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Yanni, the popular name for Yanni Chrysomallis
(born November 14, 1954), is a popular 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."

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.

Yanni's breakthrough commercial success came with
the release of his 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.

He dated actress 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.

==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 24th, 1990)
*"In Celebration of Life" (November 12th, 1991)
*"Dare to Dream " (March 10th, 1992)
*"Heart of Midnight" (1992)
*"In My Time" (April 6th, 1993)
*"Live at the Acropolis" (March 1st, 1994)
*"I Love You Perfect" (1995)
*"Tribute (album) (Yanni)|Tribute" (November 4th,
1997)
*"Port of Mystery" (1997)
*"In the Mirror" (1997)
*"Winter Light" (1999)
*"Steal the Sky" (1999)
*"Someday" (1999)
*"The Endless Dream " (1999)
*"If I Could Tell You" (October 3rd, 2000)
*"Soaring Free" (2000)
*"Ethnicity (album)|Ethnicity" (February 11th,
2003)

==External link==

*http://www.yanni.com/ Yanni's Official Websites 
*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/outsideyanniwebr
ing.html/ Yanni on the Internet
*http://www.homestead.com/yannigr/yannibandartists
.html/ Yanni's Current/Former Band Members