Russian-American soprano Erika Baikoff appears by kind permission of the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.

For the seasons 2018/19 and 2019/20 she was part of the Lyon National Opera Studio where she performed as Le Feu/ Princesse/ Rossignol in Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges, Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro and sing the soprano solo in Mahler’s 4th Symphony under the baton of Daniele Rustioni. Last season, she was heard in the role of Juliet in Boris Blacher’s Romeo and Juliet and Anna in Verdi’s Nabucco.

Ms. Baikoff is the recipient of the first prize at the 2019 Helmut Deutsch International Lied Competition, 2019 Career Bridges Grant, 2018 Mondavi Young Artist Founders’ Prize, 2018 Audience Award at the Art Song Preservation Society Competition, 2018 Paul Hamburger Prize at the Guildhall School of Music, 2013 2nd Prize at the New York Lyric Opera Competition, and the 2013 Bouchaine Young Artist Scholarship. She has been featured in masterclasses with world-class musicians such as Dalton Baldwin, Julius Drake, Margo Garrett, Graham Johnson, Malcolm Martineau, and Ann Murray.

She has participated in summer courses such as the Internationale Meistersinger Akademie, directed by Edith Wiens, the Chautauqua Institute, and Songfest as a Schubert Fellow. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in French Studies from Princeton University and a Master of Music from The Guildhall School of Music, under the tutelage of Prof. Rudolf Piernay.