The Austrian mezzo-soprano Sonja Nothbauer received her vocal training at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna (MDW). So far she has performed in places like the Künstlerhaus Vienna, the Tillysburg Summer Festival (Upper Austria), the Stadthalle Göttingen (Germany), and the Schönbrunn Palace Theatre in Vienna, spanning traditional operatic pants roles as well as orchestral concerts and art song recitals.