Yanni
| Yanni | |
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Yanni in 2007
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Giánnis Chrysomállis |
| Born |
November 14, 1954 Kalamata, Greece |
| Genres | Contemporary instrumental,instrumental,crossover,world, new-age (disavowed by artist) |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, record producer |
| Instruments | Piano, keyboards |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels |
Private Music/Windham Hill/BMG Virgin/EMI Image Entertainment Yanni Wake/Disney Pearl Series |
| Associated acts | Chameleon, Shahrdad Rohani |
| Website | www |
Yiannis Chryssomallis (Greek: Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης, Giánnis Chrysomállis; born November 14, 1954), known professionally as Yanni (/ˈjɑːni/ YAH-nee), is a Greek composer, keyboardist, pianist, and music producer who has spent his adult life in the United States.
Yanni continues to use the musical shorthand that he developed as a child, blending jazz, classical, soft rock, and world music to create predominantly instrumental works. Although this genre of music was not well suited for commercial pop radio and music television, Yanni received international recognition by producing concerts at historic monuments and by producing videos that were broadcast on public television. His breakthrough concert, Live at the Acropolis, yielded the second best-selling music concert video of all time. Additional historic sites for Yanni's concerts have included India's Taj Mahal, China's Forbidden City, the United Arab Emirates' Burj Khalifa, Russia's Kremlin, Puerto Rico's El Morro castle, Lebanon's ancient city of Byblos, Tunisia's Roman Theatre of Carthage, India's Laxmi Vilas Palace, the Egyptian pyramids and Great Sphinx of Giza, and the Amman Citadel.
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