Jardena Gertler-Jaffe

Hailed for her “delicate yet strong vocalism” (Millbrook Independent), Jardena Gertler-Jaffe is a soprano from Saskatoon, Canada. Jardena is passionate about finding ways that the vocal arts can challenge, transform, and innovate in the twenty-first century. Her personal projects merge classical music with issues of social justice and representation within the arts.
Jardena has appeared as a soloist with the Cincinnati Fusion Ensemble, Concerts in the Village (NY), Victoria Baroque, The Orchestra Now, and the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra. She holds a BMus from the University of Toronto, and is an alumna of the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, SongFest and Opera NUOVA. While performing is her main focus, Jardena also earned her MA in Ethnomusicology from the University of Toronto. Jardena seeks to incorporate her research interests, concerning the construction of musical and cultural identities in the face of oppression, into her artistic practice. jardenasings.com.