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A Yanni concert is one of the best attended events of any modern artist. While not his first major concert, Yanni’s breakthrough commercial success came with the release of his album and video, Yanni Live at the Acropolis, which was filmed on September 25, 1993 at the 2,000-year-old Herodes Atticus Theater in Athens, Greece and released in 1994 as an album and live video. The corresponding concert tour of the year was Yanni Live, The Symphony Concerts 1994.. “Yanni Live at the Acropolis” was Yanni’s first live album and utilized a full orchestra in addition to his highly skilled core band.

Under the supervision of conductor Shardad Rohani, the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra performed one of its most memorable and, as Shardad Rohani expressed at the end of concert, magical performances ever. Subsequently, the concert was broadcast in the US on PBS and was one of the top fundraising subjects.

It was seen in 65 countries by half a billion people and quickly became one of their most popular programs ever. It has almost continuously remained on the charts since its release and is the second best-selling music video of all time, selling more than 7 million copies worldwide.

In Celebration of Life, is Yanni’s seventh album, released on the Private Music label in 1991. The corresponding Yanni concert tour in the same year was called the Revolution in Sound tour.

Dare to Dream, was Yanni’s eighth album, released on the Private Music label in 1992. In this succeeding album, “Dare to Dream”, Yanni, credits its completion to the realization that not only don’t people go after their dreams, they are often afraid to dream at all.

The performer asserts that people don’t dare to dream, they can’t shape their future. It went gold within two months of its release and was nominated for a Grammy. The album was followed by the sell-out, 65-city Dare to Dream Yanni concert tour which challenged audiences “not to be afraid to dream”.

This 2 hour and 15 minute Yanni concert was performed completely live and showcased the broad range of his music through a unique marriage of acoustic and electronic sounds. Yanni and two additional keyboardists (Bradley Joseph and Julie Homi), were backed by a rhythm section headed by Charlie Adams on drums, with Michael Bruno on percussion and Osama Afifi on bass, and included a string section featuring Charlie Bisharat and Karen Briggs on violin, and Sachi McHenry on cello.

In My Time, the ninth album, was released on the Private Music label in 1993. This album was a gentler collection of piano-focused pieces. Attaining Platinum status, it was a second nomination for a Grammy. The corresponding Yanni concert tour for the year was Yanni Live, The Symphony Concerts 1993. According to the artist, this was the kind of album that he had been wanting to make for years. He called it a clear and honest album that would be consistent in its mood, and would allow the audience to feel the human being behind the music, one human being to another by intentionally keeping the background instrumentation and production at a minimum.
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Among his other considerable achievements, in March of 1997, Yanni became one of the few Western artists permitted to perform and record at the Taj Mahal in India, and later that year at the Forbidden City in China. From these two events came his next live album and video, Tribute, which were released in 1997.

From these spectacular beginnings, and the success of his subsequent concert tours, it is clear that the Yanni concert is destined to be one of the best attended events in the realm of music entertainment.

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