Amira Willighagen

Amira Willighagen Nijmegen The Netherlands March 27 2004 Showed Already At The Age Of 9 Her Talent As An Opera Singer. She Demonstrated This By Participating In And Eventually Winning The TV-Show / Talent Show Holland’s Got Talent 2013 The Dutch Version Of America’s Got Talent In The Netherlands Broadcasted By RTL. During Her Audition In The City Of Zwolle Amira Already Wowed The Jury With Her Interpretation Of The Aria O Mio Babbino Caro From Puccini’s Opera Gianni Schicchi. Via YouTube The Video Of That Performance Was Viewed By The Entire World And Immediately Drew A Lot Of National And International Attention. Amira Also Attracted The Attention Of Other Musicians After Her Audition She Was Invited By The World-Famous Violinist And Orchestra Director André Rieu Who Invited Her To Follow A Master Class For Which She Had To Travel To London.
During The Semi-Finals Of Holland’s Got Talent Amira Interpreted The Ave Maria Composed By J.S. Bach / Charles Gounod Which Resulted In Amira Reaching The Finals. During These Finals Amira Won -With More Than 50% Of The Votes Of The TV-Viewers And Audience- By Performing Nessun Dorma From Puccini’s Final Opera Turandot. During The Spring Holiday Of 2014 It’s Amira’s First International Performance During The Starlight Classics Concerts At The Vergelegen Wine Estate In Somerset-West Near Cape Town In South-Africa . She Donates Half Of Her Revenue To Her Very Own Charity Project From Which The First Playground Is Built Voor Children In The Township Of Ikageng Close To Potchefstroom -Where Here Relatives From Mother’s Side Origintate From. In The End Of March 2014 Amira’s First Album Is Released And Hardly After Three Weeks Amira Receives A Golden Record For Selling The First 10 000 Copies Of Her Debute Album Amira. Besides Singing Amira Enjoys Sports And Is An Athlete Herself. She Loves Animals And Likes Writing. Amira Is Interested In Many Different Things And Doesn’t Know Yet What She Wants To Do Or Become In The Future. read less