Violinist André Rieu on outselling Beyoncé and Ed Sheeran and why he’ll cry when he can finally perform again

metro.co.uk:

Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé, and why his music is good for your health.I’m very proud of that. My father was a conductor of classical music, I come from classical music and what I always hated was that feeling there is in the classical world, that behaviour that you don’t belong to us, this is our world of classical music, please go home.

Therefore I love to play not in concert halls but in a square or big arenas.Yes, I’m proud of that. It shows that people are willing to listen to classical music.

Look at all the movies – they always use classical music and I’ve made it possible for people to come to a concert and enjoy it.