King of waltz fills 
Odyssey with love

The Belfast show will kick off the tour and Andre is certainly excited to be back in the UK.

“We are going to play a completely new program with new music,” he explained. “Preparing a new show, choosing a new program is a great joy for me.

“The tour is called ‘Love in Venice’ like the new album and we will try to bring the beauty, passion and warmth of Italy 
to the UK. So we will play some well-known melodies from Italy but also waltzes, music from film, opera and operetta.

“The Berlin Comedian Harmonists will join us with English songs and we have lots of international soloists from all over the world. The evening will end again with a big 
party. I hope you will come, dance, sing and clap along with us.”

For anyone who hasn’t been to an Andre Rieu concert before, this will be an evening that you will never forget. “Every night, we play with our hearts and I choose the program very carefully,” continued Andre.

“A song has to touch my heart and then I know it will touch yours, too. When I am on stage I try to communicate with the audience and to involve them.

“I make jokes, I invite them to dance etc.. I see myself not only as a violinist, but also as a conductor and entertainer. Classical music is so beautiful and can be so entertaining. And of course my orchestra is so joyful. We laugh a lot. They wear beautiful dresses. And it’s true, yes, the atmosphere is completely different from a typical “stiff” classical concert.”

Join Andre at the Odyssey Arena on Friday December 5. Tickets are on sale 
now from the Odyssey Box Office.