Stay safe, you and your family, with continuing prayers, Dounia. Emma is a fine singer. Another Dutch soprano who began her public career on André's stage is Amira Willighagen, at age 10: with O Mio Babbino Caro, which was also her golden ticket audition song on Holland's Got Talent, in 2013, age 9. Now she's all over youtube!
You _can_ see her illness, from the fact that she is very small due to malnutrition. It's not that noticeable here, because she's wearing high heels and not standing close to people, but as you dive deeper into the Emmaversa you'll see that she's a _tiny_ slip of a girl. Which makes the power of her voice even more impressive IMHO.
Emma is an amazing talent. She does not allow her health problems hold her back. As to the war. I will pray that you remain safe. I was an American soldier in the Vietnam war. I know what a night mare war is. I hope some day people can learn to live together in peace. My prayers to you.❤
Thank you for your reaction and indepth analyses, Dounia. Emma doesn't speak French, still she learned it all by head. She reminds me a bit of a young Lara Fabian; Emma really 'feels' the song and she takes the audience on her journey. Stay safe!
Another girl that was on that same stage with Andre Rieu is Amira Willighagen. She was by then just 10 years old singing the opera song O mio Babbino Caro. For sure also one to look up and watch!
Emma has been through a very difficult childhood, thanks to her stomach disorder, having to go to school on a portable feeder machine which she has been on since the age of nine months. And we all know how cruel children can be to each other, especially the bullies. Somehow she came through all that with an excess of good character and just plain loveliness, not to mention that beautiful voice. I have read that she does not speak French, but learned the song phonetically. Loved your review. Please stay safe.
I've seen many reviews, but I like your approach most. To watch the whole moment first, then go back and evaluate. Emma starts off like an introduction, and more and more, she compels the story; you can't see this stopping throughout. If you get the chance, look up Emma's earlier events. In English, the songs are titled, "Let me be a butterfly," and "Warrior." Emma is a few years younger, and her talent is obvious and growing, very impressive. Thank you, Dounia, for your confirming thoughts and feelings. Emma is outstanding!
Congratulations Dounia for your good work. A doctor mentioned that having a paralyzed stomach is a big challenge to be able to sing because of big problems with saliva. He was very impressed by Emma.
I have subscribed on your channel, first of all, be safe, and than what a kind and good reaction to Emma, thank you, becouse I am dutch like Emma I am very pround of her, you have to listen to dancing on the stars too! oh and don`t forgett the tissues 🙂
I’m am moved by her & also with your reaction's. Thanks for sharing with us. Please watch her sing Dancing on the Stars & yes have your tissues box nearby. She is a special person as you have said with her emotions that she puts into her singing.
May peace come quickly to you, to your country, to the the region, to all. Emma has an lasting effect on people. She touches peoples hearts with her voice and her whole being. There is ache in her voice. Ache from a lifetime of physical and mental struggles, from being bullied, from being different. But she didn't let it break her down. Instead she turned it around a made it define her who she is in the most positive way you can imagine. That's what makes her so inspirational besides her beautiful voice. André Rieu took her under his wings and they have proven to be a fantastic collaboration that comes only once in a lifetime. You can check her song 'Dancing On The Stars'. It's on the same stage, one year later. ruclips.net/video/Ll1uR_HUOP8/видео.htmlsi=783hp9L10FVDN7g3 Also very impressive: 'Father' by Demi Lovato. She performed this 2 months after 'Voilá' at a WWII memorial in The Netherlands: ruclips.net/video/y554GsqMHj8/видео.htmlsi=XTcJTAyMPurkM37E Be safe!
First of all, be safe! May peace come for all of the people in the region 🙏 Thank you for a wonderful reaction. You should watch next Emma's performance at the same location, one year later. Don't forget your tissues 😢
Emma has more than 75million views on RUclips for Voila alone. She also has about 10million for 'Dancing on the stars' and a total of several millions for other works; Father; Imagine; Strijder (Warrior in English); Butterfly; Hallelujah; White Christmas and many more. She is on feeding tubes direct to her stomach 22 hours out of 24 - every day. She was born with the problem and they began to work out what the problem was when she was 9 months old, been living with it ever since. Singing is her escape and she puts everything into her art, very self critical. Due to her feeding problems she is only 150cm tall and weighs about 50kgs. She is a lovely girl supported by a marvellous family. At present touring the world with Andre Rieu supported by her mum.
A grand production with this troupe and Emma is a recent song,1 st sung by Emma a month ago.." dancing on the stars"!! Her stage presence is even more powerful..as she had already been on tour with Andre' ! And she has sung berfore royalty of Holland!! Watch , and bring Tissues!! You think this is a power production...wait til you see her at 16..doing " Dancin on the stars "! 🎶👋🐺🧙♂️🦊🤙🎶
Dounia, where to start, Your reaction to Emma is so good, so positive about her, there's so much to let you know about, and I know I may hit the RUclips limit on comment length, but here goes. First, even more impressive, Voila was Emma's first ever performance with Andre, and her first ever performance of this version of the song, very much modified by Andre from how she originally learned it, she won Ministars with it in early 2023, and Andre significantly changed it to suit the orchestra, the quality of what she delivered was beyond stunning, and this was over 12 months ago, and in front of 12,500 people, the first of a series of 12 concerts in the town square of Maastricht, Andre's home town, since then, she's been touring with Andre for the whole of 2024, and also did a number of concerts between July and December with him, she's now appeared in front of at least 1 Million people around the world, that's the sorts of numbers that Andre draws to his concerts, this week alone, 4 sell out concerts in Lisbon, at a venue that seats 20,000. Emma wasn't just singing, that night, she was living her dream, as she walked out on to that stage, mentally, she was the butterfly of her dream emerging from the cocoon and soaring high over that stage, the orchestra and that huge audience, it was the theme of her first single, LAAT MIJ EEN VLINDER ZIJN , let me be a butterfly ruclips.net/video/Zcxan9R5s4E/видео.html released 12 months earlier, a song written for her, and expressing her deep desire for freedom, to be able to rise above the limitations of her disease, Gastroparesis, which means that she's tied to 2 feeding pumps that push liquid nutrition into her stomach for 22 hours a day, she can only be free of the pumps for a maximum of 2 hours a day, sometimes less, and her stamina is not great, so there are times when she has to resort to using a wheelchair for mobility, so her time off the pumps when on stage is precious, her therapy. Voila has had in excess of 70 million views on RUclips alone, and a huge number of streams on other social media sites, bringing the total to well over 125 Million, and there's other work by her on RUclips. 12 months later, she sang a new song, and that new song massively raised the bar of perfection that she'd set previously, and she massively cleared that new high bar with the performance, Dancing on the Stars, ruclips.net/video/Ll1uR_HUOP8/видео.html Emma has used the time she's been touring with Andre and the orchestra to watch, listen and learn, and the result is a massive lift in her ability, you were blown out of the water by Voila, you will want tissues for this one as well, it's sublime, and the top notes are mind blowing, both in terms of the range, and the duration, the best words I can use is to say that on several occasions, she delivers the equivalent of a vocal explosion, which devastates everything within earshot, she has such power, I don't know how, she's still tiny as a result of her illness, 1 Mtr 50, and only a little over 50 Kg, but she has worked on making sure she delivers incredible performances. Some of her other songs from 2024 have been performed as part of the annual commemoration concerts to remember the huge number of lives lost in the Netherlands during the liberation of the country from German occupation, she performed in front of the Dutch Royal family and high ranking politicians, a duet with April Darby, 'When you believe', and it was a wonderful performance. ruclips.net/video/YG8WV1GFt_c/видео.html She also performed other songs during these concerts, a stunning performance of a technically difficult song, a Demi Levato cover of 'Father', ruclips.net/video/YG8WV1GFt_c/видео.html Another deeply emotional song from the same concert, 'Hero', ruclips.net/video/rohP0V3ECRY/видео.html From a different concert, 'You raise me up', ruclips.net/video/NIXB7TbeMvw/видео.html You mentioned princess, well, in the autumn, she appeared at a concert, previewing an event she's been booked for in January 2025, at the Ziggodome in Amsterdam, where she will perform 2 concerts with the Disney organisation, and this preview is stunning, both in terms of her power, and the quality of what she delivers, her stage presence is incredibly good, and her delivery of these well know songs is just sublime. ruclips.net/video/rhALa-baZGA/видео.html This is a huge event, in a massive venue, and then, as an indication of just how much her star has risen, after 2 guest appearances with Disney, only a week later, Emma will be appearing at the same venue with Andre Rieu, in a completely different event, as part of the 2025 world tour, which she's been booked for, a continuance of her appearances around the world, Another Disney song, she recorded this at home in her own studio, from the film, 'The little mermaid', Ariel's song, 'Part of your world' ruclips.net/video/itxs-aNyRJY/видео.html She's also announced her first ever concert in her own name, it will be in Amsterdam in October 2025, at the national concert theatre, it was announced and sold out in 3 hours last week, and it will be a wonderful event, I was very happy to get tickets for it. Other songs, with a Christmas theme, she did a wonderful performance for Dutch TV singing an orchestral arrangement of 'Hallelujah', ruclips.net/video/9qVHQuPQud0/видео.html Emma was a guest star in the Andre RIeu 2023 Christmas concert series, and sang several songs, a beautiful version of 'White Christmas', started A capella, with no guide note, and then Andre brings the orchestra in, before she's joined by other singers, a large event, you could have heard a pin drop as she started singing, ruclips.net/video/ZZEyhG2bEeM/видео.html Later in the same show, 'All I want for Christmas', ruclips.net/video/xCBOVw7PErU/видео.html One of Emma's first ever appearances, June 2020, with her brother Enzo, a special concert with no audience because of Covid, she was only 12 at the time, and a tiny 12 at that, but even then, her ability and