Moment in Time
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The recent announcement by BT Fasmer about the upcoming Yanni concert scheduled May 13 2009 in New York led to some great discussion with a good friend of mine about the past live Tribute concert program which aired on PBS in long ago 1997. There is a good chance newagemusic.nu readers saw this past televised concert also since it is estimated that a half billion people around the world have watched or heard of Mr. Yanni Chryssomallis. Our discussion wasn't about the man himself, but of the extremely talented musicians who accompany and perform solos during the concert tours.
Chances are you too might remember one particular moment in time during the PBS concert at the Taj Mahal in India where violinist Karen Briggs and woodwind specialist Pedro Eustache played a new world version of the song Renegade which highlighted both performers temptingly trying to out maneuver each other as they took turns on improvised back and forth solos with increasingly more intricate and complex rhythms which left the live audience and PBS television viewers amazed. Karen and Pedro were both winners in the duel performance which was truly special and something to reminisce about ever if it was twelve years ago.
Both individuals are well respected accomplished musicians with American born Karen Briggs, often described as the Lady in Red, a master violinist who performed with Yanni for 13 years, plus numerous single and orchestra concert appearances, one album, and movie soundtrack to her credit.
Venezuelan born Pedro Eustache specializes in the flutes and woodwinds section, having two albums and a multitude of appearances with other renown musicians and composers worldwide, also playing a variety of instruments in many popular movie soundtracks. Pedro also regularly toured with Yanni for 10 years. Both artists are diverse and relentless in their pursuit of perfection in their chosen field of music and well worth a visit to their individual websites to learn more about some of the past and present day extraordinary musicians who make up the major concert headliner most often known simply as Yanni.
The official yanni.com website is also a great place to visit for news, the past but memorable Tribute Concert Album just mentioned, all discography and the vast number of live concert tour dates presently available in the United States.
Both individuals are well respected accomplished musicians with American born Karen Briggs, often described as the Lady in Red, a master violinist who performed with Yanni for 13 years, plus numerous single and orchestra concert appearances, one album, and movie soundtrack to her credit.
Venezuelan born Pedro Eustache specializes in the flutes and woodwinds section, having two albums and a multitude of appearances with other renown musicians and composers worldwide, also playing a variety of instruments in many popular movie soundtracks. Pedro also regularly toured with Yanni for 10 years. Both artists are diverse and relentless in their pursuit of perfection in their chosen field of music and well worth a visit to their individual websites to learn more about some of the past and present day extraordinary musicians who make up the major concert headliner most often known simply as Yanni.
The official yanni.com website is also a great place to visit for news, the past but memorable Tribute Concert Album just mentioned, all discography and the vast number of live concert tour dates presently available in the United States.
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