Contralto Lidija Jovanović, born in Belgrade, starts her musical education at the age of six.

After getting several scholarships for the best students of Serbia she continues her development at the HEMU Lausanne (Master degree Interpretation – piano).

Furthermore, she starts her vocal studies at the HEM Geneva and becomes a member of the Swiss Opera Studio studying in the class of Nathalie Stutzmann. Currently, she works regularly with Mariella Devia in Rome. Additionally, she gets the opportunity to learn from artists such as Sara Mingardo, Jadwiga Rappé, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Fiorenza Cedolins.

Roles she debuted so far are Flora Bervoix (Traviata), Mercédès (Carmen), Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro), Lesni zinka (Rusalka) at the Opéra-Théâtre Metz Métropole and the Opéra de Reims. Other opera roles performed include Zita (Gianni Schicchi), Mother Bayard (The Long Christmas Dinner), Dritte Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Carmen (Carmen).

She collaborates with maestra Stutzmann on several occasions, singing the major contralto parts such as Bach’s Matthäus-Passion, Weihnachtsoratorium, Handel’s Messiah.

As a soloist she performs with National Symphony Orchestra RTÉ (Ireland), Stavanger Symphony Orchestra (Norway), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (United Kingdom), Oslo Philharmonic (Norway), Symphony Orchestra RTS Belgrade (Serbia).

Very attached to contemporary music, she sings with the Ensemble Contrechamps (maestro J.Kalitzke) at the Radio Suisse-Romande, at the 6. Festiwal Prawykonan Polska Muzyka Najnowsza in Katowice with Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej (maestro S. Bywalec), in a concert on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of Klaus Huber (Société de Musique Contemporaine Lausanne), at the Festival Dni Muzyki Andrzeja Kurylewicza in Warsaw.