Mexico City: October 27, 2011 - Mexico's most prestigious music prize eluded the Limburg violinist André Rieu. The world famous "King of Waltz" was nominated for the coveted Lunas Award, but last night had to yield to Placido Domingo.
The ceremony took place in the Concerto Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City, where Rieu performed earlier this month for 50,000 delirious fans. Rarely has a famous artist been able to completely sell out this arena five times in a row all by himself.
Previous winners of the Lunas Award were Paul McCartney and Elton John. Precisely due to Rieu's highly successful concert tour and the huge sales of his musical items this year (around 100,000 CDs and 50,000 DVDs), the Maastricht musician appeared to be a serious candidate. Dutch DJ Tiësto was nominated once before for the Mexican Grammy.
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