New Age
Greece
Yanni
Chi ĆØ Yanni
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.
ā 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.
ā Between 1990 and 2016, 17 of his albums topped the Billboard New Age chart, and 18 made it into the Billboard 200.
ā He received Grammy nominations for Best New Age Album for 1992ās Dare to Dream and 1993ās In My Time.
ā Live At the Acropolisāhis hugely successful 1994 concert album and videoālaunched a series of performances recorded at such historic venues as the Taj Mahal and Egyptās pyramids.
ā His 2003 autobiography, Yanni in Words, was a New York Times nonfiction best-seller.
ā In 2011, Yanni became the first Western artist invited by Chinaās Chengdu Panda Base to symbolically adopt a giant panda cub, which he named āSantoriniā after the Greek island.
Influenze MusicaliLe influenze musicali di Yanni includono John Williams, George Winston, Vangelis e altro.
Influenzato da YanniYanni ha influenzato la musica di Franco de Vita, Celtic Woman, Paul Cardall e altro ancora.
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