Live: The Concert Event

Performer: Yanni
Engineer: Yanni; Travis Meck
Producer: Yanni
Distributor: Image Entertainment

Notes: Personnel: Yanni (keyboards, synthesizer); Alfreda Gerald (vocals); Armen Movsessian, Erika Walczak, Zachary Carrenttin, Kristen Autry (violin); Ilona Geller, Eugene Mechtovich (viola); Sarah O'Brien (cello); Pedro Eustache (flute, duduk, reeds, saxophone); David Hudson (didjeridu); April Cap (oboe); Kerry Hughes (trumpet); Jim Mattos (French horn); Dana Teboe (trombone); Colin O'Malley, Ming Freeman (keyboards); Charlie Adams, Charlie Adams (drums); Walter Rodriguez (percussion); Victor Espinola (vocals, harp); Michelle Amato (vocals). Recording information: Madalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, NV. Arranger: Yanni. This concert recording captures Yanni performing live in Las Vegas in 2005. Featuring a large, talented ensemble, LIVE emphasizes the Greek composer's penchant for sweeping musical vistas, highly charged instrumental interplay, and the fusion of styles from around the globe. Live strings and brass complement Yanni's trademark keyboards, while other instruments, including didgeridoo and hammered dulcimer, flesh out the sound. There is quite a bit of stretching out here, as Yanni allows the members of his band ample room to solo; however, atmosphere remains paramount in Yanni's music, and LIVE delivers on the artist's evocative, ethereal aesthetic.

One of modern instrumental music's most distinctive and popular composers, Yanni popularized the combination of synthesizers and full-scale symphony orchestra. The Greek performer combined his musical abilities with a flair for flamboyant visuals, coming across like a more dignified, New Age version of Liberace. His mix of music and spectacle made him a star in the 1990s.

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