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The name Rieu is of French Huguenot origin, though both of Rieu's parents were Roman Catholic. [3] André was born to Andries Antonie Rieu and is the third of six children. [2] [4] Rieu's father was conductor of the Maastricht Symphony Orchestra. Showing early promise, André began studying violin at the age of five.
Emma Kok (born 12 March 2008) [1] [2] is a Dutch singer. She rose to prominence in 2021 after winning the tenth season of The Voice Kids.In 2023, her performance of "Voilà" with André Rieu and the Johann Strauss Orchestra went viral, amassing nearly 80 million views on YouTube.
She has been touring with Rieu since 2007 as his star soprano. [7] [8] She is of Dutch descent and can speak Dutch fluently. In April 2008, Rieu and Louwerse released the album Waltzing Matilda. The album peaked at number 1 on the ARIA Charts, was certified platinum and became the 20th best selling album in Australia in 2008. [9]
Amira Willighagen was born in Nijmegen to a Dutch father and a South African mother whose mother tongue is Afrikaans. [3] She grew up surrounded by classical music. At the age of seven, during a holiday in the United Kingdom, she heard the aria "Nessun dorma", performed by Luciano Pavarotti. [4]
Jacob van Campen (1596–1657), Dutch Golden Age architect; Pierre Cuypers (1827–1921) Willem Marinus Dudok (1884–1974) Aldo van Eyck (1918–1999) Lieven de Key (1560–1627), renaissance architect; Hendrick de Keyser (1565–1621), sculptor and architect; Rem Koolhaas (born 1944) Jacobus Oud (1890–1963) Satyendra Pakhale (born 1967)
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Carmen Monarcha (born August 27, 1979 in Belém, Pará) is a Brazilian soprano. [1] [2]Born into an artistic family in northern Brazil, her father is a writer and her mother, Marina Monarcha, a renowned Brazilian singer.
The group has served as the vehicle for Rieu's increasingly ambitious ideas since its founding. [3] In 1987 André renamed the MSO as the Johann Strauss Orchestra to emphasise waltz music. [2] On the occasion of Rieu's first concert with the orchestra, on January 1, 1988, there were 12 musicians.