1. Amira Willighagen was born on 27 March 2004 and is a Dutch soprano who won the sixth season of Holland's Got Talent in 2013, at the age of nine.
24 Facts About Amira Willighagen
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Amira Willighagen was born in Nijmegen to a Dutch father and a South African mother whose mother tongue is Afrikaans.
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Amira Willighagen did not know how to play instruments, so she tried to sing vocally.
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At the beginning, before taking singing lessons, Willighagen taught herself to sing opera arias, using YouTube tutorials.
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Amira Willighagen auditioned for Holland's Got Talent and so impressed the judging panel with her version of "O Mio Babbino Caro" from Puccini's opera Gianni Schicchi that within seconds the judges were staring in awe and disbelief.
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In February 2014, Willighagen recorded her debut album, Amira, accompanied by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Andre Rieu invited Amira Willighagen to follow a masterclass in London, after a member of his orchestra saw her in the Holland's Got Talent audition on YouTube.
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Amira Willighagen's performances include appearances in the Netherlands, South Africa, Belgium, USA, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, France, Poland, Hong Kong, Argentina, Mexico, Malta, Monaco, Iceland, Austria, and Botswana.
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On 8 November 2014 Amira Willighagen visited the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome to receive the International Giuseppe Sciacca Award 2014.
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In November 2015, Amira Willighagen released her second album, Merry Christmas.
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On 9 December 2019 Amira Willighagen performed in the Sint-Jacobskerk, The Hague, which was recorded and later broadcast on 25 December 2019 on Omroep MAX public broadcasting television.
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On 2 March 2018 Amira Willighagen's long-anticipated album With All My Heart was released in South Africa, later as audio files worldwide, under the Coleske Artists label.
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Amira Willighagen collaborated with other artists: Ben Heijnen, Gissur Pall Gissurarson, Paul Potts and James Bhemgee, Fabio Armiliato.
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Amira Willighagen's most viewed video recording on YouTube is that from Andre Rieu's concert in Maastricht.
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Amira Willighagen has performances featured on five DVDs and five CDs: Afrikaans Is Groot 2016, Classics Is Groot 2016, Classics Is Groot 2017, Classics Is Groot 2018 and Classics Is Groot 2019, all published by Coleske Artists.
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Amira Willighagen was accompanied on piano by Charl Du Plessis.
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On 20 March 2022 Amira Willighagen held a concert entitled On My Own, with the Phoenix Orchestra, conducted by Richard Cock.
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Amira Willighagen recorded a music video for the show, the song "How Does a Moment Last Forever", from the movie "Beauty And The Beast".
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On 22 July 2023, Amira Willighagen performed at Pop Classics, in Pretoria.
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Amira Willighagen published exclusive content on her Patreon account.
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Amira Willighagen went outside to play, like any child, but the children from there didn't have a proper playground, so they just ran and threw stones.
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On behalf of her foundation, Amira Willighagen opened the second playground in Ikageng on 1 August 2016.
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Amira Willighagen opened her fourth playground in South Africa on 20 June 2017.
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On 11 June 2018 Amira Willighagen opened her 5th playground at Lesego Primary School which included carousel, swings, slide, and a sandbox.