Pepe Lienhard on his marriage "I can really say it's getting better and better"
Pepe Lienhard and his wife Christine have been together for almost 20 years, and things are particularly busy for them at the moment. The reason: the bandleader wants to tour Germany again in 2024.
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- Bandleader Pepe Lienhard and his wife have been a couple for 19 years.
- So it's no surprise that they are a very close-knit team - both privately and professionally.
- They have a lot going on at the moment. The 77-year-old bandleader wants to go on another big tour of Germany in 2024.
He is one of the most successful bandleaders in Europe, she is an outstanding PR specialist with a great deal of social commitment. The two have been a couple for 19 years.
Pepe Lienhard and Christine Köhli sealed their love at the end of December 2011 - the wedding took place among close family and friends.
"We wanted to enjoy the beautiful day without the hustle and bustle and just the two of us," Pepe Lienhard revealed to Sonntagsblick a few days after the ceremony. And Christine Lienhard adds: "Pepe is the best man I can imagine. I want to grow old with him."
Christine Lienhard: "We seem very chaotic"
Today we know: Christine Lienhard's wish has come true. "I can truly say," says Pepe Lienhard today in Blick, "that things are getting better and better."
And this is despite the fact that the couple, who have lived in an old farmhouse in Frauenfeld for years, have strong personal and professional ties.
"We can't separate one from the other, both are constantly present," says Christine Lienhard. "From the outside, our collaboration could even seem very chaotic."
The Lienhard couple thrive in their professions. "I'm the happiest person when I can play - and have been since I was a boy," says the saxophonist.
"Christine, on the other hand, is passionate about her foundation, which supports people with dementia and the elderly, and about nature." Among other things, they share a love of food.
Pepe Lienhard goes on a major tour of Germany in 2024
The Lienhards are particularly busy at home at the moment. The reason: 77-year-old band leader Lienhard wants to go on another big tour of Germany in the fall of 2024, according to Blick.
Since the announcement of the new tour two weeks ago, his wife, who has managed the musician for years, has been besieged by fans. Many are asking whether there will also be concerts in Switzerland. However, no appearances are planned in this country - at least not yet.
With the tour, Lienhard's long-time stage partner and friend Udo Jürgens, who died in 2014, is to be musically revived. "Da Capo Udo Jürgens" will show and sing the legendary entertainer on the big screen, with Pepe Lienhard and his orchestra accompanying him live.
Christine Lienhard: "Udo's death took us all by surprise"
The concert series in honor of Udo Jürgens will not only be professionally complex, Christine Lienhard suspects in "Blick", but also emotionally.
"Udo's death took us all by surprise. Experiencing Pepe back then - suddenly there was a big hole, both professionally and privately," recalls the 53-year-old.
"I suspect that the tour is important for Pepe and for the band to be able to say goodbye properly." - "That could be good," he says.
Meanwhile Christine adds: "But only once all the concerts have been played. We're not thinking about quitting now, at the moment Udo is back for me. And I want everything to be perfect and for us to pay tribute to him properly."