- Night of the Proms
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Night of the Proms is a series of concerts held yearly in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Poland. Regularly there are also shows in France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg. The concerts consist of a combination of pop music and popular classical music (often combined) and various well-known musicians and groups usually participate (see below).
Night of the Proms is the biggest annually organised indoor event in Europe.[citation needed]
Not to be confused with the Last Night of the Proms, which is the last concert of the BBC Proms, a series of seventy or so classical concerts held yearly in the Royal Albert Hall in London.
History
Night of the Proms was created by two Belgian students, Jan Vereecke and Jan Van Esbroeck in 1985. The first NotP took place at the Antwerp Sportpaleis in Belgium on 19 October 1985. Nowadays the event is organized by PSE Belgium (Promotion for Special Events), still managed by Jan Vereecke and Jan Van Esbroeck. For the concerts outside the Benelux countries, PSE co-operates with local promoters (Dirk Hohmeyer in Germany, Niels Estrup in Scandinavia, etc.).
In Germany the event is called "The AIDA Night of the Proms", as AIDA is the main sponsor. AIDA replaced Nokia who was the name sponsor for 15 years (1996-2010).
Musicians
Musicians who have participated in The Night of the Proms:
- Orchestra: Il Novecento (since 1991)
- Conductor: Robert Groslot (since 1991)
- Choir: Fine Fleur (since 1995, except 2008); Harlem Gospel Choir (2008)
- 10CC (2008)
- Abel (2000)
- Ace of Base (2005)
- Oleta Adams (1996)
- Adiemus (Karl Jenkins) (2001)
- Laith Al-Deen (2001 & 2007)
- Alphaville (2002)
- Anggun (2006)
- Ole Edvard Antonsen (1998)
- Tina Arena (2006)
- Chimène Badi (2005)
- Manuel Barrueco (1994)
- Petra Berger (2002)
- Björn Again (1994)
- Daniël Blumenthal (1991)
- Colin Blunstone (1993)
- James Blunt (2011)
- Andrea Bocelli (1995)
- Frank Boeijen (1993 & 2005)
- Marco Borsato (2001, 2002 & 2003)
- Boy George (2010)
- Angelo Branduardi (1986)
- Gary Brooker (Procol Harum) (1993)
- James Brown (2004)
- Belinda Carlisle (1994)
- Paul Carrack (2007)
- Rosa Cedron (2007)
- Chic (Nile Rodgers) (2007 & 2009)
- Chico and the Gypsies (2005, 2006 & 2007)
- Natalie Choquette (1999 & 2004)
- City to City (1999)
- Clouseau (1995, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 & 2004)
- Joe Cocker (1992, 1996 & 2004)
- Coolio (2000)
- Beverley Craven (1991)
- Randy Crawford (1991 & 2003)
- Kid Creole & the Coconuts (2007 & 2010)
- Cutting Crew (Nick Van Eede) (2002)
- Nicole Croisille (1990)
- Christopher Cross (1992)
- Roger Daltrey (The Who) (2005)
- Damian Draghici (2004 & 2005)
- Kiki Dee (2002)
- De Kast (1999)
- Ilse DeLange (2003)
- Michel Delpech (2003)
- Sharon Den Adel (Within Temptation) (2009)
- Dennis DeYoung (Styx) (2008)
- Chris De Burgh (2001)
- Boudewijn de Groot (1995)
- Rob de Nijs (2001 & 2002)
- Luc De Vos (Gorki) (2005)
- Di-Rect (2007)
- Die Prinzen (1996)
- Div4s (2010 & 2011)
- DJ Bobo (2004)
- William Dunker (2008)
- Emilia (1999)
- En Vogue (2003)
- Lara Fabian (2006 & 2007)
- Faudel (2006)
- Bryan Ferry (Roxy Music) (1995)
- Katichiri Feys (2008)
- Patrick Fiori (2004)
- The Flying Pickets (1990)
- John Fogerty (CCR) (2010)
- Foreigner (2002)
- Martin Fry (ABC) (2001)
- Galileo (2003 & 2008)
- Art Garfunkel (Simon & Garfunkel) (1987 & 1989)
