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. 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. In August 2024 she will appear as the opening act for Coldplay in Vienna's Ernst-Happel-Stadion for four days.
Personal life Oska grew up with her four older siblings in Rastenfeld, Lower Austria (Krems-Land District). The inspiration for her stage name came from her eldest brother "Oskar", with whom she also wrote her first song. She taught herself to play the guitar in her youth.
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
2020: XA – Export Award at Waves Vienna 2022: Tonstudiopreis „Best Sound“ at the Amadeus Austrian Music Awards for „Honeymoon Phase“ 2023: Music Moves Europe Award (MME) 2024: NÖN-Leopold in the category "Kultur" 2025: Amadeus Awards 2025: award in the category Alternative
Tours
Headlining
Forever Blue Tour +DateCityCountryVenueOpener202426. September 2024SalzburgAustriaArgekulturDoppelfinger27. September 2024DornbirnSpielboden28. September 2024VöcklabruckOKH3. October 2024Waidhofen an der YbbsPlenkersaal4. October 2024InnsbruckDie Bäckerei5. October 2024LinzPosthof10. October 2024St. PöltenBühne im Hof11. October 2024KlagenfurtKammerlichspiele12. October 2024GrazOrpheum Extra14. October 2024PragueCzech RepublicCross Club15. October 2024 (cancelled, due to illness)WarsawPolandBardzo Bardzo16. October 2024BerlinGermanyPrivatclub18. October 2024CopenhagenDenmarkVega (Ideal Bar)19. October 2024FlensburgGermanyKühlhaus21. October 2024AmsterdamNetherlandsParadiso22. October 2024GroningenLutherse Kerk23. October 2024CologneGermanyJaki26. October 2024LondonUnited KingdomThe Courtyard Theatre27. October 2024ParisFranceSupersonic Records28. October 2024BrusselsBelgiumContinental30. October 2024ZurichSwitzerlandPapiersaal31. October 2024MunichGermanyStrom1. November 2024DresdenClub Puschkin22. November 2024KremsAustriaKino im Kesselhaus23. November 2024MistelbachKronen Kino22. April 2025ViennaKonzerthaus
Refined Believer Tour DateCityCountryVenueOpener202522. Mai 2025ViennaAustriaBank Austria Kunstforumnicht bekannt11. July 2025GmundenSalzkammergut Festwochen12. July 2025FeldkirchPoolbar Festival21. November 2025BerlinGermanyPrachtwerk23. November 2025HamburgNochtwache26. November 2025HannoverKulturzentrum Pavillon27. November 2025AmsterdamNetherlandsCinetol12. March 2026SalzburgAustriaArgekultur13. March 2026MunichGermanyMilla19. March 2026LinzAustriaPosthof20. March 2026DornbirnSpielboden21. March 2026GrazOrpheum22. May 2026ViennaArena
External links
official website of OSKA Oska on Discogs Oska on Instagram
References