Rock the Taj
WHEN Yanni, a Greek-American musician, held a mammoth concert at the Acropolis in Athens a few years ago, it was a big success. Emboldened, Yanni started to look around the globe for other world-famous monuments that might form a suitable backdrop for his show, which combines classical music with “new age” instruments. On March 20th his latest three-day concert was scheduled to get under way at the Taj Mahal in India, from where it will be beamed by satellite around the world.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Rock the Taj”
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