Hans Zimmer proposed to his girlfriend on stage yesterday night (June 15) throughout a stay efficiency at London’s O2 Enviornment.
The Academy Award-winning composer held two reveals on the London venue on Wednesday and Thursday this week, the place he carried out the scores from movies together with Gladiator, The Darkish Knight and Interstellar.
Because the night was drawing to an in depth, the 65-year-old musician requested his associate, Dina De Luca, to hitch him on stage. “Why did I carry you up right here? I used to be going to ask you one thing actually necessary,” he mentioned (by way of Related Press). “Did you lock the again door? Is the milk within the fridge? Do we’ve got any sorbet within the freezer?”
He then popped the query, asking: “Will you marry me?” The couple hugged as the world erupted into applause and gave the newly engaged pair a standing ovation.
A spokesperson for Zimmer confirmed that Zimmer had certainly proposed to his associate.
Did Hans Zimmer simply suggest to his gf in entrance of us???? #hanszimmer #london pic.twitter.com/cDw37mKfrC
— Ghida, RD (@ghidaarnaout) June 15, 2023
As if I simply watched Hans Zimmer suggest to his associate after which comply with it up by getting her to take a seat subsequent to him whereas he performed Time 😭😭😭
— krista (@kristajmosborne) June 15, 2023
After the proposal, Zimmer, who has been married twice earlier than, advised the gang he had “this one little quantity left”, earlier than performing the observe ‘Time’ from the 2010 movie Inception starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
The composer was joined on the reveals by his band and the Ukrainian Odessa Opera Orchestra & Pals.
Paying particular tribute to the latter, Zimmer mentioned: “I feel it takes monumental braveness to take a seat right here, smile at you, play with out flaw for 3 hours whilst you have no idea what’s occurring at dwelling and every part is occurring at dwelling.”
He beforehand teamed up with the orchestra as he kicked off his UK tour at London’s O2 Enviornment again in March final yr.
“When Covid stopped us from coming right here 885 days in the past, we booked our orchestra from the Ukraine, from Odessa, and we solely managed to get 10 individuals out… So simply welcome them…” Zimmer mentioned earlier than he launched the orchestra, to a standing ovation.
Elsewhere, the composer’s life and profession was the topic of an hour-long BBC Two documentary, Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Insurgent, final October.
