Oska
Birth nameMaria Burger
AliasOSKA
Birth date22 October 1996 (age 29)
Birth placeRastenfeld, Austria
GenrePop
OccupationSinger · songwriter
InstrumentVocals, Guitar
Years active~2014 – present
LabelNettwerk
Websitegoodoldoska.com

Maria Burger (born 22 October 1996), known professionally as Oska (stylized in all caps), is an Austrian singer and songwriter.

Career

After graduating from high school, the then 18-year-old Oska went to Vienna to do street music. On her mother's advice, she also studied pop and jazz singing there.[1] In mid-2020, she signed her first record deal with the Canadian label Nettwerk. With her debut EP "Honeymoon Phase" (2021), she won the "Best Sound" recording studio award at the Amadeus Austrian Music Awards in April 2022. A few months earlier, she had released her debut album "My world, My love, Paris". She accompanied, among others, Milow, Tom Odell, Stu Larsen, HAEVN and Matt Simons on tour.[2] In August 2024 she will appear as the opening act for Coldplay in Vienna's Ernst-Happel-Stadion for four days.[3]

Personal life

Oska grew up with her four older siblings in Rastenfeld, Lower Austria (Krems-Land District).[4] The inspiration for her stage name came from her eldest brother "Oskar", with whom she also wrote her first song.[5] She taught herself to play the guitar in her youth.[6]

Discography

Studio albums

  • My world, My love, Paris (2022)
  • Refined Believer (set to come out June 2025)

Extended plays

  • Honeymoon Phase (2021)
  • It’s Normal to Shiver (2022)
  • Live at TV Noir (2023)

Singles

  • 2020: Come Home
  • 2020: Distant Universe (Live Acoustic Session)
  • 2020: Honeymoon Phase / Wide Awake & Dreaming
  • 2021: In the Bleak Midwinter
  • 2022: Hallucinating (It's Normal to Shiver Version)
  • 2022: Too Nobody (It's Normal to Shiver Version)
  • 2022: Misunderstood (It's Normal to Shiver Version)
  • 2023: pretty by night (from the Amazon Original Motion Picture "Silver and the Book of Dreams")
  • 2024: Like a Song
  • 2024: April May July
  • 2024: Forever Blue
  • 2024: Maybe I Love You
  • 2024: It Happens Either Way
  • 2024: The Final Straw
  • 2025: With Love, Your Clementine
  • 2025: Gloria (set to come out May 2025)

Awards

Tours

Headlining

Forever Blue Tour

DateCityCountryVenueOpener
2024
26. September 2024SalzburgAustriaArgekulturDoppelfinger
27. September 2024DornbirnSpielboden
28. September 2024VöcklabruckOKH
3. October 2024Waidhofen an der YbbsPlenkersaal
4. October 2024InnsbruckDie Bäckerei
5. October 2024LinzPosthof
10. October 2024St. PöltenBühne im Hof
11. October 2024KlagenfurtKammerlichspiele
12. October 2024GrazOrpheum Extra
14. October 2024PragueCzech RepublicCross Club
15. October 2024 (cancelled, due to illness)WarsawPolandBardzo Bardzo
16. October 2024BerlinGermanyPrivatclub
18. October 2024CopenhagenDenmarkVega (Ideal Bar)
19. October 2024FlensburgGermanyKühlhaus
21. October 2024AmsterdamNetherlandsParadiso
22. October 2024GroningenLutherse Kerk
23. October 2024CologneGermanyJaki
26. October 2024LondonUnited KingdomThe Courtyard Theatre
27. October 2024ParisFranceSupersonic Records
28. October 2024BrusselsBelgiumContinental
30. October 2024ZurichSwitzerlandPapiersaal
31. October 2024MunichGermanyStrom
1. November 2024DresdenClub Puschkin
22. November 2024KremsAustriaKino im Kesselhaus
23. November 2024MistelbachKronen Kino
22. April 2025ViennaKonzerthaus

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Refined Believer Tour

DateCityCountryVenueOpener
2025
22. Mai 2025ViennaAustriaBank Austria Kunstforumnicht bekannt
11. July 2025GmundenSalzkammergut Festwochen
12. July 2025FeldkirchPoolbar Festival
21. November 2025BerlinGermanyPrachtwerk
23. November 2025HamburgNochtwache
26. November 2025HannoverKulturzentrum Pavillon
27. November 2025AmsterdamNetherlandsCinetol
12. March 2026SalzburgAustriaArgekultur
13. March 2026MunichGermanyMilla
19. March 2026LinzAustriaPosthof
20. March 2026DornbirnSpielboden
21. March 2026GrazOrpheum
22. May 2026ViennaArena

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References

  1. ^ Konvoi. "OSKA" (in German). Konvoi Artist Management & Booking. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  2. ^ "OSKA" (in German). Konvoi Artist Management & Booking. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  3. ^ "OSKA im Vorprogramm von Coldplay" (in German). Soundportal. 2024-02-19. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  4. ^ Teresa Sturm (2020-02-21). "Sängerin OSKA: "Es gibt keinen Plan B"" (in German). Kurier. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  5. ^ Isabella Klebinger und Michael Franz Woels (2020-11-02). ""SONGSCHREIBEN IST FÜR MICH DAS SCHÖNSTE VON ALLEM." – OSKA IM MICA-INTERVIEW" (in German). mica - music austria. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
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  7. ^ "Waves Vienna - XA - Export Award". www.wavesvienna.com. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  8. ^ "22. Amadeus Awards: Josh und RAF Camora unter den Genre-Gewinnern" (in de-AT). DER STANDARD. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  9. ^ "OSKA wins the Music Moves Europe Award 2023". JAM MUSIC LAB Private University. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  10. ^ NÖN editorial, NÖN Redaktion (19 November 2024). "Der NÖN-Leopold 2024: Das sind die Gewinner". NOEN. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Das waren die Amadeus Awards 2025 - AKM/austro mechana" (in German). www.akm.at. 2025-03-10. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
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  20. ^ "Tickets - Kunstforum Wien". Retrieved 2025-03-24.