Alisa Protsenko

Voice: Mezzo-soprano

Alisa Protsenko is a 21-year-old mezzo-soprano from Kharkiv in Ukraine. Already at the age of 8, she started taking singing lessons. When she turned 15, she decided to pursue a career as an opera singer. Therefore, she started at the Kharkiv Professional Music College. During her time here, she participated in and won several competitions, including first place in the L.V. Beethoven Music Competition in Kharkiv. In 2022, she graduated with honors from her school.

When the war broke out in Ukraine, Alisa went to Norway. After a short time, she started at Toneheim Folkehøgskole with Matthew Marriott as a teacher. Here she prepared herself musically, vocally and linguistically to be able to start higher studies in classical music. Alisa is now taking a bachelor’s degree in classical performing music at the University of Stavanger, with Elizabeth Norberg Schulz as singing teacher.