Before taking up acting as a career, the Academy Award-winner Sir Anthony Hopkins was a musician. But it was only in 2011 that he heard his composition being staged.
With the arrangement of André Rieu, Anthony had the chance to his piece together after 40 years. On 31 October 2011, André Rieu released an album including a waltz which Hopkins had composed in 1964, at the age of 26. Hopkins had never heard his composition, “And the Waltz Goes On”, before it was premiered by Rieu’s orchestra in Vienna; The album is holding the same name as Hopkins’s piece.
In fact, You may love Sir Anthony Hopkins for a number of things — his role in and as Hannibal? Him as the butler in Remains of the Day? Or, more recently, as Thor’s father Odin. Likewise, how many of you know that he’s an excellent composer as well?
In January 2012, Hopkins released an album of classical music, entitled Composer, performed by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and released on CD via the UK radio station Classic FM. The album consists of nine of his original works and film scores, with one of the pieces titled “Margam” in tribute to his home town near Port Talbot in Wales.
Watch the full video from different concerts:
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