Amelia Jakobsson is a musician of rare gifts who has successfully transitioned her career from that of instrumentalist to that of singer. She is in the unique position of having won the Malmö Conservatory’s concerto competition twice, as both cellist and soprano. After finishing her cello studies with a Masters in Performance at McGill University in Montreal and Soloist Degree at The Royal Danish Academy of Music, she later studied at the University College of Opera in Stockholm and with Anna Larsson, Britta Johansson, Kerstin Meyer and Edda Moser. 

 
Since establishing herself as a professional singer, Amelia has worked in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Italy, France, Algeria, Poland, Germany, the UK and the USA. She has appeared as a soloist with the Malmö, Norrköping and Helsingborg Symphony Orchestras, the Nordic Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra della Toscana (Florence), Kuopio Symphony Orchestra, Pori Sinfonietta, Västerås Sinfonietta,  Jönköping Sinfonietta, Musica Vitae and the Lund Academic Orchestra. 

 
Amelia has appeared at the Algiers Opera, Vattnäs Konsertlada and Skåne Opera. She has collaborated with conductors Eva Ollikainen, Stefan Solyom, Ryan Bancroft, Patrik Ringborg, Eugene Tzigane, Tung-Chieh Chuang, Karl-Heinz Steffens, Wolfgang Wengenroth, Fredrik Burstedt and Mats Rondin. 

Her operatic roles have included Micaela in Carmen, Mrs Fitzpatrick in Dags, Mother in Sen packar jag aldrig mer and the title role in the world premiere production of Coco Chanel. She made her professional operatic debut as Ivona in the world premiere of Kärlekskriget. In 2020 she sang the role of Sara Danius in the very highlighted premiere of Fredrik Österling’s concert cantata Makten och Härligheten. 

In 2021 she sang the role of Minna Wagner in the world premiere of ”Im Treibhaus”, composed by Staffan Storm and librettist Ebba Witt-Brattström, as well as the role of “Princess Yang” in composer Reine Jönsson and librettist Patrik Sörlings opera “Tre knivar från Wei”.

The season 2021-2022 also included re-invitations to Jönköpings Sinfonietta and Malmö Symphony Orchestra, debuts with Norrköping Symphony orchestra, Pori Sinfonietta, Musica Vitae, Ensemble Storstrøm, along with numerous recitals and chamber music performances.

Amelia’s concert repertoire includes Strauss’s Four Last Songs, Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder, Poulenc’s Gloria, Requiems by Mozart, Verdi and Karl Jenkins, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Lars Erik Larsson’s Förklädd Gud and symphonies by Beethoven, Carl Nielsen, Mahler and Shostakovich. 

True to her origins as a cellist, Amelia has a passion for singing chamber music with different instrumental constellations. She regularly performs in recitals of Lieder and romances, as well as with pianotrios and string quartets with repertoire ranging from classical to contemporary compositions.

Amelia is a multiple prizewinner both as a cellist and singer, and the recipient of amongst others the Lasse Löndahl Prize, the Torsten Tegstams Stipend, the Sparbanksstiftelsens Culture Prize for Music and OVIS Voice 2013.