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André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known as the founder of the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra.
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entertainment · Dutch violinist and conductor (born 1949) · conductor · violinist · record producer · music arranger · actor · also André Rieu, André Rieu jr, Rieu
Born 1 October 1949 · Q159832
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“He proved that it is possible to be a businessman as well as a musician – I have only one orchestra, he had five. It made him very rich, but he was a fantastic musician, so what is so wrong about that?”
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The Violin Channel: Violinist André Rieu Launches International Search for Young Singer
Published video “Dennis’ favourite memory? A spectacular one! ❤️”.
Kinoafisha.info: André Rieu's 2026 Summer Concert: Viva Maastricht!. Trailer
TVGuide.co.uk: André Rieu: Shall We Dance? on Sky Arts HD: full details and when it's on
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Published video “On stage with André Rieu? This is your chance! 🎤✨🎄🎶”.
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Central Fife Times: Cowdenbeath Rotary launches André Rieu ticket fundraiser
Published video “20 editions, countless memories! 🔔✨ Watch this year's concerts in cinemas 🍿✨🎟️ andreincinemas.com”.
East Lothian Courier: Andre Rieu concert to be screened in Haddington next month
Daily Express: André Rieu: 'My parents didn't believe in me'
The Independent: New Viva Cruises sailings will include André Rieu concert
Published video “André Rieu - Maastricht 2026”.
Published video “✨ In case you missed it... Tickets for 4 additional concerts are now on sale at andrerieu.com ❤️”.
Published video “André Rieu's brand new concert, Viva Maastricht, will be in cinemas only on August 29 & 30!”.
Published video “Tickets for 4 newly added Maastricht concerts in July 2027 are available now at andrerieu.com! ❤️”.
Published video “Four additional concerts have been added on July 15, 16, 17 & 18, 2027. 🎟️ Tickets: andrerieu.com”.
Yahoo: André Rieu: ‘My parents were afraid of me’
Published video “André Rieu - Nitsch Jaka”.
Published video “Tonight is concert 6 of 12! We're looking forward to another magical evening in Maastricht! ✨”.
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Daily Express: André Rieu tickets are on sale now for massive 2026 UK tour - including Wembley Arena
The Big Issue: Classical music star André Rieu: 'My parents couldn't cope with me being happy. They were jealous'
Released album “The Sound of Heaven”.
Yahoo: André Rieu Dreams of Performing in Front of Egypt’s Pyramids
Awarded Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit (2024).
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Yahoo: André Rieu claims he only takes 'three days of holiday' a year as he vows 'never' to retire
Released album “Love Is All Around (live)”.
Released album “Jewels of Romance”.
Classic FM: André Rieu facts: the Dutch violinist’s wife, concerts, net worth and his Johann Strauss Orchestra
Released album “Silver Bells”.
Released album “Natal Branco”.
Released album “Happy Days”.
Released album “Romantic Moments II”.
Released album “Amore”.
Released album “Shall We Dance”.
Released album “Falling in Love”.
Released album “Best of Christmas”.
Released album “Eine Nacht in Venedig”.
Released album “Love Letters”.
Released album “Magic of the Musicals”.
Released album “André Rieu Celebrates Abba”.
Released album “Rieu Royale - Walsen Voor De Koning - Van De Koning Van De Wals”.
Released album “In Love With Maastricht: A Tribute to My Hometown”.
One of the channels of the BSkyB group, Sky Arts 2 in the UK, was renamed as Sky Arts Rieu
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Released album “Music of the Night”.
Released album “Home For The Holidays”.
Released album “December Lights”.
Released album “25 Jahre Johann Strauss Orchester”.
Released album “And the Waltz Goes On”.
Released album “Dansez Maintenant!”.
Released album “Moonlight Serenade”.
Won Charlemagne Medal for European Media (2010).
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Released album “You Raise Me Up”.
Released album “Forever Vienna”.
Released album “À toi”.
Released album “Ich hab mein Herz in Heidelberg verloren”.
Released album “You'll Never Walk Alone”.
Released album “Walzer & Co.”.
Released album “Dancing Through the Skies (Wedding at the Opera)”.
Released album “Waltzing Matilda”.
Released album “Dancing Through the Skies”.
Rieu's tour featured a full-size reproduction of Empress Sisi's Castle, the biggest stage to have gone on tour at that time
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Released album “Ich tanze mit dir in den Himmel hinein”.
Released album “Masterpieces”.
Released album “The 100 Most Beautiful Melodies”.
Released album “New York Memories”.
Released album “The Homecoming!”.
Released album “The Strauss Gala”.
Released album “Superstar Christmas”.
Released album “The Flying Dutchman”.
Released album “Emperor Waltz”.
Won Goldene Stimmgabel (2005).
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Released album “Aus meinem Herzen”.
Released album “Les Mélodies de mon cœur”.
Released album “André Rieu, 2”.
Released album “The Flying Dutchman (PBS)”.
Released album “Tuscany”.
Released album “Der fliegende Holländer”.
Released album “Magic Melodies”.
Released album “Le monde en fête”.
Released album “At the Movies”.
Released album “Romantic Paradise”.
Won Goldene Stimmgabel (2003).
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Released album “Walzertraum”.
Released album “Tour d'amour”.
Released album “Andre Rieu - der Vater”.
Released album “André Rieu”.
Released album “Dromen”.
Released album “Aimer”.
Released album “Dreaming”.
Released album “Die größten Hits”.
Released album “La vie est belle”.
Released album “Valses”.
Released album “Das Jahrtausendfest”.
Released album “Träumereien zur Weihnacht”.
Released album “Ein Strauss-Festival”.
Released album “Gala Edition”.
Released album “Le Bonheur à trois temps”.
Released album “100 Jahre Strauß”.
Won Goldene Stimmgabel (1998).
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Released album “Live Gala Evening”.
Released album “Herzen im Dreivierteltakt: Walzerträume”.
Released album “Bal a vienne”.
Released album “Die großen Walzer-Stars”.
Released album “Romantic Moments”.
Released album “Mein Weihnachtstraum”.
Released album “The Christmas I Love”.
Released album “Stille nacht”.
Released album “Spielt die schönsten Weihnachtslieder”.
Released album “Strauss Gala”.
Released album “Wiener Melange”.
“At the time an insurance company had used the Shostakovich piece for a television commercial and at the last second I decided to put it on the album. I knew that there was a big European game coming up, Ajax against Bayern Munich, so I bought a minute of live TV coverage during the break. Ajax did me a huge favour and scored just before half time. The next week I sold 200,000 CDs.”
Released album “Strauß & Co”.
Released album “Merry Christmas”.
Released album “Haydn: Concertos for Organ and Orchestra nos. 1, 2 & 3 / Handel: Concerto for Organ and Orchestra, HWV 295 "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale"”.
And began with 12 members, giving its first concert on 1 January 1988
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Born 1949-10-01.
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At the time an insurance company had used the Shostakovich piece for a television commercial and at the last second I decided to put it on the album. I knew that there was a big European game coming up, Ajax against Bayern Munich, so I bought a minute of live TV coverage during the break. Ajax did me a huge favour and scored just before half time. The next week I sold 200,000 CDs.
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