quality was so evident, ruclips.net/video/oMyqCs6zZP4/видео.html There is so much more, and a search of RUclips for Emma Kok will find a lot of her performances, my close is important, the only thing that can stop Emma now is her health, and that's why I am going to repeat my appeal to everyone listening or reading, if at all possible, please make a (regular) donation to Emma's foundation, who are working to find better treatments, or ideally, a cure for the illness that at the moment has no cure, and also can have devastating implications for sufferers, many of whom have taken their own lives as a result of the intense pressure and stress that the discipline of living with gastroparesis imposes on them. I know from recent social media posts, she still finds the unrelenting daily limitations of tube feeding incredibly hard to cope with at times, despite that she's loving the singing with Andre, which she regards as her therapy. She posted some heart breaking photos and comments from her holiday in Portugal, having to use her wheelchair after a time swimming, even then, at a time when the family were relaxing and enjoying a break away from their normal lives, Emma had no relief, no escape from the mental and physical pain of having to live with the numbing discipline of the 22 hours every day with the pumps attached to her, her ongoing lack of stamina that hugely limits and impacts on her life and desire to be free, and she never talks about the physical pain that so often is a side effect of the failure of her stomach to properly process the contents, or the indescribable pain of the procedure to replace her feeding tubes, which she endures every 5 months, without anaesthetic, to avoid any risk of damage to her voice. Her most recent change of stoma and feeding tubes (Her Mickey button) happened only 3 days before the first Vrijthof concert In Maastricht in July, and it went wrong, and took well over an hour compared to the normal 20 to 30 minutes, a video of the rehearsals the next day made it very evident that she was still suffering, she had to wear a winter coat to keep warm, and this procedure has to happen every 5 months. Emma's foundation can be found at gastrostars.nl Please, if at all possible, join me in making a (regular) contribution to her foundation, to enable them to help patients like Emma, and research this awful disease that has affected her from birth, and required her to be tied to the pumps and feeding tubes since she was 9 MONTHS old, for 22 hours a day, hopefully, the work of her foundation will find a cure. Please also be very careful if you post or respond to anything from Emma on social media, her increased visibility has resulted in significant numbers of bad actors creating fake accounts, the ONLY valid web site that supports Emma and others like her is the gastrostars site. One of the main people in Gastrostars is a surgeon who has a lot of experience in treating gastroparesis, and she is not only a surgeon, but also suffers from the same disease herself, to the extent that as a result of her condition worsening, she's had to leave her role in the hospital, and she is now dedicated to the foundation, and working to help find possible new treatments, or even better the cure that will free people like Emma to live a more normal life, rather than be tied to the feeding pumps for so many hours every day. It will be so good if the work of Emma's foundation can lead to a better treatment, or even a cure, which will free her to do more singing, and it may be people here who make that possible.
cette petite me rappel un autre chanteur qui est décédé et qui s'appelait "grégorie le marchal" , atteint d'un problème pulmonaire qui luis as couté la vie , mais quant il commencé a chanté , tt s'estompé ... c personnes chante avec leurs cœurs.
Greetings from Scotland! Every time I watch this performance it totally destroys me! Fate is unfathomable...... how it gave this beautiful young girl a dreadful ailment BUT also an angelic voice........ Perhaps we will see in time why?
Dounia, hang in there! Emma does not speak French, and so she leared this song phonetically. The way she expresses emotion in a langurage that is not her own is awe inspiring. She speaks Dutch, and English. Her disease is called gastroperesis, and clearly the stomach issues do not affect her diaphragm, or her glorious vocal cords.
...more Emma Kok performances: Andre Rieu invited Emma to join his World Tour after her Voila performance, this past July she performed on the same stage, this time with an original song *DANCING ON THE STARS* ruclips.net/video/Ll1uR_HUOP8/видео.html Here's a Live Performance of *LAAT MIJ EEN VLINDER ZIJN (LET ME BE A BUTTERFLY)* ruclips.net/video/Vq__3YiPemM/видео.html This is a live performance from a music festival, Emma is singing her original song, it's upbeat and even has backup dancers! (The video has English subtitles). The song is about her wish to be free from her condition and live like everyone else, even if only for a few minutes. HALLELUJAH ( MAX KERSTCONCERT) ruclips.net/video/9qVHQuPQud0/видео.html YOU RAISE ME UP (Live): ruclips.net/video/NIXB7TbeMvw/видео.html ...from André Rieu's Holiday Concert, these are both short videos, you could easily do both in one reaction: WHITE CHRISTMAS: ruclips.net/video/ZZEyhG2bEeM/видео.html ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU: ruclips.net/video/xCBOVw7PErU/видео.html ....from Emma's channel: THE CLIMB (Miley Cyrus) ruclips.net/video/dOhzlDEuCBg/видео.html ANYONE (Demi Lovato) (partial) ruclips.net/video/WuveefqiNhk/видео.html COME BACK HOME (Sofia Carson) ruclips.net/video/Z_FZ14DFppA/видео.html THE CLIMB (Miley Cyrus) ruclips.net/video/dOhzlDEuCBg/видео.html
You, your family, and your people have my prayers and thoughts for your safety. From what I know of anatomy, I believe her paralysis affects the peristaltic process in her stomach (the muscle action that moves food through the digestive tract). Her diaphragm, though located near the stomach, is actually part of the respiratory system and appears to be unaffected - if it were paralyzed she would need a ventilator just to survive. Still, having this control and power with this condition of limited nutrition is absolutely amazing and a testament to her determination to achieve her dreams. We should all be so passionate about our dreams. Take Care.
