Showing posts with label Andre Rieu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Andre Rieu. Show all posts
Monday, October 31, 2022
André Rieu - Nearer, My God, to Thee (live in Amsterdam)
Monday, August 29, 2022
Thursday, December 5, 2019
André Rieu donates £360k to provide music lessons for 1,000 children
2 December 2019, 16:55
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The Dutch violinist made the generous donation to a youth foundation, which provides music lessons for children whose families can’t afford them
has donated €425,000 (£360,000) to provide music lessons for 1,000 children living in his hometown in the Netherlands.
The Dutch and conductor donated the money to Jeugdfonds Cultuur Limburg, a culture and youth foundation in the province of Limburg.
With music increasingly disappearing from schools, Rieu says, children today are learning to make music far less than before.
“I would like to give these children the pleasure of making music,” said the maestro. “My orchestra members and I know how much fun it is to make music every day, and to make millions of people happy with music night after night.”
“We were all given the chance to have music lessons since our childhood and were fortunate to learn how to play an instrument,” he continued.
“So, we may understand better than anyone else what it means if you do not get that chance to be involved with music as a child.”
According to Jeugdfonds Cultuur Limburg, it costs €425 (£365) to provide one child with music lessons for a year. The foundation plans to use its recent generous donation to open an ‘André Rieu Fund’, which they hope to use to draw more sponsors.
Earlier this year, Rieu offered to , which were taken from an orchestra for the mentally disabled. He said: “My heart broke when I read [the news]. I want them to be able to perform again very soon.”
Thursday, June 20, 2019
Andre Rieu replaces instruments ...
... stolen from disabled musicians:
‘My heart broke’
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The Dutch violinist has vowed to reimburse an orchestra for the mentally disabled, whose trailer full of instruments was stolen in the early hours of Thursday morning.
has pledged to replace 20,000 euros of musical instruments, which were stolen from an orchestra of musicians with mental disabilities.
The instruments, which belonged to the Haarlem brass band ‘Happy with Music’, were stolen in the early hours of Thursday 13 June, along with the band’s trailer.
The chairman of the band, Juria van der Lubbe, told Dutch newspaper the : “Seventeen years of work is in it. Sponsor promotions, the VriendenLoterij, the local Vomar. All these years they have contributed bit by bit to all instruments. That is gone in one fell swoop.”
After reading about their story, Dutch violinist and maestro André Rieu decided to step in.
He said: “My heart broke when I read on the Telegraaf website that this group of musicians had been robbed of all their instruments. I want them to be able to perform again very soon.
Van der Lubbe described the news as “fantastic” and “almost unbelievable”.
She told : “What a lovely man that he is going to do this for our brass band. I am completely confused.”
Last year, Rieu pledged 700 tons of steel towards the restoration of , following the fire which devastated the 850-year-old cathedral in April.
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Monday, December 22, 2014
Andre Rieu Plays Live at Wembley Arena
The King of The Waltz made a triumphant return to London to bring his show to Wembley Arena.
André Rieu live at Wembley Arena
Andre Rieu takes the applause during his festive show at Wembley Arena.
Monday, December 17, 2012
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