Sir Anthony Hopkins and Andre Rieu
Photo by Govert de Roos

Andre Rieu Premieres Waltz Anthony Hopkins Composed Waltz

By Paul Cashmere

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:18:01 +1000

Sir Anthony Hopkins was in Vienna, Austria on Sunday for the premiere performance of his waltz ‘And The Waltz Goes On’ by Andre Rieu.

Sir Anthony has been composing music for years but wrote ‘And The Waltz Goes On’ specifically for the maestro to perform it.

"I've been a great admirer of André Rieu for several years,” says Sir Anthony is a statement. “My wife and I had the same dream of meeting him one day, so I sent him some music that I wrote. It's a dream came true for me that André performed it with his orchestra. I'm totally knocked out by the result. It's even more than I expected!"

Andre Rieu premiered the piece with his Johann Strauss Orchestra on Sunday with Sir Anthony in attendance as well as the President of the District of Vienna, Marianna Kilica who awarded Andre the Grand Gold Decoration for services to the Republic of Austria.

‘And The Waltz Goes On’ will be a featured track on the next Andre Rieu album. It will also be performed on Andre’s upcoming U.S. tour.

North American tour dates for Andre Rieu are:

Date	City	Venue
September 10, 2011	Calgary	Scotiabank Saddledome
September 11, 2011	Edmonton	Rexall Place
September 12, 2011	Saskatoon	Credit Union Centre
September 14, 2011	Winnipeg	MTS Centre
September 16, 2011	Minneapolis	Xcel Energy Center
September 17, 2011	Des Moines	Wells Fargo Arena
September 18, 2011	Chicago	United Center
September 19, 2011	Detroit	Fox Theatre
October 8, 2011	Mexico City	Auditorio Nacional
October 9, 2011	Mexico City	Auditorio Nacional
October 10, 2011	Mexico City	Auditorio Nacional
October 11, 2011	Mexico City	Auditorio Nacional
October 1, 1934	Guadalajara	Auditorio Telmex
October 14, 2011	Guadalajara	Auditorio Telmex
October 16, 2011	Monterrey	Arena Monterrey
October 18, 2011	San Antonio	AT&T Center
October 19, 2011	Grand Prairie	Verizon Theatre
November 19, 2011	Washington	Patriot Center
November 20, 2011	Pittsburgh	Consol energy center
November 21, 2011	Buffalo	HSBC Arena