Urszula Kryger studied at the Music Academy in Łódź, from which she graduated both in piano and in voice (diploma in 1992 in the class of Jadwiga Pietraszkiewicz). She studied also under André Orlowitz in Copenhagen. In 1992 she won the S. Moniuszko International Vocal Competition in Warsaw, in 1994 she was awarded First Prizes at the Brahms International Competition in Hamburg and the 43rd ard International Music Competition in Munich. A year later she performed a Chopin song recital at Milan's La Scala. In 1996 she made her international operatic debut as Angelina in Rossini's La Cenerentola in Dresden's Semper Oper.
A versatile singer, she feels equally at home in Lied, chamber music, oratorios and cantatas. She has worked with many prominent conductors such as Jan Krenz, Jerzy Semkow, Rafael Frźhbeck de Burgos, Hans-Martin Schneidt and Colin Davis, and her partner-pianists on the concert stage have included such prominent names as Hartmut Hšll, Charles Spencer, Melvyn Tan and Pascal Rogé.
She has made radio recordings in many European countries. Her recent cds feature songs by Chopin, C. Loewe and Moniuszko ('Mickiewicz and Music', Engram, 1998), 'Chansons Polonaises' by Poulenc (Decca, 1999) and 'Russian Duets', recorded with Jadwiga Rappé (alto), Jerzy Knetig (tenor) and Tomasz Herbut (piano) for dux, in collaboration with Polish Radio 2.