Tamara Hoekwater

Tamara Hoekwater
Background information
Birth nameTamara Tessa Eleonora Hoekwater
Born (1972-05-01) 1 May 1972 (age 52)
Heerlen, Netherlands
GenresPop Jazz
Years active1992–present
Websitewww.volumia.com

Tamara Tessa Eleonora Hoekwater (born 1 May 1972 in Heerlen) is a Dutch singer who performs in Dutch and English. She studied at the Maastricht Academy of Music.[1] From 1992 until 2002 she was the lead singer of pop band Volumia![2]

After Volumia![3] she sang at the big band Swing Design. Starting in 2002 she sang in The Jack Million Big-Band, doubling as its manager, performing several times in the United States. On one of these tours, they participated in the Glenn Miller Festival in Clarinda, Iowa. In New York she played with Greg Walker (Santana). 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).[6] From 2015-2022 she performed regularly in Russia with the Maynugin Quartet.[7] From 2016 on she also has a tea- and coffee specialty shop next to the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Tamara Hoekwater (вокал)/Нидерланды и Квартет Вадима Майнугина, Вокал, Саксофон, Контрабас, Клуб Игоря Бутмана на Таганке, 23 апреля 2016". Jazzmap.ru (in Russian). April 23, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  2. ^ "Doek valt al voor De Pianobar". dichtbij.nl (in Dutch). May 21, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  3. ^ "Afsplitsing Volumia!". telegraaf.nl [] Privé (in Dutch). March 18, 2003. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  4. ^ Jan (November 24, 2015). "Pagina 2 van 8 -". Het Nederlands Jazz Archief, de Schatkamer van de Nederlandse Jazz (in Dutch). Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  5. ^ Amsterdam, Universiteit van. "Universiteit van Amsterdam". AAC (in Dutch). Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  6. ^ "Ik Zei Ja by Tamara Hoekwater & Cees Hamelink on iTunes". iTunes. October 3, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  7. ^ "Нидерландская певица Тамара Хукуотер и "Майнугин Квартет": слушательские впечатления из тура по России". Полный Джаз 2.0 (in Russian). May 11, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  8. ^ "proef de koffie". amsterdamsdagblad.nl (in Dutch). April 18, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  9. ^ "Jodenbreestraat". simonlevelt.nl (in Dutch). May 5, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2019.