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'''Yanni''', the popular name for '''Yanni Chrysomallis''' (born [[November 14]], [[1954]]), is a [[Greek American]] [[keyboard instrument|keyboardist]] and [[composer]]. He was born in [[Kalamata]], [[Greece]].
 
   
Although many fans and critics call his music "[[New Age music|New Age]]," Yanni himself has distanced himself from that label. In his autobiography, Yanni devotes an entire chapter to the subject, stating that he prefers to call his music "contemporary instrumental."
 
   
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BY BONNY EBERNDU!!!!!
Early in his life, Yanni tried to forge a career in [[rock and roll]], touring with locally popular bands in the [[Midwest]] [[United States]] while a student at the [[University of Minnesota]]. His most popular group was Chameleon, a band that earned some modest commercial success touring throughout the Midwest, particularly in the states of [[Minnesota]], [[Iowa]], [[Wisconsin]], [[Illinois]] and [[South Dakota]].
 
   
Eventually, Yanni grew tired of the rock and roll lifestyle and focused solely on his instrumental career as a soloist. Most of early music relied heavily on the [[synthesizer]] and received little airplay, except on New Age [[radio]] stations in larger markets.
 
   
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Yanni's breakthrough commercial success came with the release of his [[album (music)|album]] and [[video]], ''Live at the [[Acropolis]]'' ([[1993]]), which was filmed at the Herodian Ampitheater, under the [[Parthenon]] in [[Athens]]. This was Yanni's first album which utilized a full orchestra rather than a handful of studio musicians, and his first live album. Subsequently, the concert was broadcast in the US on [[PBS]]. It proved to be one of PBS's most popular programs ever, and the resulting album sales brought Yanni's biggest commercial success to date.
 
   
While not fluent in standard music notation, he has [[perfect pitch]] and composes his pieces in a shorthand form of his own devising.
 
Yanni also toured in 2003 with the debut of the Ethnicity album. He kicked off his tour in Las Vegas, Nevada. Currently Yanni is working on the DVD of the Ethnicity Tour which he will be releasing in 2006.
 
   
Yanni dated [[Linda Evans]] from [[1989]] until [[1998]].
 
   
Two of Yanni's pieces (both unreleased) are used for sports telecasts. [[CBS Sports]] uses Yanni's "Fanfare" for its coverage of non-major [[PGA TOUR]] events and the [[LPGA Championship]]. [[NBC Sports]] uses Yanni's "In Celebration of Man" for its coverage of all championships sanctioned by the [[United States Golf Association]]. Another piece, "Once Upon A Time", has been used by [[Hong Kong]]'s [[Television Broadcasts Limited|TVB]] for its world weather forecast since the early 1990s.
 
   
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==Music Albums==
 
   
*''[[Keys to Imagination ]]'' ([[1986]])
 
*''[[Out of Silence]]'' ([[1987]])
 
*''[[Chameleon Days]]'' ([[1988]])
 
*''[[Niki Nana]]'' ([[1989]])
 
*''[[Optimystique]]'' ([[1989]])
 
*[[Yanni]]/Dallas Symphony Feature ''[[Reflection of Passion]]'' ([[April 24]], [[1990]])
 
*''[[In Celebration of Life]]'' ([[November 12]], [[1991]])
 
*''[[Dare to Dream ]]'' ([[March 10]], [[1992]])
 
*''[[Heart of Midnight]]'' ([[1992]])
 
*''[[In My Time]]'' ([[April 6]], [[1993]])
 
*''[[Live at the Acropolis]]'' ([[March 1]], [[1994]])
 
*''[[I Love You Perfect]]'' ([[1995]])
 
*''[[Tribute (album) (Yanni)|Tribute]]'' ([[November 4]], [[1997]])
 
*''[[Port of Mystery]]'' ([[1997]])
 
*''[[In the Mirror]]'' ([[1997]])
 
*''[[Winter Light (album)|Winter Light]]'' ([[1999]])
 
*''[[Steal the Sky]]'' ([[1999]])
 
*''[[Someday (Yanni album)|Someday]]'' ([[1999]])
 
*''[[The Endless Dream ]]'' ([[1999]])
 
*''[[If I Could Tell You]]'' ([[October 3]], [[2000]])
 
*''[[Soaring Free]]'' ([[2000]])
 
*''[[Ethnicity (album)|Ethnicity]]'' ([[February 11]], [[2003]])
 
   
==See also==
 
*[[List of famous Minnesotans]]
 
   
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==External links==
 
 
*[http://www.yanni.com/ The Official Yanni Website]
 
*[http://www.modark.com/gallery/ Yanni Concert Gallery]
 
*[http://www.yannionline.com/ The Greek Home Of Yanni-The Only Greek Yanni Websites]
 
*[http://www.homestead.com/yannigr/outsideyanniwebring.html/ Yanni on the Internet]- The Only Greek Yanni's Biographical(Personal/Professional Life,Music Career.ETC) Information Home Websites
 
*[http://www.homestead.com/yannigr/yannibandartists.html/ Yanni's Current/Former Band Members]-a list of Yanni's Band Members
 
*[http://www.homestead.com/yannigr/yannicollection.html/ Yanni's Discography Sites]
 
*[http://www.soniachinaglia.com.br/ Great Brazilian page]
 
*[http://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/Y/Yanni/ Yanni Musics Site]
 
*[http://www.yanni.com.mx/ Yanni's Fan Club in Mexico]
 

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