Blerta Zhegu is born in Tirana (Albania).  She started her musical studies in her homeland, accompained by Nina Mula, to continue her training at the "Claudio Monteverdi” Bolzano, Italy and «Darius Milhaud » Aix en Provence, France Conservatories.​

Thereafter, Blerta has studied with Nathaniel Brodsky (a retired soloist having performed with the Chicago Opera and the Metropolitan Opera in New York). 

In addition, she has participated in various Summer Academies such as the prestigious "Accademia Chigiana" or the "Académie de Musique Française" of Michel Plasson and Master-classes involving many illustrious singers such as : Renato Bruson, Leo Nucci, Bruna Baglioni, Luciana Serra,Sophie Koch, Jose van Dam, Donata D'Annunzio Lombardi, Jean Philippe Lafont Monique Zanetti, Claudine Ducret, Yvonne Minton, Enzo Tei, Ermonela Jaho, Gezim Myshketa, Inva Mula.

Blerta’s professional career began in 2010 at the Bolzano Municipal Theatre with the role of Lucy in Gian Carlo Menotti’s “The Telephone”. 

Later on, she played the role of another Lucy in Kurt Weill’s “The Three penny Opera” at the Theater Carlo Goldoni in Livorno, and the Theater of Giglio, Lucca and performed in a series of concerts in the Theaters of Vicenza, Rovigo et Bolzano.

In her home country Albania, she premiered with the role of Adine in Gaetano Donizetti’s “Elisir d’amore” and then with the soloist sopranos in “Carmina Burana” and F.Meldelssohn's “Midsummer night’s dream” at the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Tirana. 

In November 2012, Blerta was invited to Quito (Ecuador) as a soloist in Gustav Mahler`s 4th symphony and during 2013-2014, Blerta was one of the CNIPAL (Centre National d’Artistes Lyriques in Marseille) artists. ​

During this time, she performed in many concerts at the Opera of Marseille, Opera of Avignon, Opera of Vichy, Theater Capitole of Toulouse, Domaine d’O in Montpellier, Musicatreize ( Marseille ), Auditorium Campra, Grand Théâtre de Provence (Aix en Provence), Auditorium du Petit Palais, Auditorium de la

Cité de La Musique, ( Paris), BOZAR (Bruxelles) and collaborated with many famous conductors such as Michel Plasson, Emmanuel Plasson, Vittorio Parisi, Nathalie Marin, Samuel Jean, Roni Porat, Hugues Reiner, Eddie de Nadai, Emir Omar Saul, Alvise Casellati, Valerio Galli, Gianna Fratta.

In July 2015, she was selected to participate at the International Academy of French Music, organised by the well-known conductor Michel Plasson, a program finalised by a concert in the Domaine du Regismont le Haut.

In June 2016 she took over the role of the Valeria, the protagonist of"Il canto dell'amore trionfante » of Paolo Coletta, in Pristina, Kosovo, a role that she had debuted in occasion of the world premiere in the Theater Coccia of Novara two years earlier. 

In 2017 she had a busy agenda with the Festival Lyrique d’Aix en Provence, with the Solistes d’Avignon, with the Festival of Colmar,directed by Vladimir Spivakov as a tribute to Michel Plasson and with her Recital Concert at the Institute Italien de la Culture, Paris

In 2018 she was invited do perform in the well-known Gala "Musique en Fete" the 20 june in Choregie d'Orange. This show was live broadcasted by France TV and Radio Classique.​

In 2019 she was Si of "Si " of Mascagni and Musetta of "La boheme" of Puccini in the theaters of Lucca, Livorno and

Pisa, Norina of "Don Pasquale of Donizetti in the Philarmonic Theater of Verona and Belinda of "Dido and Aeneas" in The Culture Center , Amphitheaters of El Jem, Oudhna, Kelibia and Sousse in Tunisia.

In the 13th of november 2019 she sung the soloist soprano in the Requiem of G.Verdi, in honour of the victims of the

Bataclan at the St. Sulpice Church and in 2020 she was the soloist soprano in two world premieres: the "Requiem" of Bruno Gousset and "La voix des oceans" of Antonio Santana in the Trinity church in Paris.

In 2021 she debuted the countess Almaviva in "Le nozze di Figaro" in the Château d'Harcourt, the Mass in C and the Requiem of W.A.Mozart.

In 2022 she sung in many Récitals in collaboration with the pianist Daniel Propper and in 2023 she debuted the role of

Leyla ( Pêcheurs de Perles ) in the Opera House of Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

In 2024, she debuted the role of Micaëla "Carmen" in the Palais de la Musique et des Congres de Strasbourg, participated in a Gala concert at the Lincoln Center of New York and was part of the official program of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with two recitals in collaboration with the City Hall of Paris.

Blerta Zhegu is the winner of different prizes such as : 1st Prize in the Arskosova Competition Pristina Kosovo, Special Prize of

the Jury in the VI Rassegna Concertistica of Montichiari, Italy and the 3d Prize of the Trofeo la Fenice; Competition of Seravezza, Italy and has been a soloist un several discographical projects.

 

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