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On screen now · Podium Klassiek special
The NTR made a whole episode of Podium Klassiek around my repertoire. I begin where it all started: with O cessate di piagarmi by Scarlatti, the aria I sang when I was fifteen. Then a Monteverdi duet with Ruben Hein, an Antillean waltz by Wim Statius Muller and a Gershwin to say goodbye. Fifty minutes of music that shaped me, and the people I make it with.
The programme
The podcast · First episode coming soon
At the table sit people who set things in motion. Makers, thinkers, builders, working in culture, in education, with vision and on nation building. The subjects that have never let go of me in all these years.
How do you live on an island with your eyes on the world? And how does that world look back at us? I talk to international guests, and to islanders who have gone far internationally. What do they dream of? And what turns out, time and again, to be something we share?
Each episode is named after the guest sitting across from me. The first seven have been recorded.
Follow the channels below, and you will hear it when episode one is out
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A Kross
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From Curaçao to the world and back
Singer who took Papiamentu to international jazz stages. About her contribution to the musical canon of Curaçao.
Artist, muralist and poet. About the book he is writing: an explosion of image and word, and of words that become images.
Former Member of the European Parliament. About her book Let’s talk about our bodies and breaking the taboo around women's bodies.
Head of History at the Rijksmuseum and professor of museums, heritage and religion. About her love for Curaçao and how she wants to protect it through her work.
Singer-songwriter from Curaçao. About how music helps his mental health, and what that can mean for others.
A Kross Dionne Pietersz-Christiaan
Psychologist and EMDR therapist, with her practice in Willemstad. About the collective mental health of the island and the traces of the colonial past in it: how do you break that mentality, and how do you take responsibility for your own culture, starting from how children are raised? Nation building, seen through the lens of psychology.
Entrepreneur from Otrobanda. About his vision for the neighbourhood and what art in public space does to people.
Radio · Curaçao.nu
Every Friday afternoon, two hours of guests, music and what is going on on the island. From every conversation the Curaçao.nu editorial team makes an article. I also write reviews of what can be seen on the stages of Curaçao.
Friday 12:00: 14:00AST
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Interviews & reviews
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Concert singer
Concerts and theatre tours that I build with a regular creative team, from Bach to Beyoncé and from Curaçao to the Concertgebouw. Solo, with orchestra, or with a band.
Van Mozart tot Madonna Photo Anne van Zantwijk
Listen to the most played tracks on Spotify →
Own productions
Katibu di Shon in pictures
The first opera in Papiamentu, based on the novella by Carel de Haseth. A production of the Nationale Reisopera.
MusicRandal Corsen
Story and librettoCarel de Haseth
DirectorMonique Wagemakers
Musical directionEd Spanjaard
Set and costumesJolanta Pawlak
AnitaTania Kross
Luis MercierPeter Brathwaite
Shon WelmuJeroen de Vaal
ChorusChorus of the Nationale Reisopera
PhotographyJolanta Pawlak
Film · Television · Documentaries
Feature films, television, documentaries and concert recordings, all in one place.
Film
Television
Documentaries
Portraits and music specials.
Portrait of a singer who refuses to choose.
An evening of music, in her own form.
A conversation with Cornald Maas about the profession and the life behind it.
Want to see everything? Performances and radio are in the Beeld en Geluid archive
Tania on video
Conferences & symposia
I keep your programme on track. Conference, panel discussion, gala or symposium: I prepare on the subject, hold the pace and make sure the room stays with you. A chair who comes from the creative world looks differently at a programme, and at the people in the room.
I work in four languages: Dutch, English, Spanish and Papiamentu. Within a single programme I switch easily between two or three of them, which is useful with international speakers or a mixed audience.
For singers and conservatoires
A voice is technique, but a singer is more than a voice. In my masterclasses I work on what comes after the technique: what do you want to say with this song, why are you standing there, and how do you make sure a room hears it.
Who it is for
Recognition
Involved in
The full list of roles, venues and prizes can be found in the singing CV and the full CV.
Contact
Performances, concerts, my own productions, film, television, hosting and masterclasses all go through my booking office. Dorien Scholtens knows what is possible and thinks along about the format.
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