APRIL 2009 BIRTHDAYS
Happy April Birthday from
André Rieu Fans and Friends
April 1 Grayeme Bone
April 11 Lin Jong
April 15 Raie Leed
April 20 Elaine Burch
April 21 Iris Schilling
When is your Birthday? Please let us know so that we may wish you a very Happy Birthday by posting on our main page.
A Big Happy Birthday to our great Aussie Moderator - Grayeme!!
May you have many more and I hope your day is wonderful and full of music and love. Big Hug
Happy Birthday wishes to all the April birthdays. Have a wonderful day on this your special day.
Love Grace
xxoo
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRAYEME
This may be April Fool's Day but you are nobody's fool!
Happy Birthday GRAYEME
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy birthday Grayeme!
Good health and lots of fun this coming year!
HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY WISHES GRAYEME ~ May your day be filled with much happiness, lot's of good wishes, and happiness to last a life time. Enjoy your cake.
(fancy cupcakes!)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM ME TOO GRAYEME - A DAY LATE FOR US DOWN HERE BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS CELEBRATE TWICE! MANY HAPPY RETURNS.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRAYEME!!
I know that I’m late, but my wishes are
The same…wishing you a WONDERFUL
Birthday this 1st day of April!
My father was born on April 1st too. It’s
A special day for sure.
I hope you celebrated in a big way!
My sincerest wishes are that you had a fantastic
Day with family and friends.
Thank you for all you do Grayeme, you are
A very nice person and I’m happy to know you!
Thank You to all for the Birthday Wishes.
What a great bunch of "Friends" I have.
Happy birthday Grayeme. Although a few days late, we hope your day was an extremely happy and enjoyable one. Our daughter's birthday is today, 4th April and she turns 30. She is our youngest child and it makes me feel old, knowing my baby is now 30 years of age.
Happy Birthday Grayeme,
Your Aussie contributions are a BIG addition to this website. Everyone wants to know everything going on in OZ & you provide that info.
I hope your birthday is filled with memories.
Sincerely,
Bill in Arizona
P.S. Looking forward to 23 June 2009 & Andre's next concert here in Phoenix
I SEND YOU VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES LIN JONG!
THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC ALWAYS!!
I WISH FOR YOU TO HAVE A VERY HAPPY DAY!
CELEBRATE WITH FRIENDS, FAMILY AND
MAY ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE!
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I wish you happiness and joy
Happy Belated Birthday Lin Jong!
I did wish you a happy birthday in plenty of time
however, I do believe that cyberspace ate it up!
Sorry this comes to you late, however, I hope you
had a wonderful day and I hope your new year is
filled with happiness always. Thanks for the music!!
Wishing Lin Jong a very Happy Birthday
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIN
XXOO CONSTANCE
BE HAPPY, HAVE FUN, ENJOY YOUR DAY !
Happy Birthday Raie Leed!!
I hope you have a wonderful day.
May it be blessed with much happiness,
family, friends and André's beautiful music!
Thank you so much Marlene for your birthday wishes to Raie. She was so thrilled. We had a lovely celebration, and she was so touched to think that people from overseas could send her greetings via the computer. Bless you, Heather
A Happy 90th Birthday to Raie Leed, may you still be enjoying Andre's music for many years to come. Have a wonderful day,from all your friends
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAIE
I'm wishing you joy,love, laughter
beautiful music & lots of fun
on this anniversary of your birth.
I think you are really just 18 with 72 years experience.
On Raie's behalf, thank you for your beautiful greetings. Especially the 18 years young, and 72 years experience and smiley face. Raie had a lovely birthday, but the highlight was the greetings from Andre's fans, and from moderators Grayeme, and Sally. Bless you!
Hi Heather, actually Thanks should go to you for being the Kind and Caring person you are, to help Raie have such a special day.
Glad to know our little surprises made a hit.
Heureux anniversaire LIN JONG et joyeuses Paques,merci pour votre talent
Belated Happy Birthday Lin
I believe you are home with Oscar, Lisa & Ruud at this time.....which means your birthday was doubly happy.
I am looking forward to seeing & hearing you, Ruud, the rest of the JSO, & of course, Andre on 23 June 2009 here in Phoenix, Arizona......it will be the 4th time I heard you play, all here in Phoenix
Really Belated Grayeme, our famous Aussie Moderator.
On April Fools day, truly a day to be remembered. You have added soooo much to our website, I & others eagerly look forward to your continued active participation on this blog/website
Moderator Bill in Arizona
P.S. Eagerly anticipating my 4th concert coming up on 23 June 2009 here in Phoenix
Happy 90th Birthday to Raie Leed
Congratulations on this milestone.
Remember, there are certain perks to reaching this age.
1. kidnappers are not very interested in you.
2. In a hostage situation you are likely to be released first.
3. No one expects you to run anywhere.
4. There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
5. Things you buy now won't wear out.
6.Your eyes won't get much worse.
7. Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either.
Happy Birthday to Raie Leed. She is 90 today!! Hope you have many more and have a beautiful day with lots of love and family and music around you. Big Hugs to you
Thank you to Prudence, Moderator Jeannie, and Moderator Piano on Raie's behalf.Prudence, she loved the "perks to reaching the milestone", we had a good giggle! Moderator Piano, I hope you have a new cable, Raie had the same problem, but it was the phone cable that was chewed! Raie sends her love to all, and wishes all the other Birthday fans a very Happy Birthday, with lots of music, love, and good friends and family.
elaine burch birthday is april 20, i will be 63 years young. happy birthday to all april fans and members of the jso. elaine burch
A Most Happy Birthday to sweet Elaine Burch on the 20th. I hope your day is perfect and beautiful and that your concert in June is everything you want it to be. Big Hugs to you.
