Concert Highlights

• 777 plus  held in 62 countries since March 1984
• 19,000 people attended the Montreal Concert on Sep. 23, 2000, largest to date
• 9 concerts over 10,000
• 12 concerts of 7,000 - 10,000
• 15 concerts of 5,000 - 7,000
• 32 concerts of 3,000 - 5,000
• 100+ concerts of 1,000 - 3,000
• 31 Presidents, Prime Ministers, Heads of Government & Royals were guests of honour
   at private performances or public concerts
• 90 University concerts (Including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cambridge, Oxford, the    Sorbonne, Moscow and Tokyo Universities)
• 13 concerts dedicated to President Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union
• 14 concerts dedicated to Raisa Maximovna Gorbachev, First Lady of the Soviet Union
• 50 Concerts held in honour of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations
• 50 Concerts held in honour of the 50th Anniversary of India’s Independence
• 48 Concerts held in honour of the New Millennium.
For these last 3 concert series, messages were sent from Great Britain’s
Prime Ministers John Major and Tony Blair,
the UN’s Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Mother Teresa.
• 6 Concerts offered at Royal Albert Hall, more than any other world renowned venue

Performance Highlights