Born into a family of musicians in Sweden, Ida Falk Winland began studying cello and piano at the age of ten. Formal singing lessons began at the age of 16, and in 2002 she was awarded a scholarship for studies at the Royal College of Music. After graduating from the Benjamin Britten International Opera School where she studied with Lillian Watson, Ida is currently at the National Opera Studio in London.

Ida Falk Winland is already an active performer in England and Europe, appearing as soloist in performances such as Mozart’s Mass in C Minor conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras and Bach’s B Minor Mass conducted by Peter Schreier at St. John’s, Smith Square.

Recent engagements include the role of Cleopatra for Gothenburg Opera, the role of Euridice in Monteverdi’s opera L’Orfeo for Drottningholm Opera in Stockholm, Bach’s Matthew Passion with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Daniel Harding, Concerts with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Gustavo Dudamel, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Okko Kamu performing songs by R Strauss and Mahler’s 4th Symphony , the role of Anne Truelove in Stravinsky’s Opera The Rakes’s Progress as well as the Fox in Janacek’s Cunning Little Vixen for the BBIOS , radio broadcasts for Swedish Classical Radio during 2007-2009 as Artist in Residence, music including Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire, a four week tour in Asia with Okko Kamu and the Asian Youth Orchestra, performing concert arias by Mozart and Mahler’s Fourth Symphony in venues including Tokyo Opera City, Shanghai Oriental Art Centre Concert Hall, Taipei National Concert Hall and Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall, Mozart Operatic Arias with Lahti Symphony Orchestra at the Sibelius Hall, the cover singer for Faur駳 La F괥 鴲ange at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and concerts with the English Chamber Orchestra as well as with the Finnish Chamber Orchestra.

Ida is the winner of the Nordic Countries most prestigious music competition the soloist Prize 2008 and was awarded the Kathleen Ferrier Song Prize 2008. During June 2007, Ida was one of the 25 finalists competing in the prestigious and famous BBC Singer of the World Competition and in December last year Ida followed in the footsteps of many great artists including Renee Flemming, as the selected artist performing at the 2007 Nobel Prize Ceremony.