Mirusia Louwerse (born 29 March 1985) is an Australian soprano. She performs as Mirusia and has been called "The Unconventional Pop Star" and "The Angel of Australia". Career Louwerse was born in Brisbane, Australia to Dutch parents and attended Ormiston College. She graduated in December 2006 from the Queensland Conservatorium in Brisbane obtaining a Bachelor of Music in Performance in Classical Voice. In 2006, Louwerse became the youngest ever winner of the Dame Joan Sutherland Opera Award and went on to record a debut EP entitled She Walks in Beauty. Her aunt, who lives in the Netherlands, contacted André Rieu to tell him about her niece's talent. He listened to her voice on her website and phoned her straight away and two days later she was standing before him in his studio ready to sing. She has been touring with Rieu since 2007 as his star soprano. She is of Dutch descent and can speak Dutch fluently. In April 2008, Rieu and Louwerse released the album Waltzing Matilda. The album peaked at number 1 on the ARIA Charts, was certified platinum and became the 20th best selling album in Australia in 2008. Her debut solo album Always & Forever was released in Australia on 8 October 2010 and debuted at number 17. It was released in the Netherlands in December 2010. Her DVD Always & Forever was released in March 2011 and stayed at the No. 1 position on the ARIA DVD charts for four weeks. In 2012 Louwerse won the ARIA No. 1 Chart Award for Always & Forever and was the only classical artist to receive such an award. In 2013, Louwerse performed with Rieu at the coronation concert of the King of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander. In this same year, to celebrate Benjamin Britten's 100th birthday, she performed under the baton of John Curro with the Queensland Youth Symphony Britten's War Requiem in the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. 2013 also saw Louwerse embark on her first full scale national tour of the Netherlands on her "My Second Home Tour", which was also filmed for DVD and released as Beautiful That Way on DVD and CD. In 2014, Louwerse toured with her solo tour "My Favorite Things" to sold-out audiences across the Netherlands and Australia. She released This Time Tomorrow in May 2016. The CD is a studio recording and the DVD was filmed live in the Netherlands. Both