The half Icelandic, half Swedish soprano, Vera Hjördís Matsdóttir completed a master degree in classical music vocal studies at Royal Conservatoire The Hague, Netherlands with Frans Fiselier in 2024. In March of the same year, Vera competed in Vox Domini, a singing competition in Iceland and received a prize for best performance of a song by the contest's composer, Hildigunnur Rúnarsdóttir. Vera was a voice fellow at Opernfest Prague 2023 and a 2023 recipient of a scholarship from the Iceland National Bank (Landsbankinn). She was also chosen as the recipient of the Halldór Hansen scholarship when completing the Bachelor degree from Iceland University of the Arts in the spring of 2020, where she studied with Hanna Dóra Sturludóttir, Kristinn Sigmundsson, Ólöf Kolbrún Harðardóttir and Þóra Einarsdóttir.

Most recent projects include starring in the leading role in a new Icelandic opera, SKJÓTA by Sigrún Gyða Sveinsdóttir in Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavík this past June and performing as a soloist in Oratorio de Noël by Saint-Saën’s Oratorio de Noel under the baton of Stefan Sand in Seltjarnarneskirkja, Iceland.

Vera is among the young musicians chosen to give a recital at the concert series “Welcome home”(Velkomin heim) in Harpa concert hall in Reykjavík. She alongside Einar Bjartur Egilsson will perform songs and arias by W. A. Mozart, G. Donizetti in this coming July.

Further future projects include debuting in the role of Barbarina in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro in a production by The chamber opera (Kammeróperan)  in The Reykjavik City Theatre (Borgarleikhúsið) in February and March of 2025. She will also perform as a soloist in Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle performed in April 2025 under the baton of Stefan Sand.