André Rieu is ready for a name from Bruce Springsteen to ask to share a stage with him.
The Dutch music maestro, 73, has carried out with the likes of The Village Individuals, Sir Anthony Hopkins, and The Hoff himself David Hasselhoff.
Nevertheless, his dream is to carry out The Boss’ classics ‘Born In The USA’ and ‘Dancing In The Darkish’ in his hometown of Maastricht within the Netherlands.
In a Q+A, he mentioned: “There’s just one extra visitor I have been a fan of myself for a lot of, a few years now … Bruce Springsteen! We’re about the identical age, however this man’s vitality is fabulous! Have you ever ever seen him on stage whereas enjoying his guitar? My oh my, that is pure gold! It might be a dream come true when he would give me a name and say: ‘Hey André, let’s share the stage in Maastricht!’ Collectively, we’d carry out his classics ‘Born In The USA’ and ‘Dancing In The Darkish’… cannot wait!”
The conductor-and-violinist already has fond reminiscences of performing numerous instances in his breathtaking hometown.
Every year, tens of 1000’s of individuals from world wide make the pilgrimage to see the King of Waltz carry out his summer season live performance sequence in Maastricht with the star making the Vrijthof Sq. his house for 2 weeks together with his Johann Strauss Orchestra.
This 12 months, his musical live performance celebrating romance, ‘Love Is All Round’, might be completely proven in additional than 500 UK cinemas for one weekend solely so individuals throughout the nation can immerse themselves within the cinematic expertise.
On the enjoyment his Maastricht concert events give him, André mentioned: “In 2019 I obtained a bronze plague for my a centesimal live performance from the Mayor of Maastricht, which may now be seen on the sq..
“That was very emotional and made me very proud. Throughout the identical summer season we welcomed our Millionth customer to our summer season concert events.
“The easy truth that folks from all around the world journey to my hometown to attend my concert events there strikes me yearly. “After I’m standing in entrance of the theatre and I see all these glad and dependable followers in entrance of me, I am completely conscious of the selection for the proper job. This house sport is a feast for everyone: we give about 100 concert events per 12 months, and these sequence on the Vrijthof really feel like coming house. And when my particular visitor arrives throughout the encores, the viewers is getting much more ‘loopy’ than earlier than – that is additionally a joyous second!”
André Rieu’s ‘Love Is All Round’ – hosted by Charlotte Hawkins – is in cinemas nationwide on August 26 and 27. Tickets can be found now at: WWW.ANDREINCINEMAS.COM.