May the prince if peace affect all people in the region. I hope we can play the ABBA song, "Happy new year" in the end of december....I loved to see you react on that song too ♥
Hi Dounia, i am against Israël, they are terrible with that war. I love your reaction by the way about Emma! This one was from last year, this year she was again with André Rieu in Maastricht and they are touring the world for 2nd year even!
I enjoyed your review. Here are links to other Emma performances: Her original winner’s journey on The Voice Kids Netherlands 2021 (age 13): ruclips.net/video/20gXikNRjbo/видео.htmlfeature=shared Two original songs about a year later: Laat Mij Een Vlinder Zijn (Let Me Be a Butterfly) ruclips.net/video/Zcxan9R5s4E/видео.htmlsi=eDZirzGiUZzJ_N3a Butterfly with subtitles: ruclips.net/video/Vq__3YiPemM/видео.htmlsi=IhohOliK2VcMd3C_ Strijder (Warrior) with English subtitles ruclips.net/video/DUgFUwem_t4/видео.htmlsi=TUgGOPmULb046Dgl Enjoy. Hope you are safe.
Emma was diagnosed with gastropareses when she was 9 months old, and its not curable, she is hooked on to 2 feeding tubes 22 hours a day, due to her illness her life expectancy is that she is likely to live upto 10 years less than normal people she is only 1,50 and was bullied a lot, she is very petite due to her illness as well she is only 1,50 cm tall, a year later, she is 16 now, same stage, same place a new song Dancing on the Stars
I pray for the Middle East every day. Yes, for the Middle east because I am convinced most people, no matter in which Country they live, are wishing just one thing: peace and rest for all. please stay safe!! Well to me that's the most important thing these day's, in this troubled world. Emma has her ups and her downs, has often pain, is weak (to cover bigger walking distances she needs to use a wheelchair), small, tiny. But as you see: when she is on stage she is in charge of the entitre thing. Look at her, she is the one who is leading the orchestra from start to finish and André Rieu is just following her.... That tells a lot about her musicality. I mean, when André should have the slightest doubt he would not allow that, from nobody. He has over 50 years on stage experience and he will never ever let his show being ruined by a teenager.... Emma was asked in a recent interview how many people she thinks she has brought to tears till now. She smiled: we have had over 90 shows now and every show has more then 10.000 people. And then the little smile and look at her face like 'and I will not stop till I have them all emotional'. And yea, you are so right, Emma wants to tell a story with every song she performs: her own story and nothing else. You are the first one who is asking if Emma feels pain in her belly when she sings. I have no idea, but one thing is for sure: Emma can handle lots and lots of pain. Every 5 month she has to undergo stomach surgery in hospital because of the feedingpumps and tubes she is depending at. When she was 13 (the year she won 'Voice kids Holland') she has decided to refuse anesthesia for it, because she is afraid that they unwillingly could damage her vocal cords in the process. Emma told this about it in an interview last summer: "When I was 13, I have decided to choose for my voice instead of having a tube in my throat... Last time it was not fun, because it went a little wrong so they had to do the operation twice. I absolutely was not prepared for that. The doctor needed about an hour instead of 15 minutes". To be honest: only thinking about it gives me the shivers.... André Rieu was also a guest in that interview and he is very impressed with this small tiny singer. Emma will be on tour with him and his orchestra in 2025 as well AND, thanks to him, Emma will have her own show in the Royal Concerthall in Amsterdam on 21 October 2025. So they have found a way to make this possible despite the limitations Emma has (no way, that she can stand on stage a very long time, and there is the issue of her feeding....). So apart from her amazing vocals it will be very interresting to see how Emma and André have solved that issue. But they did find a way: the show is already SOLD OUT (in about 3 hours after Emma made the announcement). Her most recent song with André Rieu is 'Dançing On The Stars'. And here we have girl who is doing that.... almost literally. And what is so nice about her: she has both feets firmly on the ground and she is just 'Emma'.
I call it story signing. There is tonal variation meaning everything is not sung the same as you know. Dimash does this. It makes you feel. Its called vocal resonance or sound resonance. I wizld recommend watching some singers from the voice Australia but the winners & contestants. They are amongst the most gifted. Bella taylor Smith, Diano Rovais, tge curent winner Reuben , Angelina jordan, the talent shoes are revealing many but Australia voice pretty richly. God keep you & family safe. So sorry whats happening in Lebanon at thr moment.
🤗🍒🌹😘 well done and watch and listen to more of Emma, Emma's Hallelujah and Dancing with the stars for example
@@Mars-is4un The last song is Dancing ON the stars
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I've seen this video dozens of times. I've cried every time 😢
Stay safe, you and your family, with continuing prayers, Dounia.
Emma is a fine singer.
Another Dutch soprano who began her public career on André's stage is Amira Willighagen, at age 10: with O Mio Babbino Caro, which was also her golden ticket audition song on Holland's Got Talent, in 2013, age 9. Now she's all over youtube!
You _can_ see her illness, from the fact that she is very small due to malnutrition. It's not that noticeable here, because she's wearing high heels and not standing close to people, but as you dive deeper into the Emmaversa you'll see that she's a _tiny_ slip of a girl. Which makes the power of her voice even more impressive IMHO.
