"When my twin grandchildren, Linda and Lyeke, were born two years ago, it changed me. I felt it was the essence of what life is about, and I cried all day. When my son Pierre, their father, was born I didn't cry like that."
Dutch violinist and conductor best known for founding and leading the Johann Strauss Orchestra. He became an international concert figure through large-scale touring productions centered on waltz and light-classical repertoire.