Thomas Acda wins the Lennaert Nijgh Award for ‘singing tales’

Tómas Acda received the Lennaert Nijgh Award on Monday evening on the annual Buma Awards presentation. Acda obtained the award for finest lyricist because of his “flexibility, navigating musically between cabaret and pop music”.

In line with the jury, the 57-year-old musician and singer has “the flexibility to specific human feelings”. “He’s not flat, not vulgar, not doggerel, but additionally not elitist or unnecessarily complicated. His phrases are reasonably trustworthy, truthful.” Acda obtained the award within the Worldwide Theater Amsterdam.

Acda is legendary for the duo Acda and De Munnik. Along with Paul de Munnik he scored a aim, amongst them Not or by no means was, It’s raining within the solar in Ren Lenny Ren. The 2 musicians stopped working as a duo in 2015 after greater than 25 years, however have been performing collectively once more since late final yr.

In line with the jury, the listeners of Acda’s songs can acknowledge themselves within the tales which might be taken. “Whether or not it is about loss, love, pleasure or nice disappointment. He is aware of how one can mix these feelings together with his distinctive humorousness and sarcasm.”

On the Buma Awards, the Lifetime Achievement Award can be offered yearly to a composer who has achieved excellent and long-term achievement. This yr it goes to Dutch steel band Inside Temptation. The band with lead singer Sharon den Adel is thought for songs like Mom Earth, Stand my floor in Sooner.

Radio icon Lex Harding was awarded the Golden Harp, as was already the case identify within the radio program Spraakmakers on NPO Radio 1. This lifetime achievement award is a thanks to individuals who have made a particular contribution to the Dutch music trade. Lex Harding was well-known as a DJ on the previous offshore station Radio Veronica. He has offered varied packages there for the reason that late Nineteen Sixties.

The music received the favored awards Secretly van Maan ft. Nationwide Bomb Award Gold Band. It was probably the most performed and finest promoting single within the Netherlands final yr. The music was written by Maan de Steenwinkel, Karel Gerlach, Boaz Kok, Milo Driessen, Wieger Hoogendorp and Arno Krabman.

Krabman was allowed to be on stage a number of occasions through the awards ceremony. He wasn’t simply co-writing Secretlybut additionally to different songs that completed above: Insomnia from Susan & Freek, Layla from Claude, Tomorrow goes to be nice from Acda and De Munnik and Robotically from Flemming.