, she inspires both audiences and critics. As a great lyric / young dramatic soprano, her repertoire covers a wide spectrum of opera, song, and concert.
Her musical education began at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, where she completed her bachelor's degree with distinction. She finished her master's degree in song interpretation and opera in 2022 and has been a student of the prestigious soprano Julia Troussa, mezzo-soprano Fenna Kügel-Seifried, and the famous tenor Michael Trimble since 2015. She also received decisive impulses from master classes with Christiane Iven, Elly Ameling, Otto Schenk, Cheryl Studer, Helmut Deutsch, and Jonas Kaufmann.
She has won awards in numerous competitions (Bundeswettbewerb Gesang, Bellini Competition, Young Opera Voices) and was awarded the Maria Callas Prize by the Greek Ministry of Culture in 2024. She has also received scholarships from the Hamel-Stiftung, the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, and the Deutscher Bühnenverein.
She has appeared as Euridice (Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice), Zamfira (Rachmaninov’s Aleko), and Susanna at major stages such as the Badisches Staatstheater, the Munich Residenz, the Reaktorhalle, and the Herkulessaal. She made her major opera debut in Greece as Helmwige in Wagner’s Die Walküre at the Greek National Opera, where she impressed with her vocal brilliance and dramatic expressiveness.
Her repertoire ranges from the great roles of Mozart, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Puccini, and Strauss to contemporary compositions and rarely performed works, which she interprets with particular commitment.
In addition to opera, she is passionate about art songs and regularly performs solo recitals at prestigious venues like the Residenz München, Blauer Saal, Goulandris, Megaron, and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
