Carel Kraayenhof - ‘MELANCHOLY IN THE POLDER’ (2024) [Official Digital Download]

From then on his career moved at a fast pace. In 1987 he was asked by Astor Piazzolla to come play for him in New York (Tango Apasionado, a Broadway tango musical). In 1988 he was invited, together with his Sexteto Canyengue, by Osvaldo Pugliese to come to Argentina. In 1993 he started the Argentine Tango course at the Rotterdam’s Conservatorium Codarts and received the ‘Golden Nutcracker’ from the Dutch Performing Arts Association. In 1996 the Sexteto Canyengue made an appearance at the Montreal Jazz Festival. In 1997 and 1998 they were headliners of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

On February 2nd 2002 his career took a leap forward. Carel played ‘Adiós Nonino’ at the Dutch royal wedding of HRH Prince Willem-Alexander and, originally Argentinean, Máxima Zorreguieta (now HRH King and Queen of The Netherlands). More than 55 million people around the world watched the ceremony. The wedding’s sound track went triple platinum. Several awards followed in the years after, including in 2003 the Edison People’s Choice Award Classic and in 2005 an official decoration from the Argentine government for his efforts as an ambassador for the tango music. In 2012 Carel is named Officer of Oranje Nassau by Queen Beatrix (NL).

TRACKLIST

1. Carel Kraayenhof - I will give my love an apple
2. Carel Kraayenhof - Raoui
3. Carel Kraayenhof - Ritmo Arauca
4. Carel Kraayenhof - When a mother weeps
5. Carel Kraayenhof - Texas girl at the funeral of her father
6. Carel Kraayenhof - Alfonsina y el mar
7. Carel Kraayenhof - El Antigal
8. Carel Kraayenhof - Tomorrow is a long time
9. Carel Kraayenhof - Wild mountain thyme
10. Carel Kraayenhof - Feels like home
11. Carel Kraayenhof - Cucurucú paloma
12. Carel Kraayenhof - Klaverveld



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