Soprano
Minna Nyberg is a versatile Finnish soprano specialized in baroque music. She works as a freelance solo and ensemble singer and performs with choirs, ensembles and orchestras. She has sung with several well-known groups such as Collegium Vocale Gent (conductor Philippe Herreweghe), La Petite Bande (conductor Sigiswald Kuijken), Göteborg Baroque and the Finnish Baroque Orchestra. Minna has toured in Europe (e.g. she has performed at Concertgebouw in Amsterdam) and Japan. Since 2023 Minna sings in Key Ensemble conducted by Jutta Seppinen. Key Ensemble is one of the few professional choirs in Finland.
Minna has sung the soprano parts in the works of Bach, Buxtehude, Couperin, Handel, Vivaldi and Mozart to name a few.
Minna is also an experienced stage artist. In 2005 she won first prize in the Finnish national poetry recital competition Eino Leinon jalanjäljillä (In Eino Leino’s Footsteps). She has since then performed in several staged productions: e.g. Händel’s opera Almira, Monteverdi’s opera L’Orfeo, Uttini’s and Johnsen’s opera Birger Jarl och Mechtild, Ilkka Kuusisto’s Fjärlin Vingad, Jää minuun (Stay With Me) and dramatized concerts such as Kadonnut valo – Sisar Marianan rakkaus (Lost Light – Sister Mariana’s Love) and La Donna Barbara – The Life of Female Baroque Composer Barbara Strozzi.
In 2014 Minna began specializing in the art of historical gesture (also called historically informed acting) from the 17th and 18th centuries. She has performed several gesture concerts in Finland. Minna’s first play The Crab – Change is the Remedy for the Ills of Life (2021), in which she took on the roles of actor, singer, dramaturge and stage director, received broad media coverage and was praised by the audience and received excellent reviews from critics. Presently Minna is Finland’s only specialist in the art of historical gesture. For more information see page Gesture.
In 2023 Minna and harpsichordist Päivi Vesalainen founded the ensemble Duo Voce e Corda. The duo has, in a short time, established its place in the early music scene and has performed in Baroque music festivals and concert series around Finland. In the concert programs Surun sävelin kohti valoa (From Tears to Laughter) and A Brief Moment of Music, Great Emotions the duo has explored the emotional language of the Baroque era and existential questions of humanity. In March 2026 Duo Voce e Corda performed Under the Boughs – A centuries long musical dialogue with the forest, in which the duo gave the first performance of Carita Holmström’s song cycle A History too Brief…? composed solely for the duo and this concert.
Minna is a founding member of the prize winning vocal group Trio Flamme, which specializes in Finnish-Swedish theatre music. The trio has toured in Finland and Sweden, and has produced several concert programs featuring legendary Finnish composers such as Erna Tauro, Carita Holmström and Bengt Ahlfors. Trio Flamme received the Erna Tauro Award in 2020.
Minna graduated as a music teacher from Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in 2008. She has studied classical singing with Tanja Kauppinen-Savijoki, Ulla Ståhl-Grapes and Matti Pelo. Minna has studied baroque singing with Susanne Rydén. She has also studied poetry recital with Eilakjaija Sippo. In 2005 Minna received her Master’s Degree in musicology from Åbo Akademi University. In her thesis she explored the life and works of Finnish theatre musician Erna Tauro. Minna is Finland’s Tauro specialist.
In 2024 Minna was one of the recipients of the Stina Krook Foundation’s grants, which are presented without an application process. Instead, the board chooses the recipients based on suggestions by eminent experts in the field of performing and visual arts. Minna was chosen for her versatile artistic expression and her many years in the industry. During 2025-2026 Minna’s artistic work is supported by The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland by awarding her a full years grant.
Foundations that have through the years supported Minna’s work as a singer and musician are The Swedish Culture Foundation in Finland, Föreningen Konstsamfundet, Nygréns Stiftelse, Oskar Öflunds Stiftelse, Arbetes Vänner, Stiftelsen Tre Smeder, Svenska Folkskolans Vänner snd Fredrik Pacius minnesfond.