Mirusia Louwerse
Mirusia Louwerse，艺名“Mirusia”。生于1985年3月29日，是荷兰裔的澳大利亚女高音。被澳洲媒体认为是非传统的流行明星。她还被形容为“澳大利亚最美丽的声音”。 Mirusia 出生于澳大利亚 的布里斯班 。2006年12月， 她毕业于在布里斯班的昆士兰音乐学院，取得古典声乐表演专业的音乐学士学位。 2006年，Mirusia成为获得圣母院琼萨瑟兰戏曲奖的最年轻获奖者。接着录制首张专辑名为《She Walks in Beauty》。 Mirusia是抒情女高音，演出过魔笛---Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart的歌剧。 自2007年，作为荷兰女高音独唱的Mirusia和小提琴家和指挥家安德烈瑞欧游遍了。 她是荷兰人后裔，能讲荷兰语流利。 2008年5月，安德烈瑞欧和Mirusia在澳洲合作发行专辑《Waltzing Matilda》，该专辑在澳大利亚音乐流行榜的占据头号位置，并在10天之内成为白金唱片。 Mirusia Louwerse (born (1985-03-29) 29 March 1985 (age 27)) is a Dutch Australian soprano. She performs as 'Mirusia' and is seen by the Australian press as "The Unconventional Pop Star". Louwerse was born in Brisbane, Australia. She graduated in December 2006 from the Queensland Conservatorium in Brisbane obtaining a Bachelor of Music in Performance in Classical Voice. In 2006, Louwerse became the youngest ever winner of the Dame Joan Sutherland Opera Award[3] and went on to record a debut album entitled She Walks in Beauty. Louwerse is a lyric soprano and has performed in such operas as Mozart's The Magic Flute, Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges and Britten's Albert Herring. Her aunt, who lives in the Netherlands, contacted André Rieu to tell him about her niece's talent. He listened to her voice on her website and phoned her straight away and two days later she was standing before him in his studio ready to sing. She has been touring with Dutch violinist and conductor André Rieu since 2007 as soprano soloist. She is of Dutch descent and can speak Dutch fluently. In May 2008, André Rieu and Louwerse released an album entitled Waltzing Matilda in Australia which made it to the number one position on the Australian music charts and went platinum within ten days. On Rieu's DVD I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg (2009) she sings the title song "Ich hab' mein Herz in Heidelberg verloren", as well as "Zwei kleine Italiener", "In mir klingt ein Lied", and (with Carla Maffioletti and the Berlin Comedian Harmonists) "Adieu, mein kleiner Gardeoffizier". Louwerse in January 2011Her album Always & Forever was released in Australia on 8 October 2010, and went straight to #1 on the ARIA classical charts[citation needed] and #17 on the ARIA pop charts. It was also released in The Netherlands in December 2010 and reached #26 on the Dutch pop charts.[citation needed] Her DVD Always & Forever was released in March 2011 and stayed at the #1 position on the ARIA DVD charts for 4 weeks. In 2012 Mirusia won the ARIA #1 Chart Award for 'Always & Forever' and was the only classical artist to receive such an award. Louwerse is an ambassador for the Australian Children's Music Foundation and believes strongly that if children are exposed to music or are involved in music, they will grow up to be better human beings. In 2010 and 2012, Louwerse participated in two concerts to raise funds for the ACMF, which raised more than $100,000 for music in schools in Australia. She is also the Star Ambassador for the Dutch Social Network Foundation, who help raise funds for sick children and their parents and source important medical equipment and treatments through Social Networking. Louwerse will be touring Australia solo in September and November 2012 with special guests Sam Moran, Adam Lopez and Greg Moore.