Piano, you picked the perfect graphic for Iris's birthday. She plays the violin. I know her from MySpace.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELAINE BURCH
hoping you have a wonderful day.
Remember, the secret to life is never quit living.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELAINE. MAY TODAY BE FILLED WITH JOY AND HAPPINESS.
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELAINE
HOPE YOUR DAY AND YEAR IS WONDERFUL
XXOO CONSTANCE
Happy Birthday Elaine!
I hope you have a wonderful day!
Just play lots of André music and
be happy in knowing that you will be
seeing André very soon! J
Happy Birthday wishes for you Iris!
Have a very happy day filled with
Everything your heart desires!!
Happy Birthday Iris
May your day be filled with love.
You are now one year wiser
Cherish the day for the gifts it will bring.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY IRIS.
MAY THE YEAR BRING YOU HEALTH & HAPPINESS!
I think this cute girl with the big pretty eyes looks like Iris! ha.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRANZ LEHAR!!
Franz Lehár, circa 1920Franz Lehár (30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948), known in Hungarian as Lehár Ferenc, was an Austrian composer of Hungarian descent, mainly known for his operettas.
Biography
Lehár was born in the northern part of Komárom, Austria–Hungary (now Komárno in Slovakia) as the eldest son of a bandmaster in the Infantry Regiment No. 50 of the Austro-Hungarian Army. While his younger brother Anton entered cadet school in Vienna to become a professional officer, Franz studied violin and composition at the Prague Conservatory, where his violin teacher was Antonín Bennewitz, but was advised by Antonín Dvořák to focus on composing music. After graduation in 1899 he joined his father's band in Vienna, as assistant bandmaster. In 1902 he became conductor at the historic Vienna Theater an der Wien, where his first opera Wiener Frauen was performed in November of that year.
Signature He is most famous for his operettas – the most successful of which is The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) – but he also wrote sonatas, symphonic poems, marches, and a number of waltzes (the most popular being Gold und Silber, composed for Princess Metternich's "Gold and Silver" Ball, January 1902), some of which were drawn from his famous operettas. Individual songs from some of the operettas have become standards, notably "Vilja" from The Merry Widow and "You Are My Heart's Delight" ("Dein ist mein ganzes Herz") from The Land of Smiles.
Lehár was also associated with the operatic tenor Richard Tauber, who sang in many of his operettas, beginning with Frasquita (1922), in which Lehár once again found a suitable post-war style. Between 1925 and 1934 he wrote six operettas specifically for Tauber's voice.
By 1935 he decided to form his own publishing house, Glocken-Verlag (“Publishing House of the Bells”), to maximize his personal control over performance rights to his works.
He died in 1948 in Bad Ischl, near Salzburg where he was also buried. His younger brother Anton became the administrator of his estate, promoting the popularity of Franz Lehár's music.
KATI
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ~~ Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky
Birth: Apr. 25, 1840
Death: Oct. 25, 1893
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Composer. Born in Kama-Votkinsk, Vyatka Guberniya in the Ural Mountains of Russia, he began piano studies at age five and before he was ten could read and write French and German. In 1850 he was sent to the St. Petersburg School of Jurisprudence, and after graduation he was appointed as a clerk in the Ministry of Justice. In 1862 he resigned and enrolled the newly founded Saint Petersburg Conservatory, he would remain with the Conservatory as student and teacher for almost sixteen years. His first symphony, "Winter Daydreams", was performed in Moscow in 1868 and was well received. He then won acclaim with his second symphony, "Little Russian", in 1872. He retired from the Conservatory after a nervous breakdown in 1877, the year one of his best known ballets, "Lebedinoe Ozero" (Swan Lake), debuted at the Moscow Imperial Bolshoi Theatre. After his recovery he came under the patronage of Madame Nadezhda von Meck who gave him a yearly allowance which allowed him to devote his time to composition. They never met but corresponded for fourteen years and his fourth symphony was dedicated to Madame von Meck. From 1878 to 1885, Tchaikovsky traveled extensively and was well regarded in Europe as well as in Russia. He presented the 1812 Overture in 1880. In 1888 Russian Tsar Alexander III granted him a yearly pension. His highly regarded ballets, "The Sleeping Beauty" and "The Nutcracker", debuted in 1890 and 1891 respectively. A few days after conducting the premier of his Sixth Symphony, "Pathétique", Tchaikovsky died in Saint Petersburg reportedly of cholera; many scholars now believe that his death was in fact a suicide, and that he drank tainted, un-boiled water deliberately. His legacy included seven symphonies, four orchestral suites, nineteen concertos and orchestral pieces, and more than a dozen ballets and operas, many of which are performed regularly today.
Burial:
Alexander Nevsky Monastery
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Plot: Tikhvinskoye Cemetery (The Artist's Necropolis)
Hi, I´d like to tell that the birthday of the Maria Dirce Leme dos Santos, our friend president of FansClub FansBrasil does niver in mai 1st, I have sure that she ´d like of a surprise if you post a message for it, can you post? please.
thank you. Hugs
Thank you Mariana, we can do that but it will probably show up on the May page. So everyone let's please remember Maria on May 1st.