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LIVE IN DUBLIN - RIEU,ANDRE [DVD]

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New Year's is always such a special time, looking forward to the future, coming together with friends and family and toasting the year ahead," enthuses Rieu of the new concert film. In 1978, I founded my first small ensemble the Maastricht Salon Orkest. But since I absolutely wanted to play the waltzes by Johann Strauss, my favourite composer, I needed to expand my orchestra and, in 1987, I founded the Johann Strauss Orchestra with 12 members. Now we are 60 musicians including the chorus, and I think it is the biggest private orchestra in the world. Our first performances were in small theatres, until our big breakthrough in 1994 when I performed at half-time during the Champions League match between Ajax Amsterdam and FC Bayern Munich.

There are a lot of songs that I love to perform, but my favourite is The Beautiful Blue Danube by Johann Strauss. For me, it is the perfect waltz. Simply beautiful. I play it in all my concerts and the audience jumps out of their seats and dances to it. I heard they also do it in the cinemas, which I think is wonderful. They're the most humorous audience in the whole world, I've never met a people with such a wonderful sense of humour. I remember telling the tragic story of Madame Butterfly, who fell in love with an American sea captain and was very unhappy when he didn't show up any more. But the Irish audience couldn't stop laughing out loud about the story I told them, and at the end I had to laugh, too. They simply didn't believe me or my tragic storytelling. André Rieu is quite simply a musical phenomenon like no other, a true King of Romance, having sold a massive 40 million CDs and DVDs and notched 30 Nr. 1 chart positions worldwide. Along with his 60-piece Johann Strauss Orchestra (the largest private orchestra in the world), André has created a global revival in waltz music, staging spectacular extravaganzas which are second to none. Having received over 480 Platinum Awards, three Classical Brit Awards for “Album of the Year” and billions of Youtube views, André is one of the biggest solo male touring artists in the world. Each year his passionate live shows attract more than 600.000 fans and outsell mega artists such as Coldplay, AC/DC and Bruce Springsteen.

While Maastricht is covered with snow, grandpa André is cooking for all of them: the rest enjoy each other's company. My Johann Strauss Orchestra and I had our last concert in March 2020 in Tampa, Florida. Since then we have not been able to perform, which was truly heartbreaking for all of us. Fortunately, since May we are now able to rehearse and record new albums again in my studio in Maastricht. I cannot sit around doing nothing, so I spent a lot of time baking huge cakes for the whole street. I love to watch cooking videos on YouTube when I am on tour, and now I've discovered baking as well. Also, I started to learn Spanish with the comic books of Tintin, which I already enjoyed as a child and used to learn French. Now I hope to be able to moderate my concerts in South America at least in part in Spanish. To celebrate his imminent return to cinemas in the New Year, we quizzed the Dutch star about all things festive.

Why not combine the unique musical and theatrical extravaganza of an André Rieu concert with enthralling escorted tours to some of Europe’s greatest cities? Whether you'd like to see André Rieu live in Maastricht , or in Amsterdam, the elegant capital of his home country, the Netherlands. This is a musical and cultural experience you won't want to miss. Fans are invited to enjoy André Rieu in Dublin on the big screen for two days only on January 7 and 8: expect romantic melodies, popular classics, party tunes and, of course, the Dutch maestro's beloved waltzes.Yes it will be. We are performing live in Dublin every year – next time in April 2023 – but this will be the first concert in cinemas worldwide.

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