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Born c.1950 in Maastricht, Holland;son of a symphony conductor; married with two sons; Education: Graduate of the Royal Conservatory, Brussels. Addresses: Record company-Polygram Records, Inc., 8258th Ave.

Fl. C2b, New York, NY 10019.

A versatile violinist and spirited conductor, Andre Rieu capitalized on his classical music training and natural charisma to successfully recreate the uplifting atmosphere of the nineteenth-century Viennese dance halls for twentieth-century audiences worldwide.

Rieu's unique classical style evolved around the notion that the audience must be involved in order to appreciate the music. Although the inspiration for his innovative musical presentations reached back over 100 years, his style was frequently categorized as "crossover" music because it combined the revered scores of the classical composers with a more informal performance atmosphere characteristic of popular music.

Rieu was born in Maastricht, Holland.

His father conducted the Limburg Sy