Biography
Olga van Tongeren (1998) was born in Haarlem (the Netherlands) and comes from a musical family. When she was five years old, she started playing the violin. Besides the violin, Olga took ballet and musical theatre lessons.
The combination of singing, dancing and acting spoke more and more to her and Olga started her study Music theatre at Fontys School for Performing Arts in Tilburg. Eventually, Olga decided that she wanted to become a classical singer.
After an intermission of a year in which she obtained her Propedeuse Italian language at Leiden University, Olga continued her voice studies with Sasja Hunnego at the Conservatory of Amsterdam.
In May 2024 she graduaded from her Bachelor with a 9 (out of 10) and currently she is finishing her Master’s degree.
Education
2024-present
Master Classical Voice, Conservatory of Amsterdam
Voice lessons with Sasja Hunnego and coachings with Mirsa Adami
Opera class with Alexander Oliver
2020-2024
Bachelor Classical Voice, Conservatory of Amsterdam
Voice lessons with Sasja Hunnego and coachings with David Bollen
Opera class with Roberta Alexander and Alexander Oliver
2019-2020
Propedeuse Italian Language and Culture, Leiden University
Private voice lessons with Machteld Baumans
2016-2019
Music theatre, Fontys School for Performing Arts
Training in singing, dancing and acting
Languages
Dutch native
English B2
German B2 (Goethe-Zertifikat)
Italian B2
French B1
Masterclasses
Olga took masterclasses with Ira Siff, Thomas Oliemans and Margreet Honig.
