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On January 2nd, 2008, Ruud, Ineke (from Holland) and Anne Buch (from Denmark) travelled by high speed train to Cologne
(Germany), for the New Years concert. Gemma and Nand (from Belgium) joined us too.
What a great way to start the new year!
For all who have been and for all those who could not be there, please see our video impression of the premiere of André Rieu's "World Stadium Tour" in the Rogers center in Toronto. (click on the picture above to see the video)
Alice Leung (from Vancouver, Canada) sent
us her video of the Toronto concerts, to
share with all the fans around the world.
Click on the picture to the left to see her
video impression.
Again a testimony that sitting a bit further
back from the Schönbrunn stage is not all
that bad.
Thank you Alice!
On January 11th 2008 André appeared in the German talk show "Tietjen and Dibaba" as broadcast by the NDR. He looks back on the Toronto concerts and gives a violin lesson to one of the other guests in the
program. . . Click on the picture to the right to see this program.
André and three other guests are interviewed in a Dutch TV program, about Faith, Hope and Charity and about passion for what they do.
Click on the picture to the left to see this interview.
Benny Neijman unfortunately has left us.
Benny Neijman was a well known and popular Dutch singer.
André fans learned to know him when he
performed with André and the JSO on the
first Vrijthof concert in 2005.
Click on the picture to the right to see a
video of Benny singing with Pierre Kartner
and his performance with André Rieu.
On February 13th, 2008 André appeared on the Belgium TV in the late night talk show "De Laatste Show" (The Last Show).
An interview in a very friendly atmosphere.
Click on the picture to the left to see this video.
On Friday February 29, 2008, André appeared in the German talk show "Riverboat" from the MDR (Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk).
Click on the picture to the right to see this interview.
On Thursday March 13, 2008 there was a small item on André in the daily gossip
program "Boulevard", as broadcast by the Dutch RTL4.
March 20th 2008: two interviews on one day!! First André appeared in the Belgian TV program "De Rode Loper" (the Red
Carpet), presented by Katja Retsin.
Later on that day André and Pierre appeared in "De Wereld Draait Door"
(DWDD) on the Dutch TV. This show is presented by Matthijs van Nieuwkerk.
Click on one of the pictures to the right to see these interviews.
On March 15th, 2008 we visited theater Carré in Amsterdam to see André Rieu appearing as the special guest in Ivo Niehe's theater show. Selections of this short 1 hour performance and a lengthy interview with André were shown in the "TV SHOW presented by the same Ivo Niehe.
Click on the picture to the left to see this definitive interview with André.
Two interviews of Leo Schofield channel with André Rieu. One of the video's start with some Two interviews of Leo Schofield
beautiful pictures of Maastricht. And I have added a bonus video...
Click on the picture to the right to see these video's.
The tulips in our garden are in full bloom at this moment. The Johann Strauss tulips are already gone, but now the André Rieu tulips are out! Click on André's picture to see the slide show.
Alice Leung sent us her video impression of the Ottawa concert, May 17th 2008.
Vasilia Fasoula sent us two short videoclips of Atlantic City concert, May 25th 2008.
Click on the picture to the right to see these videos.
From Jann in Australia we received these two interviews with André, broadcast by Channel Nine.
Click on the picture to the left to see the interviews.
Last year André Rieu and the JSO recorded the Wonderland DVD in the fairytale park "The Efteling" in The Netherlands. In the past months we received some questions about this park. For those who are interested, we have created a walk through the park, passing all the places you can see in the DVD.
Click on one of the pictures above to get to the walk.
Biking around the St. Pietersberg near Maastricht.
In the past two years you could find two walks in and around Maastricht on this site.
The original Maastricht walks have now been split into two separate documents, to make them more manageable.
We have also added a new walk/bike trip to the vineyards near Maastricht.
This is a fully level trip (everything is flat in Holland....)
Click on the picture of Chateau Neercanne (which you will see on this trip)
to bring you to the page with the walks/trips.
Want to know your fellow André Rieu fans? Want to see faces to all those names in the guest books?
Ineke made a FIRST FAN PHOTO SHOW with portraits of many André fans. We now start realizing how many fans we already know!
Watch-out for part two after the Amsterdam / Maastricht concerts!
Here comes an additional interview with André.
Kerri-Anne talks with him about his new CD with Mirusia.
Who is this handsomely dressed guy to the right of André?
Click on the picture to the right to see this interview.
Maastricht 2008, the concert!
Want to know your fellow André Rieu fans? Want to see faces to all those names in the guest books?
Ineke made a SECOND FAN PHOTO SHOW with portraits of many more fans we have met in Amsterdam and Maastricht.
Click on the picture to the left to see this second slide show.
On Thursday July 3rd, André surprised us with free entrance for the dress rehearsal. It was fun to see him at work. All intros to the various pieces were done in German. The concert was recorded by the German television (ZDF) and during the real concerts he wanted to do the intros in Maastricht dialect. Sometimes only the first few notes of a piece were played ("you have not paid for this concert" he said).
