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Mirusia Louwerse (born 29 March 1985) is an Australian〔(Mirusia Louwerse ) at andrerieu.com〕 soprano. She performs as Mirusia and is seen by one online source as "The Unconventional Pop Star".〔("The Unconventional Pop Star" ), interview by Paul Cashmere, 3 December 2010, undercover.fm〕 ==Career== Louwerse was born in Brisbane, Australia, and attended Ormiston College.〔("Lifelong Achievers" ), Ormiston College〕 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〔(Media releases ) at Noosa Federation of the Arts; accessed 11 January 2011〕 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.〔Soloist with Andre Rieu: http://www.andrerieu.com/nl/andre-jso/het-orkest/mirusia-louwerse〕 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 "", as well as "Zwei kleine Italiener", "", and (with Carla Maffioletti and the Berlin Comedian Harmonists) "ドイツ語:Adieu, mein kleiner Gardeoffizier".〔(André Rieu – ''I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg'' ) at skyarts.co.uk〕 Her album ''Always & Forever'' was released in Australia on 8 October 2010, and went straight to #1 on the ARIA classical charts and #17 on the ARIA pop charts.〔http://www.theaureview.com/the-goss/aria-chart-news-kings-of-leon-blasts-to-the-top-of-the-aria-album-chart-on-debut〕 It was released in The Netherlands in December 2010 and reached #26 on the Dutch pop charts. Her DVD ''Always & Forever'' was released in March 2011 and stayed at the #1 position on the ARIA DVD charts for 4 weeks.〔http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_music.asp?chart=1V40DVD〕 In 2012 Louwerse won the ARIA #1 Chart Award for ''Always & Forever'' and was the only classical artist to receive such an award.〔http://www.aria.com.au/documents/ARIANo1ChartAwardsposteventpressrelease10Aug2012.pdf〕 Louwerse is an ambassador for the Australian Children's Music Foundation〔(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 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.〔("Mirusia Louwerse: Muziek zit in alle mensen" ), Social Network Foundation 〕 In 2013, Mirusia performed with Andre Rieu at the Coronation Concert of the New King of The Netherlands King Willem Alexander. 〔() 〕 In this same year, to celebrate Benjamin Britten's 100th birthday, she performed under the baton of John Curro with the Queensland Youth Symphony Britten's ''War Requiem'' in the Queensland Performing Arts Centre.〔("QYS – War Requiem ), QPAC〕 Her latest releases have been a CD and DVD entitled 'Beautiful That Way' filmed live in Maastricht, and 2014 sees the release of her new album 'My Favorite Things'. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mirusia Louwerse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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