| Pavarotti & Friends for the Children of Bosnia | |
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| Live album by Luciano Pavarotti and Various Artists | |
| Released | 1995 |
| Label | Decca (USA), London |
| Producer | Mike Woolcock |
Pavarotti & Friends for the Children of Bosnia is a live Luciano Pavarotti album released on Decca Records in 1995.
Between 1992 and 2003 Luciano Pavarotti hosted 10 concerts at Parco Novi Sad in Modena, Italy. These events were known as Pavarotti & Friends and were in support of humanitarian causes. For the most part Pavarotti invited non opera singers to sing with him which resulted in a very innovative and well received collaboration between Pavarotti and popular popstars. Pavarotti donated the proceeds from some of these concerts to Afghan, Angolan and Iraqi refugees. [1] [2] In 1995 the concert was for the children of Bosnia affected by the war. The event featured artists such as Meat Loaf and Bono, the Edge and Brian Eno (performing as Passengers) and was attended by Diana, Princess of Wales. Bono and Edge played the live debut of Miss Sarajevo. [3] Proceeds from this concert were used to help build the Pavarotti Music Center in Mostar. [4] [5]
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Pavarotti & Friends was a series of benefit concerts hosted by Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti between 1992 and 2003 in his home town of Modena, Italy. Proceeds from the events were donated to humanitarian causes including the international aid agency War Child and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The concerts featured Pavarotti performing with special musical guests and each concert was released as a compilation album and DVD under London Records/Decca Records.
