IS SPONSORED IN PART BY ANDRE RE YOU. HE HAS BEEN DUBBED THE KING OF THE WALTZ AND HAS TOURED THE
WORLD WITH HIS PERSONAL
ORCHESTRA. NOW HE’S BRINGING HIS
SHOW TO THE STATES AND MAKING A
STOP IN DETROIT LATER THIS YEAR
IN SEPTEMBER. JOINING US NOW
FROM AMSTERDAM IS ANDRE RYU, THE
KING OF THE WALTZ HIMSELF. GOOD
MORNING OR GOOD AFTERNOON. WHERE
ARE YOU? AH GOOD. AFTER HERE.
IT’S AFTERNOON 30 AND WITH YOU
AT THE MORNING, I THINK AND I’M
NOT IN AMSTERDAM BUT THEN MUST
STRAIGHTEN MY CITY WHERE I LIVE
. I LOVE THAT. I LOVE THAT.
WELL, WE’RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU
HERE IN THE MORNING WITH US, BUT
I HAVE TO ASK YOU NOW, THE WALL
STREET JOURNAL HAS SAID MOVE
OVER ROLLING STONES. ANDRE
REVIEW PUTS ON THE BIGGEST SHOW
ON EARTH. DESCRIBE WHAT YOUR
CONCERTS ARE LIKE. FOR THOSE WHO
HAVE NEVER BEEN TO ONE SO I’M.
WHEN YOU GO TO CLASSICAL CONCERT
, THE PEOPLE LOOK IN THE PROGRAM
WHO’S COMING? WHAT SYMPHONY? BUT
IN MY CASE THAT PEOPLE DON’T
KNOW AT ALL WHAT I’M GOING TO
DO, BUT THEY KNOW WHEN YOU GO TO
A CONCERT OF ANDRE YOU WILL HAVE
AN EVENING. YOU WILL NEVER
FORGET LOOKING AT THE FOOTAGE
AND IT LOOKS VERY EXCITING AND
VERY FESTIVE. SO I HAVE TO ASK
YOU THIS, THOUGH. WHAT IS IT
ABOUT CLASSICAL MUSIC THAT HAS
MADE IT STAND THE TEST OF TIME
FOR CENTURIES. I THINK BECAUSE
IT COMES FROM THE HEART AT LEAST
AS THE WAY I PLAYED WITH MY
ORCHESTRA. WE REALLY PLAY THE
MUSIC WITH OUR HEART AND
THEREFORE THE PEOPLE CAN SEE
WHEN I’M NERVOUS ON. ALL RIGHT.
I’M GLAD YOU KNOW THAT IS THAT
IS SO EXCITING AND IT’S ABOUT MY
CONCERTS ARE ALL ABOUT THE
INTERACTION WITH THE AUDIENCE.
THAT’S WHY I COME TO THE STATES.
OKAY WE LOVE THAT IN THE STATES.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT. UM
NOW YOU HAVE YOUR OWN ORCHESTRA,
MEANING YOU EMPLOY THEM AND THEY
TRAVEL WITH YOU. IT IS, IN FACT,
THE LARGEST PRIVATELY OWNED
ORCHESTRA IN THE WORLD NOW DOES
THAT LEAD TO A STRONGER
CONNECTION WITH THEM AND THE
MUSIC WHEN YOU PLAY? I THINK SO.
YES BECAUSE THEY KNOW I’M THEIR
BOSS. AND SO NO, THAT’S THAT’S
NOT THE CASE. BUT I WASN’T A SO
CALLED CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA
MYSELF AND ALL MY COLLEAGUES
AROUND ME. NOBODY SPOKE ABOUT
MUSIC SPOKE ABOUT. IT’S TOO
COLD. IT’S TOO HOT. I WANT MORE
MONEY. WHEN IS THE NEXT HOLIDAY?
I HAVE TO WORK TOO HARD. AND
THEN MARJORIE. MY WIFE. SHE SAW
ME COMING HOME EVERY DAY MORE
UNHAPPY, AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW
, ANDRE, YOU ARE GOING TO FOLLOW
YOUR DREAM. AND I KNOW YOUR
DREAM IS TO HAVE YOUR OWN
ORCHESTRA OF PEOPLE WHO PLAY
WITH THE HEART AND THAT’S WHAT I
DID. SO I’M VERY GRATEFUL TO
MARCH WITH MY WIFE. BECAUSE THIS
STORY IS NOW 35 YEARS AGO.
THAT’S AMAZING. THAT’S GREAT
ADVICE FROM YOUR WIFE. INDEED
NOW I HAVE TO ASK YOU. DO YOU
HAVE A FAVORITE COMPOSITION?
FAVORITE COMPOSITION. YEAH. OKAY
I WILL ANSWER YOU THIS QUESTION
BECAUSE ALL JOURNALISTS ASKED
THAT PRESIDENT I THINK BECAUSE
I’M THE KING OF THE WORLD’S AND
MY ORCHESTRA IS NAMED TO JOHAN
SHORTS ORCHESTRA. IT MUST BE THE
BLUE THEN YOU OKAY? OKAY SO WHAT
DO YOU ENJOY THE MOST ABOUT
PLAYING IN THE STATES? OH THE
AUDIENCE THE AUDIENCE EVERYWHERE
WHERE I COME WHEN I COME BACK
FROM THE STATES, I’D SAY OH MY
GOD, THIS AUDIENCE AND THE
STATES THEY ARE SO HUNGRY. THEY
DRIVE 1000 MILES IN THE CAR TO
COME TO MY CONCERT AND FOR THEM,
IT’S NOTHING HERE IN EUROPE. WE
ARE NOT USED TO THAT SORT OF
DISTANCES AND IN THE STATES, THE
AUDIENCE IS SO FANTASTIC BECAUSE
YOU KNOW, THEY SIT LIKE THAT IN
THE BEGINNING, AND IT’S A OKAY.
SHOW ME WHAT YOU CAN AND THEN
AFTER 10 MINUTES AFTER AN
ABSOLUTE BREAK, TAKE GET LOOSE
AND SAY OH, MY GOD, THEY JUST
FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH
ANDRE FOR TAKING THE TIME TO
TALK WITH US TODAY. OKAY THANK
YOU DOT THE BYE BYE. BYE BYE. IF
YOU WANT TO SEE ANDRE RE YOU
WHEN HE COMES TO DETROIT,
TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW FOR HIS
CONCERT ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, AND
YOU COULD ALSO GET HIS NEW DVD
HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN. BOTH
ARE AVAILABLE AT HIS WEBSITE.
ANDRE RE YOU DOT COM THAT’S
ANDRE RIEU DOT COM AND IT’S