About me
Indonesian-born Soprano Erika Tandiono specialises in music from the 16th to the 18th century and is praised for her “bell-clear” voice, virtuosity and excellent musical ornaments. The highlights of her engagements in 2025 include European tours of Johannespassion and Mass in b-minor by J. S. Bach, where she features as a soloist. Additionally, she will also perform in the USA, Japan and Hong Kong with the award-winning vocal ensemble Vox Luminis (Lionel Meunier). Erika has had the privilege to perform as a soloist in some of the most prestigious concert halls in the world, such as the Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Palau de la Música Catalana (Barcelona), Auditorio Nacional de Música (Madrid), Concertgebouw Brugge, Konzerthaus Freiburg the Berliner Philharmonie and the Jordan Hall (USA).
Since her move to Germany in late 2018, Erika collaborates regularly with various vocal ensembles andchamber music ensembles, such as Chorus Musicus Köln & Das neue Orchester (Christoph Spering), Freiburger Barockorchester, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Weser-Renaissance Bremen (Manfred Cordes), Musica Fiata & La Capella Ducale (Roland Wilson), Capella de la Torre (Katharina Bäuml), Rheinische Kantorei & das kleine Konzert (Hermann Max) and Musica getutscht, among many others. Erika performs internationally in music festivals in Europe and Australia, such as the Bachfest Leipzig, Musikfest Bremen (DE), Salzburger Festspiele (AT), Festival de Pâques, Festival de Saintes (FR), and Organs of the Ballarat Goldfields Festival (AU), to name a few. Collaborating with the gambist Dávid Budai, she is a co-founder of the “Silver Swan” concert series which makes its debut this year in the Ludwig Roselius Haus in Bremen.
In 2020 she received the Bovicelli Young Talent Award for her own diminution in the Bovicelli Competition, a competition focusing on the late Renaissance and early Baroque vocal diminutions. In Australia, Erika has performed as a soloist with some of the most distinguished ensembles and orchestras, such as the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra (Andrew Wailes), Melbourne Baroque Orchestra, Australian Chamber choir(Douglas Lawrence) and Ludovico’s Band (Marshall McGuire). She has recorded CDs for the labels of Ricercar, cpo, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Arcantus and Move Records. From 2015 until 2018 she held the position of the Principal Soprano at the Scots’ Presbyterian Church in Melbourne (AU).
Erika completed in 2022 her Master’s degree studies of Early Music (Voice) at the University of Arts Bremen under the tutelage of Bettina Pahn, Benno Schachtner and Gerd Türk. She is currently being coached by the celebrated Italian soprano Sonia Tedla. Before deciding to come to Germany in 2018 to pursue her passion in Early Music, Erika worked as dental assistant alongside her work as a freelance singer and a voice teacher in Melbourne, Australia.
Last updated: May 2025