Emma is an amazing talent. She does not allow her health problems hold her back. As to the war. I will pray that you remain safe. I was an American soldier in the Vietnam war. I know what a night mare war is. I hope some day people can learn to live together in peace. My prayers to you.❤
Thank you for your reaction and indepth analyses, Dounia. Emma doesn't speak French, still she learned it all by head. She reminds me a bit of a young Lara Fabian; Emma really 'feels' the song and she takes the audience on her journey.
Stay safe!
THANKS FOR YOU REACTION ❤️EMMA IS AMAZING. GREETINGS FROM THE NETHERLANDS. 💕💕🇳🇱
Thanks for watching!
Another girl that was on that same stage with Andre Rieu is Amira Willighagen. She was by then just 10 years old singing the opera song O mio Babbino Caro. For sure also one to look up and watch!
Emma has been through a very difficult childhood, thanks to her stomach disorder, having to go to school on a portable feeder machine which she has been on since the age of nine months. And we all know how cruel children can be to each other, especially the bullies. Somehow she came through all that with an excess of good character and just plain loveliness, not to mention that beautiful voice. I have read that she does not speak French, but learned the song phonetically.
Loved your review. Please stay safe.
I've seen many reviews, but I like your approach most. To watch the whole moment first, then go back and evaluate. Emma starts off like an introduction, and more and more, she compels the story; you can't see this stopping throughout. If you get the chance, look up Emma's earlier events. In English, the songs are titled, "Let me be a butterfly," and "Warrior." Emma is a few years younger, and her talent is obvious and growing, very impressive. Thank you, Dounia, for your confirming thoughts and feelings. Emma is outstanding!
Next from Emma Kok, same place but 1 year later "Dancing on the Stars"
The illnes Emma has, is called Gastroparesis.
Always have tears in my eyes when watching this
Congratulations Dounia for your good work. A doctor mentioned that having a paralyzed stomach is a big challenge to be able to sing because of big problems with saliva. He was very impressed by Emma.
اللهم احمي اهلنا في لبنان و غزة ....
Beautiful voice and interpretation!
I have subscribed on your channel, first of all, be safe, and than what a kind and good reaction to Emma, thank you, becouse I am dutch like Emma I am very pround of her, you have to listen to dancing on the stars too! oh and don`t forgett the tissues 🙂
I’m am moved by her & also with your reaction's. Thanks for sharing with us. Please watch her sing Dancing on the Stars & yes have your tissues box nearby. She is a special person as you have said with her emotions that she puts into her singing.
May peace come quickly to you, to your country, to the the region, to all. Emma has an lasting effect on people. She touches peoples hearts with her voice and her whole being. There is ache in her voice. Ache from a lifetime of physical and mental struggles, from being bullied, from being different. But she didn't let it break her down. Instead she turned it around a made it define her who she is in the most positive way you can imagine. That's what makes her so inspirational besides her beautiful voice. André Rieu took her under his wings and they have proven to be a fantastic collaboration that comes only once in a lifetime. You can check her song 'Dancing On The Stars'. It's on the same stage, one year later. ruclips.net/video/Ll1uR_HUOP8/видео.htmlsi=783hp9L10FVDN7g3
Also very impressive: 'Father' by Demi Lovato. She performed this 2 months after 'Voilá' at a WWII memorial in The Netherlands: ruclips.net/video/y554GsqMHj8/видео.htmlsi=XTcJTAyMPurkM37E
Be safe!
First of all, be safe! May peace come for all of the people in the region 🙏
Thank you for a wonderful reaction. You should watch next Emma's performance at the same location, one year later. Don't forget your tissues 😢
Emma has more than 75million views on RUclips for Voila alone. She also has about 10million for 'Dancing on the stars' and a total of several millions for other works; Father; Imagine; Strijder (Warrior in English); Butterfly; Hallelujah; White Christmas and many more. She is on feeding tubes direct to her stomach 22 hours out of 24 - every day. She was born with the problem and they began to work out what the problem was when she was 9 months old, been living with it ever since. Singing is her escape and she puts everything into her art, very self critical.
Due to her feeding problems she is only 150cm tall and weighs about 50kgs. She is a lovely girl supported by a marvellous family. At present touring the world with Andre Rieu supported by her mum.
This years song is called Dancing on the Stars, you will definitely love it as well!
Lieve the country as quickly as possible !!!
A grand production with
this troupe and Emma is a recent song,1 st sung by Emma a month ago.." dancing on the stars"!! Her stage presence is even more powerful..as she had already been on tour with Andre' ! And she has sung berfore royalty of Holland!!
Watch , and bring
Tissues!! You think
this is a power production...wait til you see her at 16..doing
" Dancin on the stars "!
🎶👋🐺🧙♂️🦊🤙🎶
She does not even speak french; she learned this phonetically!
Thanks for the reaction ❤
See her performance on MAX Kerstconcert with Halleluja. And Dancing on the Stars.
yes, the dutch have a hard time speaking french, but emma does a great job., salutations de Belgique
A princess indeed! Emma is a God-given wonder to behold and a privilege to hear!
A year later, she sings Dancing in the Stars. It's truly amazing to see how much she developed her talent over the year
Dounia, where to start, Your reaction to Emma is so good, so positive about her, there's so much to let you know about, and I know I may hit the RUclips limit on comment length, but here goes.