Click on the picture above to see the highlights of this concert.
JSO orchestra members?
To find out who-is-who, Ineke created a new photo show, this time with pictures of the JSO members.
Click on the picture to the right to see all those well known faces.
Two top performers are dominating the Australian charts and coming to Australia!
Tara Brown speaks with André Rieu in Maastricht and to Andrea Bocelli in his Italian home.
Click on the picture to the right to see these interviews.
The German ZDF and Dutch TROS now have shown (parts of) the Maastricht 2008 concert on television. As rumours go, this concert
will soon appear on a DVD. Click on the picture to the right to see some of the highlights of this concert.
The Maastricht 2008 concert from a different perspective.
A weekend full of music by André Rieu, but much more, the fan activities which happen during this weekend as well. The Fan dinner on Friday evening and the Fan picnic on Saturday. If you want to know why the "hardcore" fans move forward at the tune of the "Radetzky March" (which is often the end of the official program), then click on the picture above to see why.
Just before André starts his "Romantic Viennese Night" tour in five big cities in Australia, (November - December 2008) we
are happy to present our THIRD FAN PHOTO SHOW. This slide show is dominated by Australian fans. Take a look and learn to know the Aussie fan friends.
Click on the picture to the left to see this show!
André has had a few busy days!
On October 23, 2008 he participated in the talk show of Johannes B. Kerner and on October 27, 2008 André and the JSO appeared in the Carmen Nebel show.
Both programs were broadcast by the German TV channel ZDF.
Click on the pictures above to see the videos and to discover why André has no hair....
On October 29th, 2008, the German TV company ZDF broadcast the program "Ich tanze mit dir in den Himmel hinein".
We expect this program to be released by André on DVD soon.
Click on the picture to the left to see some of the highlights of this program.
On November 7th, 2008 the Dutch broadcast company TROS showed the second of three new André Road Soaps:
"André on his way to Australia".
Click on the picure to the left to see this new episode.
The soap series "On his way to Australia" was broadcast by the Dutch broadcaster TROS.
Fun with Harley Davidson motor bikes, but after some show-off, Ruud will sleep on the coach tonight...
Click on the picture to the right to see this episode
Reviews of the Australia concerts cannot only been seen in Australia!
On Sunday November 16th, the local Limburg TV station L1 aired an impression of the Melbourne concerts.
Jo Cortenraedt gives us a glimpse behind the scenes of these concerts.
Click on the picture to the left to see this video.
Broadcast on Dutch TV:
The making of the Schönbrunn decor!
We have gone on a holiday to Australia.
Two concerts in Sydney and then chasing
the kangaroos and koalas, and ending up
in Melbourne.
We did not want to leave you empty handed, so we have prepared a little surprise for you.
Click on the picture of the stamp to the left to see this surprise.
(some of you have already received our Christmas card, but with a slightly different stamp...)
The Fourth Fan Photo Show!
Melbourne concert, the highlights!
On Friday November 21, 2008 the Dutch broadcast company TROS showed the Melbourne concert, only 6 days after this concert was recorded! André's crew performed miracles to create this program/DVD in only 3 days!
Things go fast, this DVD can already be ordered from André's Boutique!
So no rest for us on our holiday as well ;-)
Click on the picture to the right to see the
Melbourne highlights!
This is our fourth fan photo show, showing a lot of new Australian fans. The slide show also contains some gorgeous holiday impressions, fan get togethers and Aussie wildlife.
Click on the picture to the left to see the new -and all previous- Fan photo show(s).
Shortly after André returned from his trip to Australia, he and Pierre appeared in a number of talk shows on the Dutch TV.
Please click on the picture to the right to see these interviews.
On the evening of December 26, 2008 (2nd Christmas day in Holland), André and Pierre appeared in the program "From Maastricht
to Melbourne" on the Limburg TV station L1.
Interviewer Jo Cortenraedt talks with them about the highlights in 2008.
Click on the picture to the right to see this interview.
Nov./Dec. 2008 we spent our holiday in Australia. Among visiting fan friends, we attended two concerts in Sydney and afterwards we toured for two weeks with a campervan from Sydney to Melbourne.
Click on the picture to the right to see our story.
In November 2008, André and the JSO appeared in a number of TV shows and interviews in Australia.
Margaret (aka "Mother Superior") has sent us a DVD with all these programs.
Click on the picture to the left and enjoy these programs.
Desirée Regina -an Australian André fan and singer from Dutch origin- has created a professional looking video clip "Ode to
André". She got many people involved, the local fire brigade, a group of surfers, see for yourself! Click on the picture to the right, this will bring you to Desirée's website where you can see the video and many background pictures. Desirée's desire: to sing with André and the JSO.
Interview by Ivo Niehe with André, Pierre and Mirusia , after the Melbourne concert 2008.
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