After putting in a long day at work, making sure everyone else had a perfect Mother’s day, I headed off with my teenage son to see a live performance by the master, self-proclaimed "contemporary instrumental" artist Yanni, at LA’s Nokia Theater.

My son who is in his school Glee Club had never heard of Yanni, but I thought it would be a concert he would thoroughly enjoy and maybe even glean a little musical inspiration.

The maestro was a vision in black wearing a sardonicus grin, sporting black shoes, black pants, and a tight black tee. Yanni didn’t keep the crowd waiting long when he made his way onto the intimate stage that made it seem like he was in my own living room, to an arousing intro by his thirteen-piece orchestra.

Yanni dedicated the moving song "Felicia" to his own mother who had not only passed away, but it was also her birthday.

The new age artist followed that heart felt piece with the title song off his new album, “Truth Of Touch”. By now I knew I was in for an enjoyable evening and was able to sit back relax and take it all in.

Yanni artfully interacted with the audience and we playfully bantered with him throughout the evening.

He also knew how to bring the audience along by sharing the history of the song and how it came to fruition.

Yanni’s orchestra cast of characters, he featured lovingly and with pride as they each show cased their musical intellect and brilliance with solos that bought the room to its feet many times throughout the evening.

My son was duly impressed when he introduced his longtime friend of thirty years, the insane drummer Charlie Adams, who started out in rock bands with Yanni, and at the time, he said they could only dream of performing for an audience like they were that night.

There was also a surprise two song performance by Lisa Lavie and Lauren Jelencovich, who joined the orchestra and Yanni on stage. They each had a voice that could have been sent straight from heaven. The first song was almost operatic, and was followed by an up-tempo and rousing song that got the crowd engaged and raucous.

More than two hours, two encores and many ovations later my son and I left the venue in a rapturous mood. My son thoroughly enjoyed himself and even woke up talking about the show the next morning. As a budding musician Yanni has shown my son you can, "Dare to Dream."

**I was provided tickets for the concert courtesy of One2One Network in exchange for an honest review. I received no money for my review. My opinions are my own and expressed freely.