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| alt = | caption = Tania de Jong AM | birth name = | background = solo_singer | birth_date = | birth_place = Arnhem, The Netherlands | death_date = | origin = Melbourne, Australia | instrument = Voice (soprano) | genre = | occupation = Soprano; social entrepreneur | years_active = 1995''present'' | label = Pot Pourri | associated_acts = | website = }} Tania Karen de Jong, , is an Australian soprano, social entrepreneur, business woman, creative innovation catalyst and motivational speaker. She is the co-founder and artistic director of entertainment and event company Music Theatre Australia - MTA Entertainment and Events. She is also the founder and a performer in the musical group Pot-Pourri which has released seven albums, and has founded several social enterprises. De Jong has performed with the Victoria State Opera and has performed in over 40 countries. De Jong has developed (Creative Universe ) and (Inspiring Minds ) to help unleash potential and improve wellbeing, engagement, innovation and productivity in organisations through creative thinking, innovation and leadership programs. De Jong presents keynote speeches in Australia and internationally for a diverse range of conferences and events. She is Founder and Executive Producer of (Creative Innovation 2010-2015 ), a global future-shaping innovation forum. Ci2013 was named Corporate Event of the Year in the Global Eventex Awards. De Jong is working on a number of creative projects and has just released a solo CD titled (Heaven on Earth ) with Joe Chindamo. She is also working on a book on creative leadership and ECHO a new music theatre work with Stefan Cassomenos and John Romeril. She has sung in many languages, including English, Spanish, French, Latin, German, Italian, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Hebrew. ==Background, early life and education== De Jong was born in Arnhem, The Netherlands, to her Dutch father and Austrian mother; and the family moved to Melbourne, Australia, when de Jong was one year-old. Her grandfather was a Polish refugee who escaped the Holocaust, was a Vienna-trained sculptor. Her grandmother also trained in Vienna who created the world's first modern folding umbrella in Vienna. Their home in Melbourne's now operates as a museum. De Jong's mother was a Dutch national tennis champion, a Federation Cup player for Australia and a quarter-finalist at Wimbledon.〔 Aged 14, de Jong was advised by a friend not to bother with singing lessons. She finally got up the courage to audition for the chorus of her school's performance of ''Oklahoma'' at age 17 and won the lead role. Interviewed in 2009, she recalled:〔 De Jong graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Law (Honours) and from the Victorian College of the Arts with a Graduate Diploma in Opera and Music Theatre and a Postgraduate Diploma in Music (Opera and Voice). She also attended college in the USA on a tennis scholarship.〔 Tania’s recent TED Talk (''How Singing Together Changes The Brain'' ) has sparked international interest. Creativity Australia was named one of Australia’s top social innovations in Anthill’s Smart 100 for the second year in a row. Tania’s grandmother (Slawa Duldig ) invented the first foldable umbrella in Vienna in 1929. 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「Tania de Jong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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