EDMONTON, Canada—John Giovanni lives music. It’s his business and passion, and on Wednesday night, April 11, he was among the full house audience at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium for Shen Yun Performing Arts’ closing performance.
“It’s exciting; the colours, everything is just wonderful,” said Mr. Giovanni, owner of Giovanni Music, one of the largest music stores in Alberta. Giovanni Music includes a large music school with 30 teachers and a 160-seat recital hall.
“It’s wonderful. They did a good job,” he said of the performers, who earned a standing ovation from the audience that night.
Mr. Giovanni came to Canada from Italy with his parents and started to earn money by teaching people to play the accordion. It’s an instrument that has seen its popularity wane, but not before Mr. Giovanni joined Luciano Pavarotti on stage when the world-renowned opera singer performed in Edmonton in 1995.
Mr. Giovanni said the music performed by Shen Yun’s unique orchestra matched the dancing very well, and the overall presentation left him impressed.
