: The piece is meant to evoke the feeling of sitting on a cliff's edge, watching fishing boats, observing the shifting ocean colors, and feeling the wind and waves .
: Yanni has a personal fondness for the name; he even named a panda Santorini . Yanni - Santorini
In his autobiography, Yanni in Words , Yanni describes "Santorini" as a musical representation of a capturing the journey from sunrise to sunset . : The piece is meant to evoke the
: The concert broadcast was seen by over half a billion people across 65 countries, making it a staple of PBS fundraising for decades . : The concert broadcast was seen by over
: For several years, "Santorini" served as the television theme for the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament .
: It is characterized by a "relaxed yet powerful" energy, blending delicate piano passages with the grand, sweeping sounds of a full orchestra .
: The track was played during the opening ceremonies of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics as the first athletes entered the stadium .