MAYA HAKVOORT & LUKAS PERMAN
Musical Classics

Maya Hakvoortborn in the Netherlands, trained at the Maastricht Conservatory at the cabaret academy and drama school "De Trap" in Amsterdam. She celebrated her breakthrough in Austria in 1994 as "Elisabeth" in the musical of the same name, which she performed over 1000 times in Vienna, Trieste, Osaka, Tokyo and in front of Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna.

She has played numerous leading roles in productions such as Chicago, Les Misérables, Gaudí, Catharine, Blood Brothers, Aspects of Love, The Three Musketeers, Jekyll & Hyde, Evita, High Society, Kiss me Kate, Victor/Victoria, Rebecca, Love Never Dies, Sunset Boulevard, Cats, Next to Normal, Don Camillo & Peppone, Little Me, Carrie, Anatevka, Into the Woods, Cabaret. She can currently be seen in Sunset Boulevard at the Landestheater in Innsbruck.

Since 2004, she has been producing her solo programs, the concert series "Voices of Musical" and her musical productions "Next to Normal", "Blood Brothers" and "Into the Woods" with her company MHMP. She is currently also on tour with the concerts: "The Music of Bond", "Voices of Musical - Hollywood 2.0 " and "Maya Hakvoort "Soundtracks of my life".

In April 2024, she celebrated with "Maya Hakvoort in Concert honoring Barbra Streisand" premiere and can be seen with this program on an ongoing basis. Since May 2024 she has been singing Lady Macbeth in the new musical Lady M. in Shanghai.

From October 3, 2025, she can be seen in the musical "Wicked", followed by "The Sound of Music" in February 2026 at the Stadttheater in Baden. On September 19, 2026, she will celebrate her birthday on stage at the Globe Vienna with friends and colleagues.

Maya was awarded the Golden Medal of Merit of the Republic of Austriathe Grand Decoration of Honor for Services to the Province of Lower Austriathe Golden Rathausmann of the City of Vienna and in 2023 was awarded the Austrian Music Theater Prize 2023 for "Best Musical Performance".

In February 2025, Maya Hakvoort became the first European woman to receive the Shanghai Magnolia Stage Performance Award in the category "Best leading role" for her outstanding interpretation of the title role in "Lady M."

Lukas Perman studied acting, singing and dance at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK) and graduated with honors. In 2002, he took part in the casting show organized by ORF Starmania and was one of the twelve finalists. This was followed in 2003 by an engagement at the Theater an der Wien for the musical production Elisabeth. He then played the title role in the German-language premiere of the musical Romeo and Juliet at the Raimund Theater in Vienna. In 2007, the musical production Elisabeth (in German) with the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien on a ten-week tour of Japan. In the following years, Lukas Perman was almost exclusively engaged for productions and concerts in Japan. In 2008 he played in the Japanese version of Maurey Yeston's Phantom the role of Philip de Chandon in Japanese. After his return to Vienna, he was engaged by the Vienna Volksoper as Freddy in My fair lady. From 2009 to 2011, he was Alfred in the new Viennese version of Dance of the Vampires at the Ronacher in Vienna. In 2012, he released the CD "Luft und Liebe" together with Marjan Shaki (as the duo Marjan & Lukas). In 2013, Perman appeared in the eighth season of Dancing Stars and came third as a finalist. From June 2013 to January 2014, he returned to musicals and played in Elisabeth once again played Crown Prince Rudolf at the Raimund Theater. In 2017 he played in I am from Austria the Josi Edler. In 2019, he returned in the role of Dr. Roger Fleuriot in the play My sister and I returned to the Vienna Volksoper. Perman has acted as a presenter at various concerts and events, for example at Musicalstars in the Römersteinbruch St. Margarethen, as well as on TV in the ORF programs Licht ins Dunkel, Wir spielen für Österreich and Stimmen für den Frieden.