The world’s most beloved Tenor sings the world’s most romantic songs in the world’s most beautiful setting. Recorded live in front of an intimate invited audience Andrea Bocelli performs the most famous love songs from the Piazzetta in Italy’s romantic Portofino harbour. During the evening, Bocelli shares the stage with a sensational ensemble of supporting talent, including Caroline Campbell on violin, German star Helene Fischer and Brazilian singer-songwriter Sandy on vocals, Chris Botti playing trumpet, and Bocelli’s fiancée Veronica Berti joining him for a duet of Something Stupid, all backed by a 40 piece orchestra & rhythm section.
Zucchero – La Sesión Cubana
Legendary Italian singer-songwriter Zucchero presenting his new album “La sesión cubana” at a concert in Havanna attended by over 70.000 people.
The Piano Guys live at Red Butte Garden
Hailing from Utah, The Piano Guys became an Internet sensation by way of their immensely successful series of strikingly original self-made music videos. They’ve made 35 since joining forces a little more than a year ago, including their most recent hit video, an innovative 10-handed version of One Direction’s ‘What Makes You Beautiful.’ But it’s the Guys’ highly original blend of classical music with pop that has really been the cause of an Internet phenomenon that has now brought them to their major label debut album, The Piano Guys, released on Sony Masterworks.
Yanni – Live from Las Vegas & Acapulco
Experience Yanni and his world famous orchestra in stunning high-definition. In this program, we revisit 2 of Yanni’s critically acclaimed television spectaculars: ‘Yanni Live from Las Vegas’ and ‘Yanni Live from Acapulco’. Each performance was captured by 16 high-definition cameras and 125 channels of digital audio for a brilliant and amazingly clear audio-visual experience. Go center stage for an explosive concert special filled with magnificent performances by the world’s most extraordinary musicians. Featuring Yanni’s favorites like ‘Nostalgia’, ‘Santorini’, ‘Within Attraction’ and a spectacular debut performance of Yanni’s classic composition, ‘Tribute’ by tenor Nathan Pacheco.
Anoushka Shankar – Traveller
Sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar is one of the leading figures in World Music today. She is deeply rooted in Indian classical music, having studied exclusively
with her father, the legendary Ravi Shankar, from the age of nine. Thriving as a composer, she has been exploring fertile ground in the crossover between Indian music
and a variety of genres including flamenco, electronica, jazz and Western classical music. In her latest album ‘Traveller’ she finds her way into the nuances of modern flamenco through the vivid lens of Hindustani technique. The film features a concert at the Festival de Músiques Religioses I Del Món De Girona on July 3rd, 2011.
Thomas Quasthoff sings Soul – ‘Tell it like it is’
The German magazine Stern describes Thomas Quasthoff as ‘the man with the most beautiful voice in the world’. Furthermore, his power of interpretation and unerring sense of taste go hand in hand not only when performing Italian arias but also when singing famous American songs. After his performance and recording of ‘Tell it like it is’ at the famous A-Trane jazzclub in Berlin, ‘unbounded cheering’ (Die Welt) by the audience had the effect of singling out certain numbers. With each of their appearances in February 2010, Thomas Quasthoff and his hand-picked instrumentalists (Bruno Müller, guitar, Frank Chastenier, keyboard, Dieter Ilg, bass, Wolfgang Haffner, drums) worked their way deeper into these pieces of jazz and soul. Works by Marvin Gaye, Percy Mayfield, Tony Joe White, Stevie Wonder, John Lennon, Ray Charles, Randy Newman, et al.
Jamiroquai plays Avo Session
The British jazz, funk and acid jazz band, Jamiroquai, started out as the most prominent component in the early 1990s London-based acid jazz movement. Subsequent albums have explored other musical directions such as pop, rock and electronica. Jamiroquai have sold more than 35 million albums worldwide and won a Grammy Award in 1997. At the Avo Session they perform their world-famous hits.
Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara play Avo Session
British rock meets afro-sound from Gambia. The sound of a nation with no borders, a place that needs no passport, no visa. This is where the deep roots of African music nourish the raw electric groove of rock and roll, where Gnawa spirit rhythms come up against Chicago distortion, where snaky N’awlins rhythm has a West London howl, and a Sahel Wail.
Razorlight play Avo Session
Razorlight is one of today’s best Britpop bands. After his earlier incarnation as a solo acoustic singer songwriter, supporting bands like The Libertines, bandleader Johnny Borrell fashioned Razorlight as an intense electric rock band with catchy songs and took the band out on the road.
Mary J. Blige plays Avo Session
With over 40 million albums sold worldwide, nine Grammys and just as many albums not to mention the unequivocal title ‘Queen of Hip Hop Soul’: Mary J. Blige is a true diva in the best sense of the word. Her music is as big as her personality and like any true diva this native New Yorker is also a style icon.