Minister Jet Bussemaker (Culture) presented the award at the Royal Theatre Carré in Amsterdam. “No, I am not ‘the animator at the wrong party,” because I have a very good reason to crash at your party, “the minister said.
Acda en De Munnik began Friday evening at the last performances of their existence as a duo. They also play Saturday, Sunday and Monday in Carré, after the curtain falls. Acda en De Munnik had announced last year that they go out together.
The pair got to know each other in 1989 at the Little Art School in Amsterdam. In 1995, they broke through the theater Zwerf’on . The song Not Have Been or in 1998 reached the second place of the charts.
Top 2000
The Regent Sunbeams is consistently in the top 100 songs of the Radio 2 Top 2000. Under their management Acda en De Munnik total of about two million albums sold.
Acda en De Munnik also collaborated with the group Van Dik Hout. Together they formed the band Cougars. Their number She makes the difference in 2001, the first of the Top 40. My Wooden Heart was two years earlier also a hit.
Silver Harp
The duo won in 1997, a Silver Harp, an incentive. The main prize, the Golden Harp, they were in 2002. They also won in 1999, two Edison, for the album In House and the best Dutch pop group. Acda himself was at the beginning of his career, in 1993, The Promise, a biennial award for theater talents.
“Your songs made us laugh and cry, be happy and doubt. Dreams and two legs on the floor stand. That mix made you invincible, “said Minister Bussemakerhuis Friday.
Acda except singer is also an actor. He played in the football movie All Stars (1997) and its sequel Old Stars (2011). He was featured in the television series All Stars, Penoza and Cops Maastricht and in the movie All is love . For his role in the last film he won in 2008 Rembrandt Award for best actor
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