Yentl Schieman and Christine de Boer had released a new album and were preparing an almost sold-out reprise of their five-star show “Rekhalzen”. They also had a chance of winning a second Poelifinario, the report said.

The duo said they no longer considered themselves emerging talents and increasingly understood what they stood for as artists and as people. They said they wanted to continue performing until they were 80, like Herman van Veen.