July 2022.
André’s mystery guest
in the July concerts 2022.
Dorona Alberti
Read the article about her in the
Limburg paper.
She is amazing!
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down the page.
July 2022.
Newspaper article about the
youngest member of the
orchestra:
Joline Soomers
She is a member of the
ensemble “VerrasSing” as well.
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July 24, 2022.
Very nice article from the
Limburg Paper about
Gosia Tarnowski
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July 26, 2022.
Efteling news:
Pierre became a member of the
Efteling’s foundation board.
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July 28. 2022.
Interview with Pierre Rieu
about the Vrijthof concerts.
from: “The Limburger”.
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July 2nd, 2022.
From a supplement of
“The Limburger”:
André Rieu
Boundlessly Popular.
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July 31, 2022.
NPO1, AVROTROS (Dutch TV) broadcast a
Documentary about the special bond
which violinist André Rieu has with the
Dutch royal family.
The documentary “Rieu & De Oranjes” (Family
name of the Dutch royal Family) consists of a
compilation of concert pieces, interspersed with
the violinist's personal memories
of those meetings.
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August 1, 2022.
Interview Limburg TV: L1.
Rieu looks back on 15
successful Vrijthof
concerts in July 2022.
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to watch the interview.
August 3, 2022. The Limburger:
Warning about Fake tickets.
Rieu sounds the alarm about invalid concert tickets
on buyer’s sites.
The sale for the Vrijthof concerts 2023 will not
start until the second week of September 2022!
“All we can do is keep informing that you should only buy
our tickets through official channels. In our case via our
own website www.andrerieu.com. If you find the word
"advertisement" above your search engine address, that's
an indication to start ringing the alarm bells!!!"
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July and August 2022
André Rieu announced fifth
Christmas concert on Sunday
December 11th, at 3 pm.
in a funny way, and so “not-André”…
In the meantime: 5 Christmas concerts
in the MECC, December 2022.
August 14, 2022.
André Rieu baptizes his rose
on the rose festival in Lottum.
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August 13, 2022.
Jet set photographer
William Rutten added a
portray of André Rieu to his
photo exhibition.
William told his story in
“Shownieuws”.
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September 5, 2022.
Golden oldie:
We look back on a special Gala concert
in 1998 for the winners of the National
Postcode Lottery.
On this occasion a limited edition of a pop-up
booklet was released as a present for the
audience. Ruud and Ineke found it very
interesting and valuable to share with you.
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September 9th 2022.
The whole world is in mourning because of the
death of Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 8, 2022,
at the age of 96. She was a great queen who served her
country for 70 years, the longest serving monarch ever. at
the age of 96. She was a great queen who served her
country for 70 years, the longest serving monarch ever.
Andr
é Rieu posted a tribute on Facebook and we have a
link to 2016 when he composed the Windsor Waltz for her
90th birthday and other nice video clips.
Click on the picture for the tribute and click HERE
for the Windsor Waltz in 2016.
October 1st 2022
Congratulations on your
73rd birthday, dear
Maestro!
Happy birthday! Successful
touring through Germany,
South America, Israel.
and Portugal.
We see you in November in
Vienna and at Christmas in
Maastricht! Ruud and Ineke.
September /October 2022.
Touring South America!!
Uruquay for the first time.
Chile and Argentina.
Click on the picture to watch a video
of “Libertango” with the amazing Tango
dancers Lola Gutierrez Rey
and Emmanuel Marin.
October 30, 2022.
André Rieu presenting the
Great Maastricht Dialect Dictation.
A spelling contest for the Maastricht dialect,
organized by Veldeke Krink, in the MECC.
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November 7, 2022.
Our Maastricht friend Jean Raemaekers
found another “Golden Oldie” on the Internet,
which we like to share with you.
Two Andrés performing in 1995, on the
occasion of the 5th anniversary of the
Dutch Zip Code Lottery.
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November 7, 2022
Croatia:
Zagreb Arena
A journalist and a producer of the Croatian
weekly women’s magazine “Gloria” attended
the Maastricht concerts in July 2022.
André was planning a concert in Zagreb, the
capital of Croatia. Currently André Rieu
announced the concert on Nov. 25, 2022,
and the journalist published a nice interview.
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November 8, 2022
Article from the Limburger:
André Rieu now also has his own shell:
a 66.1 million year old fossil from the
Maastricht ENCI quarry got his name.
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November 8, 2022
In Memoriam: Pierre Kartner, 87, NL.
(artist name: Father Abraham).
Pierre Kartner composed world famous hits like
“The Red Rose Café” and the “Smurf Song”.
The Café where Pierre got the idea for his song,
was “ ‘t Schippershuis” in the town of Hoorn. In
2002 André recorded the song and both met (with
the entire orchestra) in Hoorn, to celebrate.
In 2012 Pierre was the guest in André’s Vrijthof
concerts. At that time there were a lot of Smurfs in
Maastricht!!
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November 2022.
New violinist
in the Johann Strauss Orchestra:
Serena Vanheuverswijn.
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November 19, 2022.
Two Vienna concerts 2022,
After a delay of two years, Ruud and
Ineke attended the Vienna concerts on
November 16 and 17, 2022.
Recently our Maastricht friends Jean and Marie-
Jeanne surprised us with finding a YouTube video
of "the making of Schönbrunn Vienna" in 2006. We
had never seen it before and it blew us away. We
added the video and 2 photos of 2006.
Click on the picture. (photo by Gunilla Burlin)
December 4, 2022.
André Rieu and the Johann
Strauss Orchestra,
nominated for being
the World's Largest Private
Orchestra,
by the WORLD RECORD
ACADEMY.
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to read the announcement.
Privé/Telegraaf, December 1st 2022.
“This was a year to never forget”
“We are completely back after the pandemic.
How we enjoyed it again, especially in the
Netherlands this summer," says the waltz
king in an exclusive interview with Privé, in
which he looks back on an exciting 2022.
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December 5, 2022.
Dutch TV, AvroTros, NPO 1.
Ivo on Sunday.
Ivo Niehe interviews André
about his Sunday morning
experiences.
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December 7, 2022.
During the entire month of December
2022 André is in the picture on Dutch TV.
To our great pleasure, the episodes of the
long awaited new soap series were also
broadcast.
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December 10, 2022
Christmas in the
MECC in Maastricht.
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