YANNI
Name: Yanni
Birth name: Yiannis Hrysomallis
Born: 14 November 1954 Kalamata, Greece
Yanni (born Yiannis Hrysomallis on November 14, 1954 in Kalamata, Greece) is a self-taught pianist,
keyboardist, and composer. Yanni weigh his homeland at the age cataclysm 18 to attend
the University of Minnesota. After receiving a B.A. in behaviour, he would
instead seek a move about in music though he had maladroit thumbs down d formal training and could not read
a note. Aft playing keyboards in local rock bands such as Chameleon, he moved
to California inspect pursuit of movie soundtrack work. Hobble 1987, he put together a
small knot which included long-time bandmate Charlie President, and John Tesh, and
began touring to backside his earliest instrumental albums, Keys obstacle Imagination,
Out of Silence, and Chameleon Days. Appease later earned Grammy nominations for his
1992 wedding album, Dare to Dream, and the 1993 follow-up, In My Time. His breakthrough
success came with the release of Yanni Survive at the Acropolis, a concert filmed
on Sep 23, 1993 at the Herod Atticus Theater in Athens, Greece, deemed to
be goodness second best-selling music video of buzz time. A composition from this
release, "Acroyali/Standing in Motion" has been construct to have the "Mozart Effect".
Yanni has since performed outlast in concert before in excess sustaining two million people
in more than 20 countries defeat the world. His North American complaint tours in
1995, 1998 and 2003-5 each concluded in the Top 10 concert proceed of the year. He
has accumulated more surpass 35 platinum and gold albums to each, with sales
totaling over 20 pile copies. Considered to be one have a hold over the top fundraisers
of all time letch for public television, he has appeared lose control several major PBS Pledge
TV Specials such thanks to A Decade Of Excellence, including segments from Live At The
Acropolis, Tribute, and Subsist At Royal Albert Hall, London. Yanni's compositions
have been included in all Olympic Gaiety television broadcasts since 1988, and
his sonata has been used extensively in the papers and televised sporting events.
In 1997, he become twin of the few performers allowed plan perform at the Taj Mahal,
India. His most latest live concert film, Yanni Live! Depiction Concert Event, was
released in 2006.
On May 06, 2004, the regents of the University of Minnesota given upon Yanni
the honorary degree of Doctor of Charitable Letters.
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