First, even more impressive, Voila was Emma's first ever performance with Andre, and her first ever performance of this version of the song, very much modified by Andre from how she originally learned it, she won Ministars with it in early 2023, and Andre significantly changed it to suit the orchestra, the quality of what she delivered was beyond stunning, and this was over 12 months ago, and in front of 12,500 people, the first of a series of 12 concerts in the town square of Maastricht, Andre's home town, since then, she's been touring with Andre for the whole of 2024, and also did a number of concerts between July and December with him, she's now appeared in front of at least 1 Million people around the world, that's the sorts of numbers that Andre draws to his concerts, this week alone, 4 sell out concerts in Lisbon, at a venue that seats 20,000.
Emma wasn't just singing, that night, she was living her dream, as she walked out on to that stage, mentally, she was the butterfly of her dream emerging from the cocoon and soaring high over that stage, the orchestra and that huge audience, it was the theme of her first single, LAAT MIJ EEN VLINDER ZIJN , let me be a butterfly
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released 12 months earlier, a song written for her, and expressing her deep desire for freedom, to be able to rise above the limitations of her disease, Gastroparesis, which means that she's tied to 2 feeding pumps that push liquid nutrition into her stomach for 22 hours a day, she can only be free of the pumps for a maximum of 2 hours a day, sometimes less, and her stamina is not great, so there are times when she has to resort to using a wheelchair for mobility, so her time off the pumps when on stage is precious, her therapy.
Voila has had in excess of 70 million views on RUclips alone, and a huge number of streams on other social media sites, bringing the total to well over 125 Million, and there's other work by her on RUclips.
12 months later, she sang a new song, and that new song massively raised the bar of perfection that she'd set previously, and she massively cleared that new high bar with the performance, Dancing on the Stars,
ruclips.net/video/Ll1uR_HUOP8/видео.html
Emma has used the time she's been touring with Andre and the orchestra to watch, listen and learn, and the result is a massive lift in her ability, you were blown out of the water by Voila, you will want tissues for this one as well, it's sublime, and the top notes are mind blowing, both in terms of the range, and the duration, the best words I can use is to say that on several occasions, she delivers the equivalent of a vocal explosion, which devastates everything within earshot, she has such power, I don't know how, she's still tiny as a result of her illness, 1 Mtr 50, and only a little over 50 Kg, but she has worked on making sure she delivers incredible performances.
Some of her other songs from 2024 have been performed as part of the annual commemoration concerts to remember the huge number of lives lost in the Netherlands during the liberation of the country from German occupation, she performed in front of the Dutch Royal family and high ranking politicians, a duet with April Darby, 'When you believe', and it was a wonderful performance.
ruclips.net/video/YG8WV1GFt_c/видео.html
She also performed other songs during these concerts, a stunning performance of a technically difficult song, a Demi Levato cover of 'Father',
ruclips.net/video/YG8WV1GFt_c/видео.html
Another deeply emotional song from the same concert,
'Hero',
ruclips.net/video/rohP0V3ECRY/видео.html
From a different concert, 'You raise me up',
ruclips.net/video/NIXB7TbeMvw/видео.html
You mentioned princess, well, in the autumn, she appeared at a concert, previewing an event she's been booked for in January 2025, at the Ziggodome in Amsterdam, where she will perform 2 concerts with the Disney organisation, and this preview is stunning, both in terms of her power, and the quality of what she delivers, her stage presence is incredibly good, and her delivery of these well know songs is just sublime.
ruclips.net/video/rhALa-baZGA/видео.html
This is a huge event, in a massive venue, and then, as an indication of just how much her star has risen, after 2 guest appearances with Disney, only a week later, Emma will be appearing at the same venue with Andre Rieu, in a completely different event, as part of the 2025 world tour, which she's been booked for, a continuance of her appearances around the world,
Another Disney song, she recorded this at home in her own studio, from the film, 'The little mermaid', Ariel's song, 'Part of your world'
ruclips.net/video/itxs-aNyRJY/видео.html
She's also announced her first ever concert in her own name, it will be in Amsterdam in October 2025, at the national concert theatre, it was announced and sold out in 3 hours last week, and it will be a wonderful event, I was very happy to get tickets for it.
Other songs, with a Christmas theme, she did a wonderful performance for Dutch TV singing an orchestral arrangement of 'Hallelujah',
ruclips.net/video/9qVHQuPQud0/видео.html
Emma was a guest star in the Andre RIeu 2023 Christmas concert series, and sang several songs, a beautiful version of 'White Christmas', started A capella, with no guide note, and then Andre brings the orchestra in, before she's joined by other singers, a large event, you could have heard a pin drop as she started singing,
ruclips.net/video/ZZEyhG2bEeM/видео.html
Later in the same show, 'All I want for Christmas',
ruclips.net/video/xCBOVw7PErU/видео.html
One of Emma's first ever appearances, June 2020, with her brother Enzo, a special concert with no audience because of Covid, she was only 12 at the time, and a tiny 12 at that, but even then, her ability and quality was so evident,
ruclips.net/video/oMyqCs6zZP4/видео.html
There is so much more, and a search of RUclips for Emma Kok will find a lot of her performances, my close is important, the only thing that can stop Emma now is her health, and that's why I am going to repeat my appeal to everyone listening or reading, if at all possible, please make a (regular) donation to Emma's foundation, who are working to find better treatments, or ideally, a cure for the illness that at the moment has no cure, and also can have devastating implications for sufferers, many of whom have taken their own lives as a result of the intense pressure and stress that the discipline of living with gastroparesis imposes on them.
