THE King of the Waltz, André Rieu, is back on the big screen this summer live from Maastricht with his new production, Amore - My Tribute to Love, at local cinemas.

For the past few years, the venue has been ranked number one cinema in the UK and Ireland for the biggest attendances at previous screenings of André Rieu’s concerts.

Now the renowned Dutch violinist has announced that his 2018 Maastricht concerts will be screened via satellite in over 500 cinemas nationwide this summer.

The renowned Dutch violinist said: “I will be playing all kinds of pieces during the concert; wonderful waltzes will be heard but also outstanding arias from famous operas, beloved melodies from movies and musicals, and so much more. It’ll be performed by my Johann Strauss Orchestra, the Platin Tenors and several soloists with worldwide fame and name. And of course, as every year, there will be an special surprise guest.”

Last year’s production broke another cinema record for attendance figures. André says he likes to get people acquainted with his concerts across the world.

“Thousands of men and women from over 80 nations come to Maastricht which makes me very proud. This year we will be performing a record-breaking 13 open air concerts and expect 150,000 people,” he explains.

“But I also heard messages from abroad, that people were dancing in the aisles of the cinemas. Isn’t that great? It is a rather new concept, classical concerts in cinemas. I always try to give people something for the eye as well so I am very proud and happy about the popularity of my concerts on the big screen.”

André who has performed with his orchestra for over 30 years adds: “My orchestra feels like a big family, I call them like that affectionately since we share everything during the long periods of touring abroad.”

Amore - My Tribute to Love will be screened at Weymouth Cineworld on Saturday, July 28 at 7pm and Dorchester Odeon on Saturday, July 28 at 7pm. The performance and encore performance at Dorchester Plaza are sold out.