Amira Willighagen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Amira Willighagen
Occupation	Opera Singer
Date Of Birth	Mar 27, 2004(2004-03-27)
Age	20
Birthplace	Nijmegen
Country	Netherlands
Birth City	Gelderland
Horoscope	Pisces

Amira Willighagen Biography

Amira Willighagen is one of the most popular and richest Opera Singer who was born on March 27, 2004 in Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands. Dutch singer who received her first big break at 9 following a memorable show on Holland’s Got Talent. Amira, her first album Amira is out and was certified Gold in 2014.

The singer has appeared with Dutch violinist She has performed with Dutch violinist Andre Rieu..

Amira Willighagen speaks both Dutch and Afrikaans because she was born to a Dutch father and a South African mother whose mother tongue is Afrikaans. She grew up surrounded by classical music. At the age of seven she looked at her brother Fincent playing the violin, their mother Frieda also played the violin and the father Gerrit played the piano. She didn’t know to play instruments, so she tried to sing vocally. At the beginning, before taking singing lessons, Willighagen learned by herself to sing opera arias, using Youtube tutorials. That’s how she discovered her talent and passion for music. Even her mother was surprised when heard her the first time singing. Two of the first public appearances took place in 2012, at the “Music makes Friends” festival in Colmschate (accompanied by her family) and as solo singer in the Emmaus Children’s Choir, singing a Dutch version of the song “Nella Fantasia”. After two years of practice and performance improvement, her mother considered that she was ready to participate in the show Holland’s Got Talent. Indeed, she won the admiration of the jury, the public and millions of people from all over the world who saw her on television and on the Internet.

On November 8, 2014, Willighagen visited the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome to receive the International Giuseppe Sciacca Award 2014. In November 2015, Willighagen released her second album, Merry Christmas. Besides a selection of well-known Christmas carols (“O Holy Night”, “Silent Night”, “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”), the album contains various famous arias and hymns (“Panis angelicus”, “Ave Maria (Vavilov)”). The albums Amira and Merry Christmas were produced by the record label Sony Masterworks. She held also Christmas concerts, on December 15, 2014, at the Royal Albert Hall London, on December 19, 2015, in the Petrus Canisius Church in Nijmegen, The Netherlands (where she sang “See, amid the Winter’s Snow”, “Panis angelicus”, “Sancta Maria” and “Ave Maria” by Gomez), on December 21, 2015, in the St. Jacobs Church, The Hague, on December 16, 2017, in the St. Steven’s Church in Nijmegen (where she performed “Dormi, Fili”, “Onse Vader”, “Jerusalem”, “Panis Angelicus”, “See, amid the Winter’s Snow”, “Stille Nacht / Silent Night” and “How Great Thou Art”), on December 15, 2019, in Nijmegen (“Joy to the World” was one of the songs in the program), on December 16, 2019 in Dreumel.

Her mother is from South Africa.

Amira Willighagen Net Worth

Amira Willighagen is one of the richest Opera Singer from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Amira Willighagen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The singer began opera when she was nine, despite having never had any vocal training.

She performed “O Mio Babbino Caro” on Holland’s Got Talent garnered more than twenty million views on YouTube.

Amira Willighagen (born March 27, 2004) is a Dutch soprano singer who won the sixth season of Holland’s Got Talent in 2013, at the age of 9.

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Who is Amira Willighagen Dating?

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In 2015 Willighagen participated, on April 4, at the Sanremo Junior Festival in Malta, in September in the show “Superkids – die größten kleinen Talente der Welt” (“Superkids – the biggest little talents in the world”), broadcast by the German TV station Sat.1, where she performed “Ave Maria (Vavilov)” and in December in Madrid. In 2016 she sang at the Vacation Festival (Festival della Vacanza) in Lecce, Italy (on May 28), at the Conservatory of the North West University, Potchefstroom (on November 23) and also she performed “Nella Fantasia” in the Afrikaans Is Groot concert (in November). In 2017 she sang, on May 20, at the Aqua Musica concert in Steenbergen, The Netherlands and on December 2, in the Max Proms concert held in Utrecht, performing a short version of “O Mio Babbino Caro” and “Your Love” (the theme of the movie “Once Upon a Time in the West”). On March 2 and 3, 2018, she sang again at the RMB Starlight Classics concert.

Facts & Trivia

Amira Ranked on the list of most popular Opera Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Amira Willighagen celebrates birthday on March 27 of every year.

Willighagen collaborated also with other artists: Ben Heijnen (Huizen, Netherlands, December 9, 2016), Gissur Páll Gissurarson (Reykjavík, Iceland, December 2015), Paul Potts and James Bhemgee (Durban, South Africa, August 9, 2014).

Is Amira Willighagen still singing?

Amira Willighagen
Occupation(s)| Singer
Years active| 2013–present
Website| amira-online.com www.gelukskinders.org/en/

How old was Amira when she sang with Andre Rieu?

10-year-old Amira Willighagen with her amazing performance of ‘O Mio Babbino Caro’, accompanied by the André Rieu Orchestra in Maastricht, Netherlands.

How old is Amira Willighagen now?

18 years (March 27, 2004)

Where does Amira Willighagen live now?

On January 1st, 2018, Amira moved to South Africa. After a period of acclimatisation to her new living environment and new school, she is now back to her normal activities, like singing and sports.

Is Amira Willighagen a prodigy?

Amira Willighagen is a prodigy opera singer from the Netherlands; Born on March 27, 2004, she managed to win the final of Holland’s Got Talent (2013) at the age of 9.