Dutch violinist and conductor André Rieu is one of the most successful classical
musical performers of modern time. In August 2018, Billboard reported that he
had become the highest grossing classical artist in the industry magazine's
Boxscore history, with a reported total gross from all shows standing at $550
million. Following a concert in Berlin in February 2018, Universal Music
announced that he had accumulated 500 Platinum Awards for worldwide sales of CDs
and DVDs.
Born in the southeast of the Netherlands, Rieu began to play the violin at the
age of five as his father...