I'VE BEEN SKEPTICAL ABOUT YANNIS NEW TOUR & "NEW DIRECTION". HES BEEN THROUGH A LOT I KNOW... IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS A HIGH TURNOVER OF MUSICIANS ON "HIS BAND" AT LEAST OVER THE YRS. THE YANNI TOUCH JUST WASNT THERE TONIGHT...
I CAN SAY THAT I AM PROUD TO BE ARMENIAN OTHER THAN THE FINE HISTORY & PRESENCE & "PAST" WE HAVE... TO KNOW THAT ONE OF THE FINEST MUSICIANS AROUND THE WORLD ORIGINATE FROM ARMENIA AND CONTINE TO BE PART OF HIS "BAND".....
I BELIEVE HIS CONCERT WAS VERY COMMERCIALIZED EVEN THOUGH IT WASNT A FULL HOUSE...
ITS ALL A BUSINESS IN THE END OF COURSE..
YANNI IS YANNI...HE FINALLY PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER..WEVE BEEN WAITING LONG ENOUGH.. AND HES KNOWN FOR HIS PHENOMENAL INSTRUMENTAL...BUT YANNI AND SINGING DONT REALLY MIX TO BE HONEST....
WHEN I LISTEN TO HIS MUSIC THE BLOOOOOD IN MY VEINS RUN SMOOTHER... I FEEL LIKE I AM IN HEAVEN WHEN I LISTEN TO HIS MUSIC.. ITS BREATHTAKING, EMOTIONAL, TOUCHING, U NAME IT...THE MUSIC HAS INCREDIBLE POWER AT LEAST IT DID HIS LAST 2 PERFORMANCES IN TORONTO...
I REMEMBER WITH HIS LAST CONCERT MORE THAN 4 YRS AGO IT WAS DOUBLE THE AUDIENCE... AT THE TIME HE ACTUALLY SAID IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST AUDEIENCES HES EVER HAD... TONIGHT IT WASNT OF COURSE... SO HE DIDNT SAY ANYTHING..
HE LOOKS HEALTHIER..MORE YOUTHFUL..MORE SLEEK HAIR STYLE TOO.. GOOD FOR HIM..
CONCERT TURN OUT WISE..WHETHER ITS THE RECESSION AND PEOPLE NOT WANTING TO SPEND... OR THAT HIS NEW DIRECTION WAS JUST NOT AS APPEALING.. WHO KNOWS..
I WITNESSED HIS VOCAL SO CALLED "VOICES" & SINGERS TONIGHT... THEY WERE FINE BUT........ THIS IS NOT YANNI TO ME IN THE END...
YANNI SHOULD NOT INVOLVE SINGERS..... ITS JUST NOT THE SAME MY FRIEND...
THESE SINGERS FOR SOME REASON REMIND ME OF AMERICAN IDOL.... THEY JUST HAPPEN TO FALL IN YANNIS WORLD AND NOW THEY ARE HIS SINGER PERFORMERS...
THE SINGERS AND I WONT MENTION ANY NAMES WERE ALL FINE AND DANDY BUT I CAN EASILY WITNESS SUCH FINE VOCAL TALENT THROUGH OTHER ARTISTS & VENUES..
THE CONCERT WAS VERY QUICK SORTA RUSHED....VERY COMMERCIALIZED ONCE AGAIN..
YANNI WITHOUT CHARLEY ADAMS....WITHOUT THE FINE ARMENIAN VIOLINIST...SAMVUEL YERVINYAN ISNT YANNI. THANK GOD THAT YANNI HAS THESE 2 IN HIS "ORCHESTRA"..WHAT MAKES YANNI IS CHARLEY ADAMS AND SAMUEL YERVINIAN IN THE END.. WITHOUT THOSE 2 ITS REGULAR......
YES HE HAS GREAT MUSICIANS BUT THEIR ALWAYS CHANGING UNFORTUNATELY..
THE SOUND OR "VOLUME" SHALL I SAY WASNT THAT GREAT... THE SPEAKER SYSTEM IS ALWAYS POOR IN THE ACC.... WHEN U GO TO SUCH A CONCERT U ACTUALLY WANT TO EXPERIENCE LOUD SURRROUND AUDIO ALL AROUND U..
IT WAS OBVIOUS AND THERES GOOD REASON WHY 2 FOR 1 TICKETS WERE BEING OFFERED TONIGHT... IT WAS AN SOMEWHAT AN "EMPTY HOUSE"... MAYBE ITS THE RECESSION OR MAYBE ITS JUST THAT HIS NEW DIRECTION WITH "SINGERS" NO LONGER CUTS IT..
IT WAS QUITE A SURPRISE TO SEE THAT 33% OF THE CONCERT WAS FULL OF PERSIANS.... HOW AND WHY IT WAS QUITE A SURPRISE..
THE "END" OF THE CONCERT IS ALWAYS VERY OBVIOUS WITH YANNI...... YOU KNOW HES GOING TO BE BACK TO PERFORM A COUPLE MORE TIMES...
THE LAST FEW SO CALLED "ENCORE" PERFORMANCES ARE HIS BEST..HE SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST OBVIOUSLY..
ITS ALL A BUSINESS IN THE END AND U SEE HOW ITS SET UP TO LEAVE THE BEST FOR THE LAST...
PEOPLE ARE STOMPPING CLAPPING YELLING "ENCORING" FOR MORE..
IMAGINE PEOPLE DIDNT DO THIS....HAHA... THE CONCERT WOULD'VE BEEN THAT MUCH MORE REGULAR..
I'VE BEEN TO THE LAST 2 YANNI CONCERTS IN TORONTO AND THEY WERE BREATHTAKING THAT IS TRUE.
Thank you for your respectful post sharing your opinion of the concert. It has been said that not everyone would like this new direction that Yanni has taken with the voices project and he respects that. I'm sorry you didn't like much of what you saw but many reviewers have said that it's the best concert they've ever seen and many fans have been asking for vocals to Yanni's compositions for years. There will always be differing opinions about what Yanni, or any other artist, does during their career and sharing those opinions respectfully is healthy. Yanni has said that he still believes in instrumental music so I'm sure we will see much more in the future. For now he is giving these very talented young people a wonderful start and I greatly respect him for this. I'm sure we will see Nathan, Chloe, Leslie and Ender all become successful artists in their own right very soon. We are not sure what the future holds but hopefully Yanni will return with many new compositions for us all to enjoy.
TorontoArmenianG35c I'm sorry you felt this way, with the concert, I do have to agree with you to a certain point. Yanni did in fact take a risk on adding singers, to his music.And I must admit he did a great job in doing so,I had planned to go to this concert BUT circumstances BEYOND my control prevent me from doing so. After the remaining tours have been completed, I can only wait until he goes on tour one more time
Last Point I like to make it was MOTHER's DAY on May 10th
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