Tamara Tessa Eleonora Hoekwater (born 1 May 1972 in

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) is a Dutch singer who performs in Dutch and English. She studied at the Maastricht Academy of Music. From 1992 until 2002 she was the lead singer of pop band

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After

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

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. On one of these tours, they participated in the Glenn Miller Festival in

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. 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.'' Today she lives in

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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. On 3 October 2014 they launched their CD ''I said yes'' in the Faculty Club of the University of Amsterdam ( UvA). Since 2015 she performs regularly in Russia with the Maynugin Quartet. From 2016 on she also has a tea- and coffee specialty shop next to the

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in Amsterdam.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoekwater, Tamara 1972 births Living people Dutch jazz singers Dutch pop singers People from Heerlen 21st-century Dutch singers 21st-century Dutch women singers