Andre Rieu is amazing. We were fortunate enough once to stumble upon one of his free outdoor performances in a square in Cortona, Italy. In fact, we got displaced from our hotel room and put in a small apartment due to their having to accommodate the orchestra.
We were jam-packed in with the crowd viewing the performance, and I so envied the lucky people whose apartments around the square afforded them a first-class view. What a talented man--speaks so many languages and is so musically talented.
We investigated attending a concert he was giving in Pittsburgh (or was it Detroit?) but the tickets were close to $400. It made us even more appreciative of the free concert.
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