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André Rieu: A classical music revolutionary?

André Rieu: A classical music revolutionary?

André Rieu is reputed to have revolutionised the classical music industry.

His extravagant tours and productions are compared with pop and rock superstars. But some classical music critics refuse to take Rieu’s work seriously; some condemn it as a commodified performance and not art.

On this episode of Talk to Al Jazeera, we travel to the Netherlands to meet the so-called “King of Waltz” in his very own castle.

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