Hera (Irene) Zerva

Greek soprano, she started music at the age of six. She studied piano (diploma and first prize) and counterpoint. She graduated with honours from the Department of Music Studies of the Ionian University in Corfu while she completed her postgraduate studies at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome, with honours and distinction. She was a finalist at the Unesco International Music Competition (2014). She has performed roles such as Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Adina, Giannetta (L’elisir d’amore), Gilda (Rigoletto), Spirit (Dido and Aeneas) as well as the solo parts of Mozart’s and Haydn’s Requiem, Haydn’s Mass in D minor, Allegri’s Miserere, etc. She has sung in Italy, Spain, Austria, Hungary and Czech Republic and has taught singing to students of chorus direction at the Department of Music Studies of the Ionian University. Moreover, she teaches singing and piano, and from 2019 she is a member of the GNO Chorus.