Harrie Jekkers will stop performing as a cabaret artist in July next year, his management announces. The Hague Singer and Comedian Will Be 75 Years Old then and Wants To “Stop at his Peak”.
Jekkers Debuted as a Cabaret Artist in 1988 and Made Nine Theater Programs, Including Five Solo Shows. Before starting as a cabaret artist, he was the singer of ‘t Klein Orkest. With that formation, he had major hits in the eighties such as over the wall (over the wall) and leaves me alone (leave me alone). As a solo artist, he is known for songs such oh the hague , my mother (my mother), so beautiful (so beautiful) and now that I am still alive (While I’m Still Alive).
Jekkers will perform his program In my songs I can live (I can live in my songs) for the last time on July 12 in the Koninklijke Schouwburg in the Hague. In The Performance, He looks back on his musical career and sources of inspiration.
Jekkers PreviOutly Tok a Fourteen-Year Break from the Theater. In 2015, the Made His Comeback, at the Urging of His Good Friend and Colleague Jeroen van Merwijk. The Hague Cabaret Artist Has won Several Major Awards in His Career.
For Example, ‘t Klein Orkest Received an Edison for the Iconic album Rollap to the Moon (escalator to the moon) from 1986. For the song back at AF (Back to Square One), about his dementing Mother, the Received the Annie Mg Schmidt prize or the Yar. For the performance with a goldfish to the sea (with a goldfish to the sea) from 1993, the comedian received the national cabaret prize.