Does Andr Rieu have a daughter?

Publish date: 2024-05-20

André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known for creating the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra. Rieu and his orchestra have turned classical and waltz music into a worldwide concert touring act. He resides in his native Maastricht.

Does André Rieu have a daughter?

From 1974 to 1977, Rieu attended the Music Academy in Brussels, studying with André Gertler. He completed his training with the distinction “Premier Prix” from the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. Rieu married Marjorie Kochmann in 1975.

She has been a language teacher and has written compositions. They have two sons, Marc and Pierre.  The name Rieu is of French Huguenot origin, though both of Rieu’s parents were Roman Catholic. André was born to Andries Antonie Rieu and is the third of six children.

He has two older sisters (Teresia and Cilia), two younger brothers (Robert and Jean-Philippe), and a younger sister (Gaby Buirma-Rieu). Rieu’s father was the conductor of the Maastricht Symphony Orchestra. Showing early promise, André began studying violin at the age of five.

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