VietNamNet Bridge – The authorities of Thua Thien - Hue Province have announced that the Hue Festival 2016 will take place from April 29 to May 4, 2016, with the participation of world famous musician Yanni.

The highlight of the festival will be the opening night celebrating 710 years since the founding of Thuan Hoa-Phu Xuan (now Thua Thien-Hue).

Additionally, Vietnamese and foreign artists will join together for art performances in the Hue Citadel, An Dinh Palace and other places in the Complex of Hue Monuments.

The “Dem Hoang Cung” (Royal Night) and “Huyen thoai Phuong Dong” (Orient legendary) events will also be held in the Ngo Mon-Ky Dai Square.

Other programs such as a Hue international carnival week (HICW), a beer festival, international food festival and a Got talent –TV show will be arranged in the Thuong Bac Park.

As an international event, the festival will offer a number of exhibitions and fairs featuring cultural characteristics and traditional games and dishes from many localities across the country.

Artist Yanni.

Specifically, world famous musician Yanni, Japanese New-Age musician Kitaro will perform with Vietnamese and international artists at Ngo Mon-Ky Dai Square. DJ Tisetto will perform at the Tu Do Stadium.

Yanni is a Greek-American composer, keyboardist, pianist, and music producer. Yanni continues to use the musical shorthand that he developed as a child, blending jazz, classical, soft rock, and world music to create predominantly instrumental works.

Although this genre of music was not well suited for commercial pop radio and music television, Yanni received international recognition by producing concerts at historic monuments and by producing videos that were broadcast on public television.

His breakthrough concert, Live at the Acropolis, yielded the second best-selling music video of all time.

Additional historic sites for Yanni's concerts have included India's Taj Mahal, China's Forbidden City, the United Arab Emirates' Burj Khalifa, Russia's Kremlin, Puerto Rico's El Morro castle, Lebanon's ancient city of Byblos, Tunisia's Roman Theatre of Carthage, and India's Laxmi Vilas Palace.

At least 14 of Yanni's albums have peaked at No. 1 in Billboard's "Top New Age Album" category, and two albums (Dare to Dream and In My Time) received Grammy Award nominations.

Through late 2011, Yanni performed live in concert before more than two million people in more than 20 countries around the world, and has accumulated more than 35 platinum and gold albums globally, with sales totaling over 20 million copies.

Yanni popularized the combination of electronic music synthesizers with a full-scale symphony orchestra. He has employed musicians of various nationalities and has incorporated a variety of exotic instruments to create music that has been called an eclectic fusion of ethnic sounds.

Influenced by his encounters with cultures around the world, Yanni has been called a "True Global Artist" and his music is said to reflect his “one world, one people” philosophy.

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