Mezzo-soprano Tania Kross was born in Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles in 1976. She was a member of the opera class at the Conservatory in Utrecht, studied voice with Henny Yana Diemer, and worked with producer Monique Wagemakers. She has taken part in master classes with Dawn Upshaw, Sarah Walker, and Christa Ludwig. In recent years Tania Kross has been awarded various important prizes: a first prize by the Stichting Jong Muziektalent Nederland, first prize in the Cristina Deutekom Concours 2000, an incentive prize in the Rosa Ponselle International Competition for Vocal Arts (New York), and the NPS Cultuur Prijs 2000. Tania Kross was given the honor to represent The Netherlands in the 2003 BBC Singer of the World Contest in Cardiff, and set a mark with her interpretations of the arias of Ottavia and Sesto. Tania Kross has performed in several opera productions; her roles include Baba in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress, Siébel in Gounod's Faust, Zita in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, and the title role in Bizet's Carmen, a production directed by Pierre Audi.

During the 2002-04 season Tania Kross was an ensemble member at the Staatsoper in Hanover, singing among others Cherubino (in Mozart's Le nozze de Figaro), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly by Puccini), Sesto in Handel's Giulio Cesare, Hänsel in Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel, and Rosina in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia. From 2004 onwards Tania Kross will be a guest singer in Hanover. With the Nationale Reisopera Tania Kross has sung Flora in Verdi's La Traviata and Suzuki in Puccini's Madama Butterfly. This spring Tania will sing Baba the Turk in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress. Next season Tania will make her debut at De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam as Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana, a new production conducted by Carlo Rizzi and directed by Guy Joosten.

In May 2006 Tania Kross will release her first CD with Universal Records (Decca/Deutsche Grammofon/Philips). Tania will be presenting composers such as Montsalvatge, Granados, Braga, Obradors, and Joaquin Nin, whose work contributed to the musical melting pot of the Antilles, which in turn influenced the music of most of the Caribbean.