Yanni Coming to bergenPAC for Pair of Shows in July

Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey presents Yanni-Monday, July 11, 2016 AND Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 8PM. Purchase tickets at www.ticketmaster.com or Box Office at 201.227.1030.

Internationally renowned composer and multi-instrumentalist Yanni brings audiences a new album and a major North American tour. Yanni, accompanied by his 15-member master musician international orchestra, performs beloved fan favorites as well as a few surprises. His new album SENSUOUS CHILL is available worldwide via Sony Music Masterworks imprint Portrait Records.

Composing, producing and recording his brand new album and launching an extensive tour is seemingly not enough for Yanni; hot on the heels of the release of Sensuous Chill, the artist is also the focus of a spectacular new PBS Special YANNI: THE DREAM CONCERT - LIVE FROM THE GREAT PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT -which aired nationwide in March. A DVD and Blu-Ray of the Special is available as well. Yanni explains his motivation for this project, "This album represents several years of collaboration with some of the brightest artists in the world! That is what brings the uniqueness the beauty and the color on this album. I have thought long and hard in order to decide which songs to pick, and in which sequence they should appear. I wanted to create a sensuous melodious and sexy environment for the listener; and I wanted it to last a long time!...This album "knows" what it wants to be!...And it is unmistakably Yanni!! The whole collection contains 17 songs 10 of which have never been released before. Put it on repeat and enjoy!!!"

Yanni is a multiple GRAMMY Award-nominated composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and performer whose extraordinary body of work has both pioneered contemporary instrumental music and re-imagined the live concert-going experience. Since making his solo debut with 1984's OPTIMYSTIQUE, Yanni has had 15 albums reach #1 on Billboard's "Top New Age Albums" chart - more than any other artist ever - with 1994's LIVE AT THE ACROPOLIS also reaching the top 5 on the overall "Billboard 200" on its way to 4x platinum certification from the RIAA and total worldwide sales in excess of 7 million.

For over two decades, Yanni has been one of the world's top selling live acts, performing on every continent bar Antarctica, in more than 35 countries, before a cumulative worldwide audience of more than 5 million and counting. In North America alone, Yanni's 1995, 1998, and 2003-2005 concert tours were each named among Pollstar's top 10 concert tours of the year. In the past decade Yanni has performed more than 500 concerts in over 25 countries.