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André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu (Dutch: [ˈɑndreː riˈjøː], French: [ɑ̃dʁe ʁjø]; born 1 October 1949) is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known for creating the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra. Rieu and his orchestra have turned classical and waltz music into a worldwide concert touring act. [1] He resides in his native ...
In July 2015, Louwerse married her long term boyfriend Youri Wystyrk. The wedding was a much celebrated affair with André Rieu writing a special piece of music and recording a video clip of the pair before their wedding. [8] In December 2017, Louwerse gave birth to the couple's first child, Sascha. [40]
The group has served as the vehicle for Rieu's increasingly ambitious ideas since its founding. [3] In 1987 André renamed the MSO as the Johann Strauss Orchestra to emphasise waltz music. [2] On the occasion of Rieu's first concert with the orchestra, on January 1, 1988, there were 12 musicians.
André Rieu (1949–) Dutch violinist, ... Louise Weiss (1893–1983), French journalist and politician, international affairs expert and pacifist. She was the ...
A fan of the Dutch violinist, Hopkins's wife [4] sent his waltz to Rieu for consideration. [5] [6] Inspired by New Zealand's stunning landscape and the ‘life must go on’ attitude of its people in the face of the recent natural disasters, André composed a dreamy waltz together with his first violinist Frank Steijns entitled "Dreaming of New ...
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Rieu can refer to: André Rieu (born 1949), Dutch violinist and conductor; Annette Rieu, a character in Jeanne Galzy's 1929 novel L'Initiatrice aux mains vides (Burnt Offering) Bún riêu, a Vietnamese meat; D. C. H. Rieu (1916–2008), scholar; Charloun Rieu (1846–1924), French farmer and poet; Charles Pierre Henri Rieu (1820–1902), Swiss ...
Currently on loan to André Rieu. [6] Ex Jenkins, Jenkins-Thompson: 1667 Sold at Sotheby's in 1995. [7] [8] Piet - Beare-Biddulph: 1667 Owned by Charles Beare & Peter until 1990 and sold at Machold Rare Violins in 2001. [9] [10] Amatese: 1668