Background
Finnish bass-baritone Kristian Lindroos was born in 1990 in Helsinki. He has a Masters degree from the vocal department of Sibelius Academy, Helsinki. Kristian has also studied privately with Sherman Lowe, Jaakko Ryhänen and Irina Gavrilovici. Kristian has completed the ’Accademia del bel canto ”Rodolfo Celletti’” -summer program in Martina Franca, Italy.
Career
Lindroos has a vast opera-, concert -and oratorio repertoire with roles and works ranging from contemporary to baroque music and everything in between. His main roles include Figaro from Le Nozze di Figaro, the title role from Don Giovanni and Belcore from L’elisir d’amore to name a few. Lindroos has performed on important stages in Finland and abroad, most notably Maggio Fioren- tino in Firenze, Festival della valle d’Itria -opera festival in Martina Franca, Finnish national Opera and Savonlinna opera festival. Seasons 23/24 and 24/25 he will be engaged as a soloist at Got- henburg Opera house. He is also a frequent soloist of the major orchestras in Finland with works such as Beethovens 9th, st. Matthews passion etc. with conductors such as Sir Roger Norrington, Leif Segerstam, Hannu Lintu, Susanna Mälkki ja Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
Competitions
Kristian Lindroos has two first prizes from singing competitions. The first one being the Lappeen- ranta singing competition in 2016 and second the Oskar Merikanto -competition in 2022. He has also won a special prize in the ’Toti dal Monte’ -international singing competition, Treviso, Italy 2015.