violin, piano, bells (page 11).
Frank on Facebook: On June 15, 1994, exactly thirty years ago today, everyone thought I was crazy: I
gave up my secure job at the music school to sign an uncertain contract with a Maastricht artist, with the
only guarantee that he had resolved to conquer the world with him.
The rest, as they say, is history. Literal. Let's try to list everything: about 3,600 concerts (and the same
number of times the Radetzky March and Blue Danube) played for a live audience of more than
25,000,000 people. Celebrated world tours with the Mobile Carillon that was specially designed for this
purpose. I wrote out 400 arrangements and compositions, and drove about 450,000 km up and down
myself to combine everything with my beloved carillons.
But above all, I enjoyed it a lot! Seeing happy people enjoying music, evening after evening, seeing
miracles happen (people jumping out of their wheelchairs to their own surprise) and occasionally seeing
world peace develop between thousands of completely different people, but connected by music.
Made lifelong friendships and met Madieke, the love of my life. And this is just the beginning because as
Andre just said: On to the next thirty years! We're going to experience it. Thank you André, we keep
going!!
Frank and Madieke in Oslo, June 2024.
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