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In the first place he is known as the man of the Tooterix.
This is the instrument he made of old motor-horns, claxons, cymbals, sirens and loud cracks. He bangs it with virtuosity, whether it concerns a boogie-woogie or a classic piece of Bach or Haydn.
But it's not only the self-made tooterix he works with. Alternatively he grabs his mouth-organ, clarinet -straight or wiggling-, concertina, guitar, banjo and instruments made of cowbells or wineglasses. 

A hurricane he is. In half an hour to 45 minutes he takes the audience by surprise with his special performance.  As is the good practice in the old variety theatre: skillfully built, polished and kept up. Think only of all the instruments! But the onlooker just enjoys the delightful nonsense. 
Moving is Rix too in his creation of a 'real' clown, all one with the tiniest concertina of the world in his sturdy fists. However beautifully he plays his mouth-organ or clarinet, he’ll always be the clown, fighting the orchestra or the microphone and flirting with his audience.
He loves to play in floorshows, in the midst of the audience and have his movements closely watched.

Entertainer of international fame, who performs for television and in theatres all over the world.
Alone, accompanied by orchestra or combo. But also with Willem Breuker and his world-famous jazz brass band, with whom Rix works regularly nowadays. They play for grown-ups and for the kids with a special performance.

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