FROM: MARCEE RONDAN/MITCH SCHNEIDER/ANGELA VILLANUEVA
IN HIS OWN WORDS
WORLD RENOWNED COMPOSER/PIANIST
PREPARES TO RELEASE
‘TRUTH OF TOUCH’
NEW ALBUM OUT FEBRUARY 8
VIA YANNIWAKE AND ROCKET SCIENCE VENTURES
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR BEGINS MARCH 22

“The first thing I want to say about Truth of Touch is I love this album…[it] came out effortlessly. It wanted to come out. I worked very hard on it…it’s fresh.”
The video–now at http://www.idesignprod.com/yanni/yanni-epk.html–also features audio snippets from select tracks off the album, which marks the return of the YANNI his fans know and love, yet with a fresh, edgy new sound. It is his first release of original instrumental music in over 8 years.
“Exploration is a good word,” YANNI says about the album. “I designed quite a lot of new sounds. I just started playing around with the equipment and got inspired by the sounds I would discover. The only prerequisite is it had to turn me on. It had to keep me interested. At this point in my life, I'm a very choosy character.”
In an early review of the album, John Olsen of NewAgeMusicWorld.com said, "After listening to Truth Of Touch many times over for days now, I can tell you that Yanni and the musicians in accompaniment have succeeded in producing one of the finest albums to date!…This new and original composition from Yanni has cutting edge Electronics, along with the exceptional Contemporary Instrumentals by accomplished musicians of fame he judiciously selects during every concert and studio album production.” (1/13/11)
Following the album release, YANNI will embark on a 40-plus date North American tour kicking off March 22 in Peoria, IL. YANNI will perform in major cities across the U.S. and Canada including New York’s legendary Radio City Music Hall on April 9 and the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles on May 8. Full tour itinerary below and purchase links available at http://www.yanni.com/tour.
YANNI is looking forward to performing the new material live for his fans. “I want to remind people of their potential for greatness,” he says. “I want to inspire as well as to entertain them. I don't preach to people, but the uplifting part is something that goes in because of who I am…who you are affects everything you can create.”
Keep up with YANNI via his official twitter at http://twitter.com/yanni and Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/OfficialYanni.
Make sure to catch YANNI on tour in these cities:
DATE | CITY | VENUE | |
Tue | 3/22 | Peoria, IL | Peoria Civic Center |
Thu | 3/24 | Milwaukee, WI | Milwaukee Theatre |
Fri | 3/25 | Appleton, WI | Fox Cities Performing Arts Center |
Sat | 3/26 | Chicago, IL | Sears Centre Arena |
Sun | 3/27 | Detroit, MI | Fox Theatre |
Tue | 3/29 | University Park, PA | Bryce Jordan Center |
Thu | 3/31 | Montreal, QC | Bell Centre |
Fri | 4/1 | Quebec, QC | Grand Theatre |
Sat | 4/2 | Toronto, ON | Sony Centre For The Performing Arts |
Sun | 4/3 | Toronto, ON | Sony Centre For The Performing Arts |
Tue | 4/5 | Providence, RI | Providence Performing Arts Center |
Wed | 4/6 | Lowell, MA | Lowell Memorial Auditorium |
Thu | 4/7 | Washington, DC | Warner Theatre |
Fri | 4/8 | Atlantic City, NJ | Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa |
Sat | 4/9 | New York, NY | Radio City Music Hall |
Mon | 4/11 | Charlotte, NC | Blumenthal Performing Arts Center |
Tue | 4/12 | Durham, NC | Durham Performing Arts Center |
Thu | 4/14 | Jacksonville, FL | Times-Union Center -Moran Theater |
Fri | 4/15 | West Palm Beach, FL | Kravis Center for the Performing Arts |
Sat | 4/16 | Miami, FL | Adrienne Arsht Center–Knight Concert Hall |
Mon | 4/18 | Tampa, FL | Straz Center for the Performing Arts |
Tue | 4/19 | Naples, FL | Philharmonic Center for the Arts |
Wed | 4/20 | Orlando, FL | Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre |
Fri | 4/22 | Greenville, SC | Peace Center |
Sat | 4/23 | Atlanta, GA | Fox Theatre |
Fri | 4/29 | Denver, CO | Wells Fargo Theatre |
Sat | 4/30 | West Valley City, UT | Maverik Center |
Mon | 5/2 | Seattle, WA | Benaroya Hall |
Tue | 5/3 | Spokane, WA | INB Performing Arts Center |
Wed | 5/4 | Portland, OR | Keller Auditorium |
Fri | 5/6 | San Jose, CA | San Jose Civic |
Sat | 5/7 | San Francisco, CA | The Warfield Theatre |
Sun | 5/8 | Los Angeles, CA | Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE |
Tue | 5/10 | Fresno, CA | Save Mart Center |
Fri | 5/13 | San Diego, CA | Humphreys Concerts by the Bay |
Sat | 5/14 | Las Vegas, NV | Orleans Arena |
Sun | 5/15 | Glendale, AZ | Jobing.com Arena |
Thu | 5/19 | Houston, TX | Verizon Wireless Theater |
Fri | 5/20 | Grand Prairie, TX | Verizon Theatre |
Sun | 5/22 | San Antonio, TX | Majestic Theatre |
In his 25-year career, YANNI has accumulated more than 35 platinum and gold albums globally, with sales totaling over 20 million copies, including the double-platinum 1997 Tribute album, which sold more than one million albums within six weeks of its release, and his 1994 Live at the Acropolis album, which has sold more than 7.5 million copies worldwide (5 million in North America alone). He earned Grammy nominations for his 1992 album Dare to Dream, and the 1993 follow-up, In My Time. Throughout his greatly successful career, YANNI has performed live for over 20 million people in some of the most revered landmarks around the world from the Taj Mahal in Agra, India and the Acropolis in Athens, Greece to the Forbidden City in China.
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