Soile Isokoski & Marita Viitasalo

Soile Isokoski is a Finnish lyric soprano whose steadily advancing career suddenly elevated after ten years of experience. "Something decisive happened then," she says. "I started feeling that I could make my own contribution to a production as an equal, as no one's protégé or apprentice." She worked as a church musician in her native Finland, with a solo debut there in 1986. A successful round of competition appearances followed it. She won the Lappeenranta song competition in Finland in 1987, then went on the international circuit. Her second place finish in the 1987 BBC Si...