- David Garrett (2002 & 2003)
- Robin Gibb (The Bee Gees) (2008)
- Macy Gray (2007)
- Robert Groslot (1987)
- Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet) (1996 & 2004)
- Steve Harley (Cockney Rebel) (1991)
- Deborah Harry (Blondie) (1997)
- Barry Hay (Golden Earring) (2010)
- Murray Head (2007)
- Heaven 17 (2009)
- Tom Helsen (2008)
- Tony Henry (2006 & 2007)
- Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) (1991, 1995 & 2004)
- Höhner (1998, only Cologne/Germany)
- Mick Hucknall (Simply Red) (2011)
- Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders) (2000)
- Igudesman & Joo (2008 & 2009)
- I Muvrini (2006 & 2007)
- INXS (2003)
- Ruth Jaccot (2006)
- Al Jarreau (1995)
- Jenifer (2006)
- Howard Jones (2000)
- Grace Jones (2010)
- Katona Twins (2009)
- Mark King (Level 42) (1998)
- Dani Klein (Vaya Con Dios) (1996)
- Peter Koelewijn (1998)
- De Kreuners (2003)
- Roby Lakatos (2007)
- Thé Lau (The Scene) (2005)
- Cyndi Lauper (2004)
- Jo Lemaire (1997)
- Gérard Lenorman (2001, 2004 & 2009)
- Huey Lewis (2003)
- Lichtmond (2010)
- Live (2008)
- Manfred Mann & Chris Thompson (2005)
- Wayne Marshall (1997)
- Mimie Mathy (2006)
- Michael McDonald (Doobie Brothers) (2002)
- Theo Mertens (1986, 1989 & 1992)
- Erik Mesie (Toontje Lager) (2008)
- Stijn Meuris (1999)
- Meat Loaf (2001)
- Paul Michiels (1996, 1999; and 2007 as Soulsister with Jan Leyers)
- John Miles (since 1985)
- Alison Moyet (2009 & 2011)
- Münchener Freiheit (1998)
- Natalia (2003 & 2005)
- Nena (2000)
- Vincent Niclo (2006)
- Nubya (2005)
- Sinéad O'Connor (2008)
- Mike Oldfield (2006 & 2007)
- Allan Olsen (2011)
- OMD (2006, 2008 & 2009)
- Florent Pagny (2003)
- Alan Parsons (1990, 1997, 2008 & 2009)
- Pointer Sisters (2002 & 2004)
- Luc Ponet (1993)
- PUR (2007)
- Purple Schultz (1999)
- Cliff Richard (2010)
- Miguel Rios (2008)
- Roxette (2009)
- Rose Royce (2001)
- Barry Ryan (1993)
- Harry Sacksioni (1986)
- Kid Safari (1998)
- Alessandro Safina (2000)
- Safri Duo (2005)
- Emma Schmidt (1987)
- Seal (2005 & 2011)
- Shaggy (2004)
- Emma Shapplin (1998)
- Charlie Siem (2010)
- Simple Minds (1997, 2002, 2008 & 2011)
- Soulsister (2007)
- Kamiel Spiessens (1996)
- Lisa Stansfield (1998)
- Status Quo (1999 & 2003)
- Jasper Steverlinck (2006)
- Al Stewart (1988)
- Sting (1993)
- Miriam Stockley (2006)
- Konstantin Stoianov (1988)
- Angie Stone (2011)
- Natasha St-Pier (2005)
- Christina Sturmer (2009)
- Donna Summer (2005 & 2007)
- Tears for Fears (2006, 2007 & 2008)
- Henk Temming (Het Goede Doel) (1998)
- Texas (2006 & 2010)
- Toots Thielemans (1985 & 2009)
- Ana Torroja (Mecano) (2007)
- Total Touch (1997)
- Toto (1994 & 2003)
- Will Tura (1993 & 2000)
- Ike Turner (2006)
- Twarres (2002)
- Bonnie Tyler (2001 & 2002)
- UB40 (2000 & 2006)
- Udo (2006)
- Midge Ure (Ultravox) (2005, 2008 & 2009)
- Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort (2007)
- Van Dik Hout (2004)
- Raymond van het Groenewoud (1992 & 2000)
- Thijs van Leer (Focus) (1985)
- Wendy Van Wanten (1998)
- Johan Verminnen (1999)
- Gunther Verspecht (Stash) (2008)
- Roch Voisine (2004)
- Laurent Voulzy (2010)
- Jennifer Warnes (1992)
- Wet Wet Wet (1998)
- Benny Wiame (1992)
- Kim Wilde (2008, 2010 & 2011)
- Christophe Willem (2007)
- Cunnie Williams (2003)
- Xuefei Yang (2003)
- Paul Young (1994 & 1997)
- Guo Yue (1996)
- Julie Zenatti (2003)
- Zucchero (1999, 2004 & 2005)
External links
Categories:- Concerts
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