Kjersti Elisabeth Pettersen

Voice: Mezzo-soprano

Kjersti is a 25 year old mezzo-soprano from Balsfjord in Troms. She is currently doing her third year of her bachelor in classical singing at NTNU, with Hilde Gjermundsen as her teacher.

She started singing as a child in the local childrens choir, and since then her love of music grew. An encounter with the aria ‘Didos Lament’ at 17 sparked her interest in classical singing, which eventually brought her to Trondheim.

In Trondheim she has participated in several opera productions as part of the choir, like Tosca, Madama Butterfly and La Traviata. In addition she had her first independent role in the childrens opera ‘Cella Mi’ by Bertil Palmar Johansen and Marit Nicolaysen in 2023.