Rita Reys receives Royal decoration
21 November 2011
Last Monday Rita Reys was decorated as Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion (Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw), on occasion of her 70 years stage jubilee this year, and because of her unique contribution to the Dutch music industry. The event took place in Rotterdam, where Rita was born and raised, on the SS Rotterdam (a cruise ship that once sailed the Holland-America Line). After the decoration she was interviewed by NOS TV news, Show News a.o., and performed with her trio.
Rita Reys appears on the cover of LINDA magazine
10 October 2011
Rita Reys and seven other Dutch ‘grandes dames’ will appear on the cover of November’s edition of LINDA magazine, together with Linda de Mol. Inside you’ll find interviews and individual portraits with each of them. The photo’s were made by Erwin Olaf. The other ladies are Mies Bouwman, Neelie Kroes, Ellen Vogel, Adele Bloemendaal, Joan Haanappel, Alexandra Radius and Liesbeth List.
Rita Reys on De Wereld Draait Door
13 September 2011
Rita Reys made her appearance tonight on Dutch national TV show De Wereld Draait Door. Accompanied by only Marius Beets on bass she sang “How Deep Is The Ocean”, a well known classic from the Great American Songbook.
Update YouTube channel
21 december 2010
Rita Reys’s YouTube channel has recently been updated. A couple of nice videos have been added, for example of her wonderful renditions of Billie Holiday’s Don’t Explain and Irving Berlin’s Russian Lullaby, and a video of the presentation of the Edison Oeuvre Award to Rita, at the Royal Carré Theatre. Another special one is Rita Reys’s and Toots Thielemans’s performance of Barbie Girl, the Aqua hit from 1998 that they turned into a sort of jazz song on occasion of the 75 years celebration of the Dutch broadcasting company AVRO.
Visit the YouTube channel here.
Rita Reys on TV show Tijd voor Max
21 december 2010
Last thuesday, 16 December appeared on public TV show Tijd voor Max (Nederland 2). With hosts Martine van Os en Sybrand Niessen she spoke about her life and career in the music business. As a surprise for her birthday, a couple of days later, Dutch singer and actor Edwin Rutten, a life-long fan of Rita, sang her a song and gave her a big bouquet of red roses. Accompanied by Peter Beets, Ruud Jacobs, Martijn van Iterson and Gijs Dijkhuizen she performed the title song of her new album, Young at Heart, and the holiday tune Let It Snow.
Click here to watch the show.
Follow Rita Reys on Twitter
25 November 2010
Today we launched Rita Reys’ official Twitter account. Click here to visit the page.
Rita Reys, Marco Borsato and Rob de Nijs honorary guests at 50 years celebration Edison Awards
25 November 2010
Last night singers Rita Reys, Marco Borsato and Rob de Nijs were the guests of honor at the 50 years celebration of the Edison Awards, the dutch equivalent to the Grammys. Rita was one of the first performers to receive the award, back in 1961 for her album Marriage in Modern Jazz. In 2006 she was the first dutch jazz musician to receive the Edision Oeuvre Award.
Rita Reys appears on BBC Radio 2 again
30 August 2010
The BBC Radio 2 program The Russell Davies Song Show will again pay attention to Rita Reys. They sent us the following message:
'Just to let you know that Rita makes another appearance in Russell's show on September 5th singing "Poor Butterfly" in concert with Pim, Kenny & co. We just thought it was a wonderful, swinging version and it beat the others we considered (Sarah Vaughan, Susannah McCorkle etc etc.)'
For more information about the program please visit www.bbc.co.uk
New: Rita Reys on Facebook
17 April 2010
Today we started the official Facebook page for Rita Reys. Click here.
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