André Rieu: The Magic of Maastricht - 30 Years of the Johann Strauss Orchestra

This autumn marks the 30th anniversary of Maestro Rieu founding his Johann Strauss Orchestra. Formed in 1987, the waltz-playing orchestra gave its first concert on New Year’s Day the following year, and now regularly perform up to 100 shows a year, including their annual summer residency in Maastricht. The cumulative 100,000 audience at this year’s concerts were thrilled by the surprise appearance of 80s icon David Hasselhoff as special guest singer. As the orchestra struck-up the theme to ‘Knight Rider’, so KITT arrived on stage, and out stepped “The Hoff” to join the party Looking For Freedom, Love Me Tender and Paloma Blanca.