Karel de Rooij
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Karel de Rooij (born July 18, 1946 in The Hague ) is a Dutch musician, cabaret artist and cabaret artist.
De Rooij was already on stage at the age of five. From the age of eight he had violin lessons with Eugene Buziau . He attended the Haagse Frije School and majored in trombone at the Conservatory. He also took pan flute lessons from Nicolai Pîrvu and Hans Minnaert .
At Tom Manders he met Peter de Jong in 1967 , with whom he founded the duo Mini & Maxi . In the 1970s, the duo developed their own style, a mixture of clowning, cabaret and musical theater. After appearances and a. With Robert Paul and Ted de Braak followed in 1984 the first own theater program under the title Sprakelos , which was successfully performed for seven seasons at home and abroad (especially in German-speaking countries, but also in Russia and Taiwan).
With the television production Het Konzert , the duo won the Silver Rose of Montreux in 1987 . In 1993 the Scherzo program followed , for which the duo received the Nationale Scheveningen Cabaretprijs . In 1999 de Rooij and de Jong were awarded Knights of the Order of the Dutch Lion .
After the duo broke up in 2003 due to de Jong's health problems, de Rooij founded the group De Wereldband (with Oene van Geel , Willem van Baarsen , Rogier Bosman , Roderick Krauss , Sanne van Delft and Wim Lammen , all of whom perform as multi-instrumentalists). The group has toured the Netherlands so far with the De Wereldband and Lekker warm programs .
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| SURNAME | Rooij, Karel de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch musician and cabaret artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | The hague |