André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known for creating the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra.
Rieu in 2009
André Rieu and Carmen Monarcha (Düsseldorf, 2009)
The Johann Strauss Orchestra is a pops orchestra founded in the Netherlands by André Rieu in 1987. The orchestra is well known for performing classical works with a distinctly unorthodox frivolity, joking with the audience and performing all sorts of antics.
Andre Rieu and Carmen Monarcha accompanied by the Johann Strauss Orchestra
Johann Strauss Orchestra performing at the Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam