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Yanni
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Greek keyboardist and composer Yanni is a globally famous New Age artist, whose emotional, mostly instrumental recordings blend classical, soft rock, and a wide variety of world music.
∙ A pianist since childhood, he moved to the US in 1972 and joined the Minneapolis rock band Chameleon in 1977, then self-released his solo debut album, Optimystique, in 1980.
∙ Between 1990 and 2016, 17 of his albums topped the Billboard New Age chart, and 18 made it into the Billboard 200.
∙ He received Grammy nominations for Best New Age Album for 1992’s Dare to Dream and 1993’s In My Time.
∙ Live At the Acropolis—his hugely successful 1994 concert album and video—launched a series of performances recorded at such historic venues as the Taj Mahal and Egypt’s pyramids.
∙ His 2003 autobiography, Yanni in Words, was a New York Times nonfiction best-seller.
∙ In 2011, Yanni became the first Western artist invited by China’s Chengdu Panda Base to symbolically adopt a giant panda cub, which he named “Santorini” after the Greek island.
Influencias musicalesEntre las influencias musicales de Yanni se encuentran artistas como George Winston, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams.
Influido por YanniYanni ha influido en la música de artistas como Jason Stephenson, Franco de Vita, Paul Cardall.
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