YOSHIKI AND THE GRAMMY MUSEUM ANNOUNCES HIS FIRST SOLO PERFORMANCE IN THE US AN EVENING WITH YOSHIKI TO TAKE PLACE ON AUGUST 26th

On August 26th, Yoshiki – one of Asia’s most influential musical artist and biggest rock icon – will appear at The Grammy Museum for an intimate performance and interview. An Evening with Yoshiki will give fans a chance to hear Yoshiki perform songs from his highly anticipated and long awaited new album Yoshiki Classical, plus experience a discusYoshiki Classical Coversion between Vice President of The GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares, about his varied career and new album. More information can be found at http://www.grammymuseum.org/events/detail/the-drop-yoshiki

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For more information on the ticket information, please contact The GRAMMY Museum at 213.765.6800 http://grammyinfo@grammymuseum.org or visit: http://grammymuseum.org/visit/contact-us

Yoshiki will join past prestigious and iconic performers such as Brian Wilson, Ringo Starr with Ben Harper, Dave Matthews, John Legend and the Roots, by participating in this highly regarded series at The Grammy Museum. “I am so honored to announce my first solo performance in the US at such a prestigious venue like The GRAMMY Museum.” says Yoshiki.
Yoshiki at the piano
Although known as the founder of Japan’s biggest rock band X Japan and credited as the catalyst for the flamboyant visual kei rock sub-genre, Yoshiki is a world-renowned classically trained multi-instrumentalist/composer/musician.

Yoshiki has made an impressive mark within the classical genre. Yoshiki’s talent has seen him compose the 2012 Golden Globe Awards theme song, which is available in 111 countries. Listen to Yoshiki’s stunning Golden Globes theme song, set to Hollywood’s best moments here: http://goldenglobes.org/2013/02/yoshiki-video/
He’s also composed and performed an orchestral piece/piano concerto to commemorate the Japanese Emperor’s 10th anniversary of his reign, along with the theme for the World Expo in Japan. Yoshiki’s double album “Yoshiki Presents Eternal Melody” remains one of Japan’s top-selling classical albums.

Yoshiki Classical sees collaborations between Yoshiki and legendary Beatles producer Sir George Martin, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra and the Quartet San Francisco.

With Yoshiki Classical and his widely known classical compositions, Yoshiki is continuing to bring and illuminate the beauty in classical music to rock audiences around the world.

Yoshiki Classical will be released digitally on August 27th, and physical release will follow on September24th. For more information on Yoshiki Classical, please visit: http://yoshikiclassical.com

For a full list of accomplishments and upcoming activities on this extremely talented artist, please visit: http://yoshiki.net/

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