Amira Willighagen (born 27 March 2004) is a Dutch soprano[1][2] who won the sixth season of Holland's Got Talent in 2013, at the age of nine.

[6] Two of her first public appearances took place in 2012, at the "Music makes Friends" festival in Colmschate (accompanied by her family) and as a solo singer in the Emmaus Children's Choir, singing a Dutch version of the song "Nella Fantasia".

[14] After the success from Holland's Got Talent, during 2014 Willighagen was invited to various TV shows: at South African Internet station Channel24, on 21 March 2014 at Omroep Gelderland (Netherlands), on 11 May 2014 at Life4You – Carlo & Irene on RTL 4 (Netherlands), on 7 June 2014 at Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel (Welcome to Carmen Nebel) on ZDF (Germany), at RTL (German TV channel), performing "I Have a Dream",[15] on 20 August 2014 at Susana Giménez on Telefe (Argentina) and on 21 December 2014 at Du côté de chez Dave on France 3.

André Rieu invited Willighagen to follow a masterclass in London, after a member of his orchestra saw her in the Holland's Got Talent audition on YouTube.

[19][20] Then, on 11 and 12 July 2014, she appeared with André Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra in Maastricht, during the recording of the album Love in Venice.

[21] Amira's first international performances took place at the Starlight Classics Concerts in Somerset West, South Africa on 28 February and 1 March 2014.

Amira's performances include appearances in the Netherlands, South Africa, Belgium, USA, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, France, Poland, Hong Kong, Argentina, Mexico, Malta, Monaco, Iceland, Austria, and Botswana.

[22][19][23] On 8 November 2014 Willighagen visited the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome to receive the International Giuseppe Sciacca Award 2014.

[31] In 2015, Willighagen participated, on 4 April, at the Sanremo Junior Festival in Malta,[32] 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)"[33] and in December in Madrid.

[40] At the end of July 2016, Willighagen performed at the Classics Is Groot concert held in Pretoria, South Africa, where she sang "O Mio Babbino Caro", "O sole mio" (in duet with Patrizio Buanne),[41] "Nella Fantasia" ("In My Fantasy"), composed by Ennio Morricone (originally released by Sarah Brightman in 1998) and the well-known song "My Way" (together with the other artists).

[43] At Classics Is Groot 2018 Willighagen sang "Gabriellas sång" – with lyrics in Swedish (from the soundtrack of the movie As It Is in Heaven), "Hallelujah" (from the album With All My Heart), "Amigos Para Siempre" (in duet with Patrizio Buanne) and "Keeping the Dream Alive" (together with the other singers).

On 2 March 2018 Willighagen's long-anticipated album With All My Heart was released in South Africa, later as audio files worldwide, under the Coleske Artists label.

", stated Willighagen in December 2019 in an interview for the TV station Omroep Gelderland, that broadcast also the Christmas concerts from Nijmegen (2017) and Dreumel (2019).

[52] Willighagen's YouTube channel features music videos and concert recordings: "Ave Maria (Vavilov)", from the album Merry Christmas,[53] "In The Stars", from the album With All My Heart,[54] "Cinema Paradiso (Se)", a song from the movie with the same title, in memory of the composer Ennio Morricone,[55] "Amen", "La Califfa", "How Does a Moment Last Forever", "Nearer, My God, to Thee", "When You Wish Upon a Star", "Caruso" and other.

[58][59] The song "Barcelona", performed by Willighagen in duet with Ruhan du Toit, is included on Touch Of Class's album, More Magic.

[60] Among the concerts in 2019 can be mentioned: on 21 March in Sun Arena, Pretoria (with Helmut Lotti), on 16 April at Durbanville High School (with the Tygerberg Children's Choir), on 19 and 20 July at Classics Is Groot, Sun Arena, Pretoria, on 10 August in Kasane, Botswana, near a huge baobab (with Andre Swartz and Jannie Moolman), on 14 September at Louis Trichard Emmanuel Christian School, Zoutpansberg, on 8 October in Bloemfontein (with Jannie Moolman), on 23 October at Nelson Mandela University Auditorium, Port Elizabeth (with Corlea Botha), on 1 December in Turnhout, Belgium (with Marjolein Acke, Anne Keizer and the Cantabile choir, to mark Gelukskinders Foundation's 5th anniversary).

Accordingly, the award was handed out to Amira during an International Organization for Diplomatic Relations (IODR) gala in the city of Naples where, as is further stated, she also performed a few songs.

The Mediterranean Awards are an annual ceremony arranged by the Fondazione Mediterraneo, an Italian organization founded by Naples-based photographer, gallery-owner and architect Michele Capasso,[63] promoting dialogue and peace between nations on various levels.

[68][69] In this concert she sang ten songs never recorded or performed by her before, including "Senza Catene" (the Italian version of "Unchained Melody"), "Nelle Tue Mani" ("Now We Are Free", from the movie "Gladiator") and others.

In this concert also performed the tenor Lukhanyo Moyake, Mzansi Youth Choir and Charl Du Plessis, on a Steinway piano.

[98] On 11 June 2018 Amira opened her 5th playground at Lesego Primary School which included carousel, swings, slide, and a sandbox.