Mirusia Louwerse

Mirusia Louwerse，藝名“Mirusia”。生于1985年3月29日，是荷蘭裔的澳大利亞女高音。被澳洲媒體認(rèn)為是非傳統(tǒng)的流行明星。她還被形容為“澳大利亞最美麗的聲音”。
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Mirusia 出生于澳大利亞 的布里斯班 。2006年12月， 她畢業(yè)于在布里斯班的昆士蘭音樂學(xué)院，取得古典聲樂表演專業(yè)的音樂學(xué)士學(xué)位。 2006年，Mirusia成為獲得圣母院瓊薩瑟蘭戲曲獎(jiǎng)的最年輕獲獎(jiǎng)?wù)摺＝又浿剖讖垖］嬅麨椤禨he Walks in Beauty》。
Mirusia是抒情女高音，演出過魔笛---Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart的歌劇。
自2007年，作為荷蘭女高音獨(dú)唱的Mirusia和小提琴家和指揮家安德烈瑞歐游遍了。 她是荷蘭人后裔，能講荷蘭語流利。
2008年5月，安德烈瑞歐和Mirusia在澳洲合作發(fā)行專輯《Waltzing Matilda》，該專輯在澳大利亞音樂流行榜的占據(jù)頭號(hào)位置，并在10天之內(nèi)成為白金唱片。
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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.