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Greek musician and composer (born 1954)

This article is about the Greek musician. For the auditory illusion, see Yanny or Laurel. For other uses, see Yanni (disambiguation).

Musical artist

Yiannis Chryssomallis^[1] (Greek: Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης; born November 14, 1954), known professionally as Yanni (YAH-nee), is a Greek^[6]composer, keyboardist, pianist, and music producer.

Yanni continues to use the musical shorthand that he developed as a child,^[7][8] blending jazz, classical, soft rock, and world music^[5] to create predominantly instrumental works.^[9] Although this genre of music was not well suited for commercial pop radio and music television,^[4][10] Yanni received international recognition by producing concerts at historic monuments and by producing videos that were broadcast on public television.^[10] His breakthrough concert, Live at the Acropolis, yielded the second b Yanni in Words - Yanni, David Rensin - Google Books BYVEW