Biography

Smilla Biancorosso Maier was born on March 6, 2005 in Munich and grew up bilingually as the daughter of a German-Italian family. As a small child she developed a strong interest in singing, stage and dance, which she knew how to cultivate from an early age. She received her first piano lessons at the age of six from Prof. Walter Krafft. She developed her passion for singing more strongly in elementary school age under the direction of the soprano Maria Anelli in her children's choir at the Italian institute of culture in Munich. In 2014 she was accepted into the children's and youth choir of the Bavarian State Opera under the direction of Stellario Fagone. She received classical singing lessons from Antonia Starke and is currently being trained by Luise Heiß. In 2016 Smilla made her debut in the opera TONGUECAT at the Festival of the Bavarian State Opera in the role of Tonguecat as a child (Das Kind Ulrike). Smilla has performed as a soprano at church concerts and ceremonies since 2019. Smilla won 1st prizes at the "Jugend musiziert" competition in the categories singing solo, duo and art song. Furthermore she has been a member of the ensemble in the project "Mozart and the Magic Flute" since 2020 under the direction of Heinrich Klug in the roles of Pamina, Tamino, Queen of the Night and three boys. In 2022 she won the Mondiovesinion competition. In addition, at the beginning of 2023 she was nominated by the “Süddeutsche Zeitung“ for the Tassilo Culture Prize. In january 2024, Smilla participated as semi-finalist in the international singing competition “Voci in Barcaccia” organized by Rai 3 in Rome.

Currently she is studying at a vocational school for music in Sulzbach-Rosenberg, where she is pursuing a two-year program. She continues her vocal studies through masterclasses, for example in London with the singer Chen Reiss, or in Zell an der Pram with Prof. Claudia Visca. In august 2025 she has been selected as participant of the masterclass with Silvana Bazzoni Bartoli as part of the summer academy at Mozarteum.