A shudder went through the audience when Maarten Heijmans first crawled into the skin of Ramses Shaffy during the Shaffy Symfonia concert on the Amsterdam Museumplein (31 August 2013). Liesbeth List had already announced it: 'He is Ramses, you forget that he plays a role'. The glance, the facial expression, but above all that voice: Heijmans knows how to approach Ramses Shaffy in an eerie way. This
… made him the most suitable candidate to play the lead role in a four-part drama series about Ramses Shaffy's early years. The AVRO will broadcast the series directed by Michiel van Erp in early 2014. To warm up the audience, this soundtrack will be released three months in advance. Twenty of Ramses' most famous songs are performed by Heijmans, the parts of Liesbeth List are sung by Noortje Herlaar. The result is a loving tribute that you would swear that Shaffy sang the songs in person. (PdK)more
