Helps with meditation or falling to sleep

He is an amazing musician. Taken less seriously and under appreciated by younger generations.

I recently clicked on one of his concerts to laugh a little but ended up quite enjoying it.

I thought his studio stuff was decent background music, then I watched "Live at the Acropolis" and was completely blown away.

On the one hand, it’s non-offensive music. On the other, it’s really nothing spectacular. I’d expect to hear it - not in a concert hall performed live - but recordings playing in the background, like…, I don’t know, elevators. Or aquariums. Yeah, definitely aquariums.

Yes!

Aquarium music…May I also nominate Glass Animals?

The orchestra adds total depth to the music. Earlier recordings of those songs are kind of thin sounding.

He had some really talented musicians there. I recall the violin players especially. There was this duet they did that I always enjoyed.

I went to a Yanni concert as kind of a joke, but it was awesome. The production was great, and the number of unique instruments used was very cool as well.

That’s pretty cool and heartwarming.

His live stuff is pretty good. Has a lot of concerts similar to that one.

The first Yanni I heard was Live at the Acropolis. It blew me away. Unfortunately all of his other stuff kind of pales in comparison. :(

I recently rewatched Live at the Acropolis when I had covid a few months ago. It’s still so good!

I used to pretend to the the conductor when I was a kid watching it.

Hold on a hot fuckin minute, is the the Yanni they refer to at the end of Beck's Que Onda Guero?

Santorini and aria are my fav tracks from him 💜

Yanni is to classical music is what smooth jazz to jazz music is. Nothing spectacular but utterly enjoyable.

I prefer Laurel

You mean Laurel?

Classical nerd AND Yanni fan here. I compare classical music to fine dining (which can range from refined to creative to pretentious), and Yanni's music to comfort food which, when done well, helps calm your soul. It's nowhere near as complex, so it's the best at actively engaging your mind when you want to relax, while not being as passive and directionless as most actual elevator music.

Great answer! I agree.

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one of the best live concerts I ever went to

My mom loved him and I was forced to listen to it on long vacation drives. No thank you yanni