Finnish soprano Sonja Herranen studied at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre with soprano Heli Veskus and privately with Dale Fundling. In spring 2023 she won the Elisabeth Connell Prize International Singing Competition in London. In the same year she was awarded Second Prize and the Special Prize of the Finnish National Opera Foundation at the national singing competition in Lappeenranta. In 2019 she won Second Prize at the Timo Mustakallio Singing Competition of the Savonlinna Opera Festival. In 2022 she made her debut as First Lady Die Zauberflöte at the Finnish National Opera. In the 2023/24 season she sang the role of Third Norn Götterdämmerung at the Finnish National Opera and Donna Elvira Don Giovanni at the Savonlinna Opera Festival. She is also a sought-after soloist on the concert stage and has recently sung under conductors such as Tarmo Peltokoski, James Gaffigan and Ville Matvejeff. Since the 2024/25 season, Sonja Herranen has been a member of the International Opera Studio at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin.