Musical Style
André’s playing sets a relaxed, nostalgic mood, and he shows himself to be a pianist of considerable dimension and sensitivity. His versatile and improvisational background style is highly listenable and breathes fresh life into an extensive selection of much-loved tunes, comprising modern hits, popular classics, and old-time memories. (Scroll down this page to view André’s comprehensive repertoire.)
André’s love for music and for the piano is reflected in the feeling and expression found in his playing, and his subtle ability to read the crowd and play accordingly has made him a popular choice for those who want music to suit a wide variety of age groups. Part of his popularity lies in that André welcomes song requests, knowing that a certain special song or piece of music can bring back or create pleasant and lasting memories.
To read what others have said about André’s playing, see the Testimonials page.
Repertoire
With over 1000 songs on his ever-expanding playlist, André offers one of the most comprehensive live performance repertoires in the country, and it continues to grow as he keeps pace with the ongoing release of modern easy-listening songs or adds older favourites introduced to him by clients and friends.
If you have a particular favourite that is not on the abbreviated playlist below, feel free to let André know your request. Chances are he may know it; if not, listen carefully next time you see him — he may be playing your song.
100 years (five for fighting)
across the universe (the beatles)
ain’t misbehavin’ (fats waller)
ain’t no sunshine (bill withers)
albatross (fleetwood mac)
all by myself (celine dion)
all i ever need is you (holiday/reeves)
all i have to do is dream (the everly brothers)
all out of love (air supply)
all that i’m allowed (i’m thankful) (elton john)
all the way (frank sinatra)
all through the night (cindy lauper)
alone again, naturally (gilbert o’sullivan)
always (irving berlin)
always a woman (billy joel)
always on my mind (willie nelson)
amazing grace (traditional)
a month of sundays (don henley)
amor, amor (dean martin)
and i love her (the beatles)
and i love you so (perry como)
angel eyes (ella fitzgerald)
angels (robbie williams)
a nightingale sang in berkeley square (ray eberle)
annie’s song (john denver)
anniversary song (al jolson)
another auld lang syne (dan fogelberg)
answer me, my love (nat king cole)
april in portugal (vic damone)
arithmetic (brooke fraser)
around the world (frank sinatra)
as long as you love me (backstreet boys)
at seventeen (amber claire)
baby i’m-a want you (bread)
baby can i hold you (tracy chapman/boyzone)
bad day (daniel powter)
bad habits (billy field)
ballade pour adeline (richard clayderman)
be careful, it’s my heart (irving berlin)
beautiful (christina aguilera)
beautiful in my eyes (joshua kadison)
begin the beguine (cole porter)
ben (michael jackson)
bengawan solo (gesang)
besamé mucho (dean martin)
better be home soon (crowded house)
better man (robbie williams)
bewitched (bobby crush)
blue bayou (linda ronstadt)
blue hawaii (ralph rainger)
blue moon (richard rodgers)
bluer than blue (rolf harris)
born free (matt munro)
borsalino (bobby crush)
breezin’ (george benson)
bridge over troubled waters (paul simon)
brothers in arms (dire straits)
butterfly kisses (bob carlisle)
bye, bye blackbird (mort dixon)
by the time i get to phoenix (glen campbell)
calypso (john denver)
canadian sunset (bobby crush)
candle in the wind (elton john)
candy (frank sinatra)
candy cloud (roger whittaker)
careless whisper (george michael)
casual conversations (supertramp)
chanson d’amour (manhattan transfer)
charmaine (harry james)
chasing cars (snow patrol)
chiquitita (abba)
chloe (elton john)
close to you (carpenters)
cool change (little river band)
come fly with me (frank sinatra)
concerto d’aranjuez (j. rodrico)
crazy for you (madonna)
cuts both ways (gloria estefan)
daniel (elton john)
danke schoen (bert kaempfert)
danny boy (traditional)
days of wine and roses (henry mancini)
dear heart (henry mancini)
deep purple (peter de rose)
desperado (the eagles)
diary (bread)
dirty old town (roger whittaker)
dolannes melody (de senneville/toussaint)
don’t give up on us baby (david soul)
don’t go breaking my heart (elton john)
don’t it make my brown eyes blue (crystal gayle)
don’t know why (norah jones)
don’t let the sun go down on me (elton john)
dream (when you’re feeling blue) (johnny mercer)
drive (the cars)
durham town (roger whittaker)
easy to love (cole porter)
ebb tide (maxwell/sigman)
ebony and ivory (paul mccartney)
emotion (the bee gees)
empty garden (elton john)
endless love (lionel ritchie)
eternal flame (the bangles)
evergreen (barbra streisand)
everybody hurts (r.e.m.)
everybody’s talkin’ (glen campbell)
everything i own (bread)
far away places (bing crosby)
fascination (jane morgan)
feelings (morris albert)
feels like heaven (fiction factory)
fernando (abba)
ferry cross the mersey (gerry and the pacemakers)
fields of gold (sting)
fool if you think it’s over (chris rea)
fools rush in (johnny mercer)
for all we know (carpenters)
forever autumn (war of the worlds)
for no one (the beatles)
fragile (sting)
from this moment (shania twain)
für elise (for elise) (ludwig van beethoven)
galway bay (dr. arthur colahan)
georgia on my mind (hoagy carmichael)
go away little girl (johnny mathis)
good morning starshine (roger whittaker)
goodbye yellow brick road (elton john)
go your own way (fleetwood mac/wilson philips)
greensleeves (traditional)
groovy kind of love (phil collins)
guantanamera (jose fernandez)
guitar man (bread)
harbour lights (the platters)
hard for me to say i’m sorry (chicago)
have i told you lately that i love you (van morrison)
have you ever been in love (air supply)
have you ever really loved a woman (bryan adams)
hawaiian wedding song (ke kali nei au) (charles king)
hazard (richard marx)
he ain’t heavy (he’s my brother) (the hollies)
heartbroke again (chris isaaks)
heaven (bryan adams)
he’ll have to go (jim reeves)
hello (lionel ritchie)
hello dolly (louis armstrong)
here comes the sun (the beatles)
here, there and everywhere (the beatles)
here we are (gloria estefan)
hey jude (john lennon)
how ’bout us (champagne)
how can you mend a broken heart (the bee gees)
how deep is your love (the bee gees)
i can’t help falling in love with you (elvis presley)
i can’t tell you why (the eagles)
i don’t want to set the world on fire (the inkspots)
if (bread)
if i was a millionaire (billy field)
if you could read my mind (gordon lightfoot)
if you don’t know me by now (simply red)
if you leave me now (chicago)
i have but one heart (jerry vale)
i just called to say i love you (stevie wonder)
i’ll be seeing you (barry manilow)
imagination (glenn miller)
imagine (john lennon)
i’m gettin’ sentimental over you (tommy dorsey)
i’m in the mood for love (jimmy mchugh)
i’m making believe (benny goodman)
indian summer (tommy dorsey)
in the chapel in the moonlight (billy hill)
i only have eyes for you (the platters)
i remember you (frank ifield)
isn’t she lovely (stevie wonder)
it don’t matter to me (bread)
it had to be you (harry connick jr)
it might as well be spring (richard rodgers)
it must have been love (roxette)
it’s almost like being in love (nat king cole)
it’s impossible (perry como)
it’s nice to be with you (the monkees)
it’s only just begun (carpenters)
it’s raining again (supertramp)
it was a very good year (frank sinatra)
i’ve never been to me (charlene)
i want to know what love is (foreigner)
i will be there (bruce huard)
i write the songs (barry manilow)
jamaica farewell (harry bellafonte)
jealous guy (bryan ferry/roxy music)
jealousy (frankie laine)
jessie (joshua kadison)
junk (paul mccartney)
just another day in paradise (phil collins)
just the two of us (grover washington, jr.)
just the way you are (billy joel)
key largo (bertie higgins)
killing me softly with his song (roberta flack)
la paloma (sebastian de iradier y salaverri)
lady (little river band)
lady in red (chris de burgh)
leader of the band (dan fogelberg)
leave a tender moment alone (billy joel)
leaving on a jet plane (john denver)
let it be me (gilbert bécaud)
listen to the rhythm of the falling rain (the cascades)
long ago and far away (jerome kern)
long ago and oh so far away (carpenters)
look for a star (billy vaughn)
look what you’ve done (jet)
lord is it mine (supertramp)
lost without your love (bread)
love is all around (wet wet wet)
love me tender (elvis presley)
love over gold (dire straits)
love you more than i can say (leo sayer)
lullaby of birdland (bobby crush)
lyin’ in the sand (hello sailor)
mad world (gary jules)
make it with you (bread)
mandy (westlife)
message to my girl (split enz)
michelle (the beatles)
mister sandman (pat ballard)
misty (bobby crush)
mona lisa (nat king cole)
moon over miami (joe burke)
moonlight becomes you (bing crosby)
moonlight serenade (glen miller)
moon river (johnny mercer)
more (harry connick jr.)
more than words (extreme)
morning has broken (cat stevens)
mr bojangles (robbie williams)
mull of kintyre (paul mccartney)
music box dancer (frank mills)
my foolish heart (ned washington/victor young)
my prayer (harry connick jr.)
my way (frank sinatra)
nature boy (nat king cole)
never be blue (billy field)
never on sunday (manos hadjidakis)
new world in the morning (roger whittaker)
new york mining disaster 1941 (the bee gees)
new york, new york (leonard bernstein)
new york state of mind (billy joel)
nights in white satin (moody blues)
nobody does it better (carly simon)
no matter what (boyzone)
no more lonely nights (paul mccartney)
norwegian wood (the beatles)
nothing compares to you (sinead o’connor)
nothing left to lose (the alan parsons project)
now is the hour (maewa kaihau)
ode to joy (ludwig van beethoven)
old and wise (the alan parsons project)
on the sunny side of the street (jimmy mchugh)
once in a while (johnny mathis)
one for my baby (robbie williams)
one more arrow (elton john)
only you (harry connick jr.)
orinoco flow (enya)
our love is here to stay (nat king cole)
out of the moon (goldenhorse)
penny lane (the beatles)
penny lover (lionel ritchie)
perfidia (alberto dominguez)
petite fleur (s. bechet)
piano man (billy joel)
picture postcards from l.a. (joshua kadison)
poinciana (simon/bernier)
pokarekare ana (paraire tomoana)
private investigations (dire straits)
quiet nights of quiet stars (antonio carlos jobim)
raindrops keep falling on my head (burt bacharach)
rainy days and mondays (carpenters)
ramblin’ rose (slim whitman)
recuerdos de la alhambra (francisco tárrega)
red roses for a blue lady (bert kaempfert)
red sails in the sunset (hugh williams)
right here waiting for you (richard marx)
roses are red (slim whitman)
sacrifice (elton john)
sail along silv’ry moon (billy vaughn)
sail away (roberto carlos)
sailing (rod stewart)
saint (elton john)
sartorial eloquence (elton john)
save the best for last (vanessa williams)
saving all my love for you (whitney houston)
say you, say me (lionel ritchie)
scarborough fair (traditional)
scarlet ribbons (jack segal)
send in the clowns (stephen sondheim)
september in the rain (frank sinatra)
serenade to summer
she (elvis costello)
shepherd’s song (traditional)
she’s the one (robbie williams)
shine on through (elton john)
side saddle (bobby crush)
skye boat song (traditional)
sleepy shores
smoke gets in your eyes (jerome kern)
since i found out (billy field)
sing (carpenters)
so in love with you (u.n.v.)
solitaire (neil sedaka)
someone to watch over me (george gershwin)
something (the beatles)
something good (bic runga)
somethin’ stupid (robbie williams/nicole kidman)
songbird (anne murray)
song for guy (elton john)
sorry seems to be the hardest word (elton john)
sound of silence (paul simon)
southern nights (glen campbell)
spanish eyes (bert kaempfert)
spending time with you (richard blanco)
stardust (mitchell parrish)
stars fell on alabama (frank perkins)
straight from the heart (bryan adams)
stranger in paradise (tony bennett)
stranger on the shore (acker bilk)
streets of london (roger whittaker)
stuck on you (lionel ritchie)
sunday, monday or always (bing crosby)
sunny (bobby hebb)
superman (it’s not easy) (five for fighting)
sweet georgia brown (johnny mercer)
sweet people medley (alain morisod)
take me home country roads (john denver)
take the long way home (supertramp)
tears in heaven (eric clapton)
telegraph road (dire straits)
telephone line (electric light orchestra)
thanks for the memory (ralph rainger)
that lucky old sun (johnny cash)
that old devil called love (billie holiday)
that’s amore (dean martin)
that’s what friends are for (dionne warwick)
the breeze and i (jimmy dorsey)
the entertainer (scott joplin)
the first time ever i saw your face (roberta flack)
the fool on the hill (the beatles)
the glory of love (billy hill)
the greatest love of all (whitney houston)
the impossible dream (roger whittaker)
the last farewell (roger whittaker)
the last waltz (engelbert humperdinck)
the lonely shepherd (james last)
the long and winding road (paul mccartney)
the miracle of love (eurythmics)
the more i see you (harry warren)
the most beautiful girl in the world (tony hatch)
the nearness of you (hoagy carmichael)
the only one (lionel ritchie)
the power of love (frankie goes to hollywood)
the prayer (la preghiera) (andrea bocelli)
the reason (hoobastank)
the rose (bette midler)
the same old sun (the alan parsons project)
the shadow of your smile (johnny mandel)
the times they are a-changin’ (bob dylan)
the very thought of you (nat king cole)
the way we were (barbra streisand)
there are such things (tommy dorsey)
there must be a way (louis armstrong)
they can’t take that away from me (george gershwin)
they say it’s wonderful (irving berlin)
this guy’s in love with you (burt bacharach)
this masquerade (carpenters)
this moment (roger whittaker)
three coins in the fountain (frank sinatra)
three times a lady (commodores)
till there was you (meredith willson)
time (the alan parsons project)
time after time (cindy lauper)
time in a bottle (roger whittaker)
tonight (elton john)
tonight i celebrate my love (bryson/flack)
tonight’s the night (rod stewart)
too young (nat king cole)
touch me when we’re dancing (carpenters)
träumerei (dreaming or reverie) in f major (robert schumann)
true (spandau ballet)
truly madly deeply (savage garden)
try to remember (harvey schmidt)
tulips from amsterdam
turn back the clock (johnny hates jazz)
twilight time (the platters)
unbreak my heart (toni braxton)
unchained melody (the righteous brothers)
vaya con dios
vincent (don mclean)
wake me up when september ends (green day)
walk away (matt munro)
wanted (perry como)
we all stand together (paul mccartney)
we three (my echo, my shadow and me) (the inkspots)
welcome to my world (jim reeves)
we’re all alone (boz scaggs)
we’ve got tonight (joe cocker)
we’ve only just begun (carpenters)
what about me? (moving pictures)
what a wonderful world (louis armstrong)
whatever happened to old-fashioned love? (b.j. thomas)
whatever will be, will be (que sera, sera) (jay livingston)
what the world needs now (burt bacharach)
when i fall in love (rick astley)
when you grow too old to dream
when you say nothing at all (boyz to men)
whiter shade of pale (procol harlem)
who painted the moon black (hayley westenra)
why worry (dire straits)
wildfire (michael martin murphey)
wish you were here (fleetwood mac)
with a little help from my friends (the beatles)
without you (mariah carey)
woman (john lennon)
woman in love (barry gibb)
wonderful tonight (eric clapton)
wonderland by night (billy vaughn)
words (barry gibb)
words get in the way (gloria estefan)
yesterday (the beatles)
yesterday once more (carpenters)
you are so beautiful (joe cocker)
you don’t bring me flowers (barbra streisand/neil diamond)
you needed me (anne murray)
you weren’t in love with me (billy field)
you will never grow old
you’ll call it love (billy field)
you’ll never know (frank sinatra)
you’re just too good to be true (andy williams)
you’re nobody ’til somebody loves you (dean martin)
your eyes (richard blanco)
your latest trick (dire straits)
your song (elton john)
Hits from Broadway and Hollywood
all i ask of you (from phantom of the opera)
angel of music (from phantom of the opera)
any dream will do (from joseph)
bring him home (from les miserables)
cabaret (from cabaret)
can’t help lovin’ dat man (from showboat)
castle in a cloud (from les miserables)
chim chim cheree (from mary poppins)
climb ev’ry mountain (from the sound of music)
close every door to me (from joseph)
don’t cry for me argentina (from evita)
edelweiss (from the sound of music)
empty chairs at empty tables (from les miserables)
feed the birds (from mary poppins)
getting to know you (from the king and i)
high flying, adored (from evita)
hopelessly devoted to you (from grease)
i could have danced all night (from my fair lady)
i’d be surprisingly good for you (from evita)
if ever i would leave you (from camelot)
i know him so well (from chess)
i saw him once (from les miserables)
i’ve grown accustomed to her face (from my fair lady)
love is a many-splendoured thing (from grease)
make believe (from showboat)
memory (from cats)
my favourite things (from the sound of music)
oh what a beautiful mornin’ (from oklahoma)
on my own (from les miserables)
on the street where you love (from my fair lady)
out of my dreams (from oklahoma)
people will say we’re in love (from oklahoma)
phantom theme (from phantom of the opera)
sixteen going on 17 (from the sound of music)
some enchanted evening (from south pacific)
something good (from the sound of music)
stars (from les miserables)
summertime (from porgy and bess)
surrey with the fringe on top (from oklahoma)
the music of the night (from phantom of the opera)
the sound of music (from the sound of music)
think of me (from phantom of the opera)
this nearly was mine (from south pacific)
true love (from high society)
why do i love you (from showboat)
wishing you were somehow here again (from phantom of the opera)
wouldn’t it be luverly (from my fair lady)
you’ll never walk alone (from carousel)
you must love me (from evita)
TV and Movie Themes
as time goes by (from casablanca)
a time for us (from romeo and juliet)
a whole new world (from aladdin)
bright eyes (from watership down)
can you feel the love tonight? (from the lion king)
cavatina (from the deerhunter)
circle of life (from the lion king)
dandelion theme (from meridian energy commercial)
everything i do (from robin hood)
feather theme (from forest gump)
for your eyes only (from james bond)
friends never say goodbye (the emperor’s new groove)
hine e hine (goodnight kiwi)
hushabye mountain (from chitty chitty bang bang)
if i had words (from babe)
i love to see you smile (from parenthood)
new world theme
my heart will go on (from titanic)
nadia’s theme (from young and the restless)
on the inside (from the prisoner)
over the rainbow (from the wizard of oz)
rainbow connection (from the muppet movie)
somewhere my love (lara’s theme) (from doctor zhivago)
suo gan (empire of the sun)
the windmills of your mind (from the thomas crown affair)
theme from arthur
theme from an age apart
theme from beauty & the beast
theme from exodus
theme from gone with the wind
theme from greatest american hero
theme from hill street blues
theme from howard’s way
theme from little house on the prairie
theme from m*a*s*h
theme from schindler’s list
theme from spenser for hire
theme from the love boat
theme from the waltons
theme from thunderbirds
theme from to sir with love
theme from tootsie
theme from van der valk
up where we belong (from an officer and a gentleman)
when she loved me (from toy story 2)
when you wish upon a star (from pinocchio)
where do i begin (from love story)
whispering grass (from it ain’t half hot mum)
wind beneath my wings (from beaches)
. . . AND MANY MORE
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