“THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN DEVOTION NEVER TIRES.” André Rieu walks onstage each night with a kind of fire that never seems to run out. You can see it in the way he lifts his bow, like he’s greeting an old friend. People are always surprised when they learn he only takes three days off a year. Three. But when you watch him play, it makes sense. The stage isn’t a place he performs — it’s the place he breathes. Every smile, every glance toward his orchestra, every soft sway of the waltz… it feels like home to him. And sometimes you wonder quietly to yourself: How does a passion keep glowing this bright for so long?
André Rieu, the Maestro of the Waltz, has revealed the surprising truth behind the unstoppable passion that has shaped his…