I know from recent social media posts, she still finds the unrelenting daily limitations of tube feeding incredibly hard to cope with at times, despite that she's loving the singing with Andre, which she regards as her therapy.
She posted some heart breaking photos and comments from her holiday in Portugal, having to use her wheelchair after a time swimming, even then, at a time when the family were relaxing and enjoying a break away from their normal lives, Emma had no relief, no escape from the mental and physical pain of having to live with the numbing discipline of the 22 hours every day with the pumps attached to her, her ongoing lack of stamina that hugely limits and impacts on her life and desire to be free, and she never talks about the physical pain that so often is a side effect of the failure of her stomach to properly process the contents, or the indescribable pain of the procedure to replace her feeding tubes, which she endures every 5 months, without anaesthetic, to avoid any risk of damage to her voice.
Her most recent change of stoma and feeding tubes (Her Mickey button) happened only 3 days before the first Vrijthof concert In Maastricht in July, and it went wrong, and took well over an hour compared to the normal 20 to 30 minutes, a video of the rehearsals the next day made it very evident that she was still suffering, she had to wear a winter coat to keep warm, and this procedure has to happen every 5 months.
Emma's foundation can be found at gastrostars.nl
Please, if at all possible, join me in making a (regular) contribution to her foundation, to enable them to help patients like Emma, and research this awful disease that has affected her from birth, and required her to be tied to the pumps and feeding tubes since she was 9 MONTHS old, for 22 hours a day, hopefully, the work of her foundation will find a cure.
Please also be very careful if you post or respond to anything from Emma on social media, her increased visibility has resulted in significant numbers of bad actors creating fake accounts, the ONLY valid web site that supports Emma and others like her is the gastrostars site.
One of the main people in Gastrostars is a surgeon who has a lot of experience in treating gastroparesis, and she is not only a surgeon, but also suffers from the same disease herself, to the extent that as a result of her condition worsening, she's had to leave her role in the hospital, and she is now dedicated to the foundation, and working to help find possible new treatments, or even better the cure that will free people like Emma to live a more normal life, rather than be tied to the feeding pumps for so many hours every day.
It will be so good if the work of Emma's foundation can lead to a better treatment, or even a cure, which will free her to do more singing, and it may be people here who make that possible.
cette petite me rappel un autre chanteur qui est décédé et qui s'appelait "grégorie le marchal" , atteint d'un problème pulmonaire qui luis as couté la vie , mais quant il commencé a chanté , tt s'estompé ... c personnes chante avec leurs cœurs.
Mam please stay safe always .
Thank you for your kind words! 💖
Greetings from Scotland! Every time I watch this performance it totally destroys me! Fate is unfathomable...... how it gave this beautiful young girl a dreadful ailment BUT also an angelic voice........ Perhaps we will see in time why?
Bedankt
Dounia, hang in there! Emma does not speak French, and so she leared this song phonetically. The way she expresses emotion in a langurage that is not her own is awe inspiring. She speaks Dutch, and English. Her disease is called gastroperesis, and clearly the stomach issues do not affect her diaphragm, or her glorious vocal cords.
Réaction Emma cok dancing in the star
She loved the song and learned French to sing it.
Stay safe!
Next Lara Fabian....
First Emma Kok 😉
Emma reminds me of Lara. They have the same emotional integrity.
I wish you peace❤
♥♥♥♥♥
...more Emma Kok performances:
Andre Rieu invited Emma to join his World Tour after her Voila performance, this past July she performed on the same stage, this time with an original song *DANCING ON THE STARS* ruclips.net/video/Ll1uR_HUOP8/видео.html
Here's a Live Performance of *LAAT MIJ EEN VLINDER ZIJN (LET ME BE A BUTTERFLY)* ruclips.net/video/Vq__3YiPemM/видео.html This is a live performance from a music festival, Emma is singing her original song, it's upbeat and even has backup dancers! (The video has English subtitles). The song is about her wish to be free from her condition and live like everyone else, even if only for a few minutes.
HALLELUJAH ( MAX KERSTCONCERT) ruclips.net/video/9qVHQuPQud0/видео.html
YOU RAISE ME UP (Live): ruclips.net/video/NIXB7TbeMvw/видео.html
...from André Rieu's Holiday Concert, these are both short videos, you could easily do both in one reaction:
WHITE CHRISTMAS: ruclips.net/video/ZZEyhG2bEeM/видео.html
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU: ruclips.net/video/xCBOVw7PErU/видео.html
....from Emma's channel:
THE CLIMB (Miley Cyrus) ruclips.net/video/dOhzlDEuCBg/видео.html
ANYONE (Demi Lovato) (partial) ruclips.net/video/WuveefqiNhk/видео.html
COME BACK HOME (Sofia Carson) ruclips.net/video/Z_FZ14DFppA/видео.html
THE CLIMB (Miley Cyrus) ruclips.net/video/dOhzlDEuCBg/видео.html
My dear i am very sorry for the war you all are in our prayer just like us venezuela😢❤❤❤🇳🇱🇳🇱🇨🇼🙏🏻
You, your family, and your people have my prayers and thoughts for your safety. From what I know of anatomy, I believe her paralysis affects the peristaltic process in her stomach (the muscle action that moves food through the digestive tract). Her diaphragm, though located near the stomach, is actually part of the respiratory system and appears to be unaffected - if it were paralyzed she would need a ventilator just to survive. Still, having this control and power with this condition of limited nutrition is absolutely amazing and a testament to her determination to achieve her dreams. We should all be so passionate about our dreams. Take Care.
May the prince if peace affect all people in the region. I hope we can play the ABBA song, "Happy new year" in the end of december....I loved to see you react on that song too ♥
Stay safe!
Watch her sing Hallelujah
Hi Dounia, i am against Israël, they are terrible with that war. I love your reaction by the way about Emma! This one was from last year, this year she was again with André Rieu in Maastricht and they are touring the world for 2nd year even!
I enjoyed your review. Here are links to other Emma performances:
Her original winner’s journey on The Voice Kids Netherlands 2021 (age 13):
ruclips.net/video/20gXikNRjbo/видео.htmlfeature=shared
Two original songs about a year later:
Laat Mij Een Vlinder Zijn (Let Me Be a Butterfly)
ruclips.net/video/Zcxan9R5s4E/видео.htmlsi=eDZirzGiUZzJ_N3a
Butterfly with subtitles:
ruclips.net/video/Vq__3YiPemM/видео.htmlsi=IhohOliK2VcMd3C_
Strijder (Warrior) with English subtitles
ruclips.net/video/DUgFUwem_t4/видео.htmlsi=TUgGOPmULb046Dgl
Enjoy. Hope you are safe.
Emma was diagnosed with gastropareses when she was 9 months old, and its not curable, she is hooked on to 2 feeding tubes 22 hours a day, due to her illness her life expectancy is that she is likely to live upto 10 years less than normal people she is only 1,50 and was bullied a lot, she is very petite due to her illness as well she is only 1,50 cm tall, a year later, she is 16 now, same stage, same place a new song Dancing on the Stars
Andre Rieu is a big fan of TINTIN too, he has statues at his home.
I pray for the Middle East every day. Yes, for the Middle east because I am convinced most people, no matter in which Country they live, are wishing just one thing: peace and rest for all. please stay safe!! Well to me that's the most important thing these day's, in this troubled world.
Emma has her ups and her downs, has often pain, is weak (to cover bigger walking distances she needs to use a wheelchair), small, tiny. But as you see: when she is on stage she is in charge of the entitre thing. Look at her, she is the one who is leading the orchestra from start to finish and André Rieu is just following her.... That tells a lot about her musicality. I mean, when André should have the slightest doubt he would not allow that, from nobody. He has over 50 years on stage experience and he will never ever let his show being ruined by a teenager.... Emma was asked in a recent interview how many people she thinks she has brought to tears till now. She smiled: we have had over 90 shows now and every show has more then 10.000 people. And then the little smile and look at her face like 'and I will not stop till I have them all emotional'. And yea, you are so right, Emma wants to tell a story with every song she performs: her own story and nothing else. You are the first one who is asking if Emma feels pain in her belly when she sings. I have no idea, but one thing is for sure: Emma can handle lots and lots of pain. Every 5 month she has to undergo stomach surgery in hospital because of the feedingpumps and tubes she is depending at. When she was 13 (the year she won 'Voice kids Holland') she has decided to refuse anesthesia for it, because she is afraid that they unwillingly could damage her vocal cords in the process. Emma told this about it in an interview last summer: "When I was 13, I have decided to choose for my voice instead of having a tube in my throat... Last time it was not fun, because it went a little wrong so they had to do the operation twice. I absolutely was not prepared for that. The doctor needed about an hour instead of 15 minutes". To be honest: only thinking about it gives me the shivers.... André Rieu was also a guest in that interview and he is very impressed with this small tiny singer. Emma will be on tour with him and his orchestra in 2025 as well AND, thanks to him, Emma will have her own show in the Royal Concerthall in Amsterdam on 21 October 2025. So they have found a way to make this possible despite the limitations Emma has (no way, that she can stand on stage a very long time, and there is the issue of her feeding....). So apart from her amazing vocals it will be very interresting to see how Emma and André have solved that issue. But they did find a way: the show is already SOLD OUT (in about 3 hours after Emma made the announcement). Her most recent song with André Rieu is 'Dançing On The Stars'. And here we have girl who is doing that.... almost literally. And what is so nice about her: she has both feets firmly on the ground and she is just 'Emma'.
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I call it story signing. There is tonal variation meaning everything is not sung the same as you know. Dimash does this. It makes you feel. Its called vocal resonance or sound resonance. I wizld recommend watching some singers from the voice Australia but the winners & contestants. They are amongst the most gifted. Bella taylor Smith, Diano Rovais, tge curent winner Reuben , Angelina jordan, the talent shoes are revealing many but Australia voice pretty richly.
God keep you & family safe. So sorry whats happening in Lebanon at thr moment.
Please save Lebanon and Gaza ❤
Let those people free than this is not only one side be real