Starting in 2002 she sang in The Jack Million Big-Band, doubling as its manager, performing several times in the United States.

At the TV station L1 she presented several programs such as Valuation on Location and Tamara & Birgit.

[4] Today she lives in Amsterdam with her husband Björn Stenvers where she works on her jazz career with Cees Hamelink and their Bourgondisch Combo with performances in the Netherlands and abroad.

[5] On 3 October 2014 they launched their CD I said yes and in 2019 Sharing Shearing, Professor & Friends in the Faculty Club of the University of Amsterdam (UvA).

[7] From 2016 on she also has a tea- and coffee specialty shop next to the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam.