یانی کریسومالیس

یانی کریسومالیس (به یونانی: Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης) (زاده ۱۴ نوامبر ۱۹۵۴ - کالاماتا) معروف به یانی، موسیقیدان بزرگ، پیانیست، نوازندهٔ کیبورد و آهنگساز اهل یونان با شهرتی جهانی است.

عمدهٔ موفقیت وی با اجرا کنسرت در آکروپولیس یونان به دست آمده‌است که به عنوان پربیننده ترین و زیباترین کنسرت موسیقی از آن یاد مشود و با فروش ۷ میلیون نسخه، پرفروش‌ترین ویدئوی موسیقی تاریخ بعد از «تریلر مایکل جکسون» است.[۱] این کنسرت در ۶۵ کشور جهان پخش شد و نزدیک به یک میلیارد نفر نفر آن را تماشا کردند.[۲]

همچنین آلبوم‌های وی با تعداد بیش از 70 میلیون نسخه در سراسر جهان به فروش رفته‌است.[۱] موسیقی‌های یانی در مسابقات المپیک، برنامه‌ها و مسابقات ورزشی در تلویزیون به صورت گسترده پخش شده‌است. آثار او را نوعی موسیقی عصر نو می‌نامند.[۳]

یانی یک پیانیست و آهنگساز خودآموخته‌است که نواختن آهنگ را برای خانواده خود شروع کرده‌است، وی هیچ آموزش رسمی و غیررسمی برای یادگری نت نداشته. وی رکورددار شنا ۵۰ متر آزاد مردان در سال ۱۹۶۹ در ۱۴ سالگی برای کشور یونان است.[۴] یانی در ۱۸ سالگی برای تحصیل به دانشگاه مینسوتا رفت.[۵] وی در حالی که دانشجو بود به عضویت گروه افتاب‌پرست درآمد و با چارلی آدامز آشنا شد [۳] و توانست موفقیت‌های زیادی با این گروه در ایالت‌های مینه‌سوتا، آیووا، ویسکانسین، ایلی‌نوی و داکوتای جنوبی به‌دست آورد. یانی در سال ۱۹۷۶ در رشته روان‌شناسی فارغ‌التحصیل شد.[۵] وی به شهر لس‌آنجلس نقل مکان کرد و با همکاری جان تش و چارلی آدامز در سال ۱۹۸۷ یک گروه موسیقی کوچک تشکیل داد که حاصل ساخت آلبوم‌های کلید تخیل، خارج از سکوت و روزهای آفتاب‌پرست بود.

محتویات [نمایش]
زندگی [ویرایش]

یانی کریسومالیس در ۱۴ نوامبر ۱۹۵۴ در شهر کالاماتا یونان به دنیا آمد و دوران کودکی و نوجوانی اش را در شهر زیبا و کوهستانی کالاماتا گذراند.[۶] مادر و پدر یانی هر دو اهل یونان هستند. مادر وی فلیتسا (Felitsa) و پدرش سوتیری (Sotiri) نام دارد. یانی قطعه‌هایی را به نام مادرش ساخته‌است و علاقه خاصی به کشور خود و اماکن قدیمی دارد. در سن چهارده سالگی به رشته شنا علاقه مند شد و توانست در آن رکوردی ملّی برای کشورش، یونان، به جا گذارد و تلاش زیادی برای رسیدن به رقابت‌های المپیک نمود.

در سال ۱۹۷۲ میلادی به آمریکا برای تحصیل در رشته مورد علاقه اش، روان شناسی در مشهورترین دانشگاه روان شناسی دنیا یعنی مینسوتا رفت. پس از فارغ التحصیل شدن از دانشگاه در یک گروه محلی راک در مینسوتا بنام کاملئون (Chameleon) به عنوان نوازنده کیبورد آغاز به کار کرد. پس از آن کسی نمی‌داند چه اتـفاقی برای یانی افتاد اما او اکنون صاحب استودیوی شخصی است و بیش از 75 میلیون نسخه از آلبوم‌های وی در دنیا به فروش رفته‌است.

او به موسیقیدانی مستقل با عقاید و تفکری منحصر به فرد تبدیل شد و به شهرت و محبوبیتی جهانی دست یافت و این در حالی بود که یانی حتی قادر به خواندن و نوشتن ساده‌ترین نت‌های موسیقی نیز نبود. ولی با تبحری خاص ساخته‌های خود را با روش مخصوص خود و رسم الخط ابداعی خود می‌نگارد. یانی قطعاتی کامل و زیبا دارد که کاملا ساخته خود اوست و در سبکی انحصاری اجرا شده‌است. همچنین از او به عنوان یک افسانه زنده و بزرگترین موسیقی‌دان حال حاضر جهان نام برده می‌شود به طوری که نام او جزو ۱۰ موسیقیدان برتر تاریخ از دید انجمن موسیقی و هنر ثبت شده‌است.[نیازمند منبع]

اکثر آلبوم‌های یانی توسط شرکتهای virgin records و یا EMI تولید، تهیه و توزیع می‌شوند. یانی موسیقی‌های زیادی برای برنامه‌های تلویزیونی و سینمایی ساخته و همچنین قطعات تبلیغاتی متعددی برای شرکت‌های تجارتی و بازرگانی خلق نموده‌است.

او اوقاتش را بیشتر در لوس آنجلس و سیاتل آمریکا می‌گذراند و اکنون شهروند آمریکا به شمار می‌رود. او مدت‌ها با خانم هنرمندی بنام لیندا ایوانز همکاری صمیمی داشت و در اوایل سال ۱۹۹۸ این ارتباط را پایان یافته اعلام کرد.

یانی از اوایل سال ۱۹۹۸ تا ماه آوریل ۱۹۹۹ هیچ گونه فعالیت تولیدی کنسرت و توری را برگزار نکرد و به استراحت پرداخت. اما در سال ۲۰۰۰ یکی از بی نظیرترین آلبوم‌های خودش را ارائه داد. جالب این است که تمام تنظیمات و تبدیلات موسیقی این آلبوم شخصاً و فقط توسط خود یانی در استودیوی شخصی خودش انجام شد.ساخت این آلبوم بیانگر تغییرات در زندگی شخصی یانی بود.اثری متفاوت که تاثیر عمیق فرهنگ های مختلف جهان به خصوص شرق در یانی محسوس بود.

یانی تا به حال موسیقی به سبک مذهبی ارائه نکرده‌است چرا که همواره اعتقاد به خلق کارهایی جدید با تکیه به اندیشه‌های نو و جدید خود دارد. در قطعات Niki Nana و Aria موسیقی بر مبنای یک اپرای فرانسوی قدیمی متعلق به قرن نوزدهم میلادی بنام Lakme ساخته Leo Delibes می‌باشد و اشعاری که در این قطعات خوانده می‌شود اکثراً اصوات آهنگین بوده و فاقد معنای خاص می‌باشند و بر خلاف تصور، به زبان فرانسوی نمی‌باشند. به جز قسمت‌هایی محدود که به زبان انگلیسی هستند و در اشعار آلبوم ستایش ذکر شده‌اند.



لیسا لاوی در تور ۲۰۱۱ بعنوان وکالیست یانی بود
یانی آهنگی تبلیغاتی را با همکاری مالکوم مکلارن ساخته‌است که سابقاً با گروه Pistols همکاری می‌کرده‌است. این آهنگ تغییر یافته یک اپرا است که با افزودن یک ترانه تکمیل شده‌است. این آهنگ که «جرات آرزو» یا Dare to Dream نام دارد برای شرکت هواپیمایی British Airways ساخته شده‌است.

خواننده مورد علاقه او پیتر گابریل است و اعتقاد دارد که در سال‌های اخیر به جز موسیقی محمد رسول‌الله، عیسی مسیح، دکتر ژیواگو، ایندرا گاندی و چند قطعه محدود دیگر، قطعه جالب توجهی نشنیده‌است.

سال‌ها پیش یانی با درامر خود چارلی آدامز Charlie Adams آشنا شد و اولین کار خود را بنام «بیرون از سکوت» یا Out Of Silence در سال ۱۹۸۷ (۱۳۶۶ شمسی) به بازار عرضه کرد.

یانی سال‌ها پیش با شهرداد روحانی نیز همکاری داشت و از تجربیات او استفاده فراوان برد و با همکاری و با استفاده از دانش و تجربه او، یکی از زیباترین کنسرت‌هایش را در شهر آکروپولیس یونان و با رهبری شهرداد روحانی اجرا نمود.

یانی در سال ۲۰۰۳ آلبومی متفاوت و پر تنوع به نام Ethnicity روانه بازار کرد و احاطه و قدرت خودش را در انواع مختلف موسیقی به دنیا ثابت کرد. این آلبوم یکی دیگر از خلاقیت های یانی را به نمایش گذاشت و ثابت کرد که یانی هنوز هم پیشرو در خلق آثار ماندگار و جدید است.یانی به یکباره نواهایی را کشف کرد که دارای ملودی های زیبا و هم آهنگ بود که در آثار جدیدش هم به چشم میخورد ولی اینبار یانی به اصل رسید او اینبار ملودی هایی را که دارای نظمی خاص بودند کنار هم چید تا دوباره اثری ماندگار خلق کند. در این آلبوم یانی با استفاده از خواننده‌های جدید و البته زیاد نسبت به کارهای قبلی اش نوعی تفاوت آشکار از لحاظ موسیقی با شعر در آهنگ‌هایش ایجاد کرده و به سبک جدید و منحصر به فرد Talk Show روی آورده‌است. به عقیده کارشناسان موسیقی و طرفداران موسیقی، یانی در سال‌های اخیر نسبت به دهه نود افت داشته هر چند این افت نامحسوس است ولی تاثیر زیادی بر روی یکه تازی یانی در عرصه موسیقی New Age داشته‌است.

البته خود یانی نام‌گذاری سبک عصر جدید (به انگلیسی: New Age) را بر روی آثار خود از بد شانسی‌اش می‌داند و خودش نام موسیقیٍ سازی معاصر (به انگلیسی: Contemporary Instrumental Music) را بیشتر می‌پسندد.

از جمله اجراهای وی می‌توان به کنسرت بزرگ آکروپولیس در ۱۹۹۴ چین و تاج محل در ۱۹۹۷ و لاس‌وگاس در ۲۰۰۶ اشاره کرد. آخرین اجرای یانی به سال ۲۰۰۸ در مکزیک بر می‌گردد، که در آن یانی همراه با چهار خوانندهٔ جوان برخی ار آثار مشهور و قدیمی‌اش از جمله در آیینه و ستایش را اجرا کرد. Nathan Pacheco، خواننده اپرا به ایتالیایی، Ender Thomas با ترانه‌هایی به زبان اسپانیایی و Chloe که در این اجرا به سه زبان انگلیسی و ایتالیایی و اسپانیایی یانی را همراهی کردند. در این برنامه خوانندهٔ دیگری با نام Leslie Mills هم حضور داشت.

آخرین آلبوم یانی Truth Of Touch نام دارد که در فوریه ۲۰۱۱ منتشر شد. طبق گفتهٔ یانی این نت‌های این آلبوم بیشتر الکترونیک است نه آکوستیک.[۷]

در آلبوم ۲۰۱۱ یانی از ۱۵ ترانه سه ترانه، آهنگ با خواننده و بقیهٔ آنها بی کلام است. خواننده‌های این آلبوم عبارت اند از لزلی میلز، نیتان پاشکو و کلوی لاوری که هرسه این افراد قبلا در آلبوم Voices هم با یانی همکاری داشته‌اند.[۸]




Nostalgia
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Santorini

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آلبوم‌های یانی [ویرایش]

فهرست آلبوم‌های یانی [۹]:

سال نام آلبوم آهنگ‌ها
۱۹۸۴ Optimystique
The Sphinx
Butterfly Dance
Strings
Twilight
The Chase
Farewell
Turn Off The Tide
The Magus
۱۹۸۶ Keys To Imagination
The North Shore Of Matsushima
Looking Glass
Nostalgia
Santorini
Port Of Mystery
Keys To Imagination
Forgotten Yesterdays
Forbidden Dream
۱۹۸۷ Out of Silence
Sand Dance
After The Sunrise
Standing In Motion
The Mermaid
Within Attraction
Street Level
Secret Vows
Point Of Origin
Acroyali
Paths On Water
۱۹۸۸ Chameleon Days
Swept Away
Marching Season
Chasing Shadows
The Rain Must Fall
Days Of Summer
Reflections Of Passion
Walkabout
Everglade Run
A Word In Private
۱۹۸۹ Niki Nana
Niki Nana (We're One)
Dance With A Stranger
Running Time
Someday
Human Condition
First Touch
Nightbird
Quiet Man
۱۹۹۰ Reflections of Passion
After The Sunrise
The Mermaid
Quiet Man
Nostalgia
Almost A Whisper
The Rain Must Fall
Acroyali
Farewell
Swept Away
True Nature
Secret Vows
Flight Of Fantasy
A Word In Private
First Touch
Reflections Of Passion
۱۹۹۱ In Celebration of Life
Santorini
Song For Antarctica
Marching Season
Walkabout
Keys To Imagination
Looking Glass (Album Version)
Someday
Within Attraction
Standing In Motion
Sand Dance
۱۹۹۲ Dare To Dream
Once Upon A Time
A Love For Life
Nice To Meet You
So Long My Friend
You Only Live Once
To The One Who Knows
Face In The Photograph
Felitsa
Desire
Aria
A Night To Remember
In The Mirror
۱۹۹۳ In My Time
In The Morning Light
One Man's Dream
Before I Go
Enchantment
The End Of August
To Take...To Hold
In The Mirror
Felitsa
Whispers In The Dark
Only A Memory
Until The Last Moment
۱۹۹۴ Live at the Acropolis
Santorini
Keys to Imagination
Until the Last Moment
Rain Must Fall
Acroyali/Standing in Motion
One Man's Dream
Within Attraction
Nostalgia
Swept Away
Reflections of Passion
۱۹۹۷ Tribute
Deliverance
Adagio In C Minor
Renegade
Dance With A Stranger
Tribute
Prelude
Love Is All
Southern Exposure
Waltz In ۷/۸
Nightingale
Niki Nana (We're One)
۲۰۰۰ If I Could Tell You
On Sacred Ground
The Flame Within
Midnight Hymn
November Sky
With An Orchid
Wishing Well
A Walk In The Rain
Highland
If I Could Tell You
In Your Eyes
Reason For Rainbows
۲۰۰۳ Ethnicity
Rite of Passage
For All Seasons
The Promise
Rainmaker
Written on the Wind
Playing By Heart
At First Sight
Tribal Dream
Almost A Whisper
Never Too Late
Play Time
Jivaeri (Jiva-Eri)
۲۰۰۶ Yanni Live: The Concert Event
Rainmaker
Keys To Imagination
Enchantment
Standing In Motion
On Sacred Ground
Playtime
Until The Last Moment
If I Could Tell You
For All Seasons
The Storm
Prelude
Nostalgia
۲۰۰۹ Yanni Voces
Ritual De Amor (Desire) (Feat. Ender)
Llama De Amor (Feat. Olga Tañón)
Y Te Vas (Feat. Andy Vargas)
Ni La Fuerza Del Destino (Feat. Cristian Castro)
Unico Amore (Enchantment) (Feat. Nathan)
No Ha Dejado De Llover (Feat. José Feliciano)
Quédate Conmigo (Feat. Ender & Chloe)
Es Amor (Feat. Cristian Castro)
Mi Todo Eres Tu (Until The Moment) (Feat. Ender & Chloe)
Eterno Es Éste Amor (Feat. Lucero)
Volver (Feat. Willy Chirino, Arturo Sandoval & Ender)
Yanni & Arturo (Feat. Arturo Sandoval & Yanni)
Vivir Por Ti (Feat. Olga Tañón & Nathan)
Que Te Valla Bien (Feat. Chloe)
Volver A Crecer (Feat. José José)
۲۰۰۹ Yanni VOICES
Omaggio (Tribute)
The Keeper
Our Days
Never Leave the Sun
Before the Night Ends
۱۰۰۱
Mas Alla
Unico Amore (Enchantment)
Vivi Il Tuo Sogno (Almost a Whisper)
Orchid
Set Me Free
Kill Me With Your Love
Mi Todo Eres Tu (Until the Last Moment)
Ritual De Amor (Desire)
Moments Without Time
Nei Tuoi Occhi (In the Miror)
Amare Di Nuovo (Adagio in C Minor)
۲۰۱۰ Yanni Mexicanisimo
«El Cascabel» by Lorenzo Barcelata (Son)
"Granada" by Agustín Lara (Paso Doble)
«La Bikina» by Alejandro Roth and Rubén Fuentes (Huapango)
«El Son de la Negra» by Silvestre Vargas and Rubén Fuentes (Son)
«Cielito Lindo» by Quirino Mendoza (Ranchera)
«Silverio Pérez» by Agustín Lara (participation of Pepe Aguilar) (Paso Doble)
"Guadalajara" by Pepe Guizar and Paul Lynn (Ranchera)
«Mi Ciudad» by Guadalupe Trigo and Eduardo Salas (participation of Lucero) (Ranchera)
«María Bonita» by Agustín Lara (Vals)
«La Culebra» by Silvestre Vargas and Rubén Fuentes (Son)
La Malagueña" by Ernesto Lecuona (Huapango)
«México Lindo y Querido» by Jesús Monge (Ranchera)
۲۰۱۱ Truth Of Touch
Truth Of Touch
Echo of a Dream
Seasons
Voyage
Flash Of Color
Vertigo
Nine
Can't Wait
Guilty Pleasure
O Luce Che Brilla Nell Oscurita
I'm So
Long Way Home
Yanni & Arturo
Mist of a Kiss
Secret)
منابع [ویرایش]

↑ ۱٫۰ ۱٫۱ "Yanni Career Highlights" (PDF). yanni.com. Archived from the original on ۲۰۰۸-۰۲-۲۸. http://web.archive.org/web/20080228203140/http://www.yanni.com/presskit/yannicareerhighlights.pdf. Retrieved ۲۰۰۶-۱۲-۲۱.
↑ “Windham Hill”. Archived from the original on 9 November 2006. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
↑ ۳٫۰ ۳٫۱ Yanni; Rensin, David (۲۰۰۲). Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. ISBN ۱-۴۰۱۳-۵۱۹۴-۸.
↑ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p2850
↑ ۵٫۰ ۵٫۱ Yanni.com biography. Retrieved June 13, 2011
↑ «زندگی‌نامه یانی» ‎(انگلیسی)‎. artistdirect.com. بازبینی‌شده در ۲۰ نوامبر ۲۰۱۰.
↑ «آلبوم «حقیقت لمس» یانی به زودی در سال ۲۰۱۱ - وب سایت طرفداران یانی».
↑ «آلبوم «حقیقت لمس» یانی - وب سایت طرفداران یانی».
↑ فهرست آلبوم‌های یانی از وب‌گاه رسمی او.
پیوند به بیرون [ویرایش]

وب سایت رسمی یانی
کلاب رسمی هواداران یانی در ایران
در ویکی‌انبار پرونده‌هایی دربارهٔ یانی موجود است.
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ن • ب • و
یانی
آلبوم‌های استودیویی
Optimystique کلید تخیل خارج از سکوت روزهای آفتاب‌پرست نیکی‌ نانا بازتاب احساس در جشن زندگی
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آلبوم‌های زنده
و ویدئویی
کنسرت یانی در آکروپولیس کنسرت یانی در تالار سلطنتی آلبرت یانی یک در یک احترام کنسرت یانی در لاس‌وگاس صداهای یانی کنسرت یانی در ال مورو، پورتوریکو
کنسرت‌ها
خارج از سکوت روزهای آفتاب‌پرست بازتاب احساس در جشن زندگی جرأت آرزو در زمان من کنسرت یانی در آکروپولیس کنسرت یانی در تالار سلطنتی آلبرت احترام قومیت کنسرت یانی در لاس‌وگاس صداهای یانی
تلفیقی
لحظات عاشقانه صمیمت (بهترین‌های یانی) دروازه راز در آینه پرنده شب یک‌روز سال‌های خصوصی
رده‌ها: اهالی کالاماتایانی آمریکایی‌های یونانی‌تبارآهنگسازان اهل یونان افراد با تابعیت آمریکایی افراد زنده اهالی یونان دانش‌آموختگان دانشگاه مینسوتازادگان ۱۹۵۴ (میلادی)شناگران اهل یونان نوازندگان پیانو نوازندگان پیانو پاپ هنرمندان ویرجین رکوردز


قس عربی


یانی کریسمالیس (بالیونانیة: Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης) (بالإنکلیزیة: Yanni Chrysomallis) (14 نوفمبر 1954 م-) هو مؤلف موسیقی من أصل یونانی.
محتویات [اعرض]
[عدل]تاریخه

ولد یانی فی مدینة کالاماتا فی الیونان على سواحل البحر المتوسط بتاریخ 14 نوفمبر 1954 وهو الولد الأوسط لوالدیه.
بدأ بالعزف على آلة البیانو وهو فی الثامنة من العمر رافضا أخذ أی دروس فی العزف. لم تکن الموسیقى موهبته فقط، ففی عام 1969 وهو فی الرابعة عشر من العمر حطم یانی الرقم القیاسی الیونانی لسباق 50 متر فی السباحة الحرة للرجال.
فی العام 1972، وبتشجیع من والدیه ترک موطنه لیلتحق بجامعة مینوسوتا فی الولایات المتحدة الأمریکیة لیدرس علم النفس، وخلال فترة الدراسة قام بمشارکة فرقة روک بالعزف تدعى کامیلون وبدأ بتطویر أسلوبه الموسیقی الخاص مستخدما البیانو والأورغ لیبتکر أصوات جدیدة.
تخرج یانی من الجامعة عام 1979، وبعد التخرج قرر أن یمنح الموسیقى کل وقته وجهده لعام کامل. أراد أن یقصد الحیاة فی الموسیقى، وعلى الرغم من أنه لا یقرأ النوتة الموسیقیة فقد ألف أعمالا کاملة متحدیا التصنیف الموسیقی.
فی عام 1980 أصدر ألبومه المنفرد الأول بعنوان «متفائل» (Optimystique). ثم عمل یانی مع هولیوود وأنجز عدة أعمال موسیقیة لبعض الأفلام. وفی عام 1990 رافقت فرقة دالاس السیمفونیة یانی بحفلة موسیقیة أعطت بعدا آخر إلى أسلوبه الفرید وکانت مقدمة لأشیاء جدیدة. فی عام 1994 أحرز یانی انتصارا ذاتیا عندما عاد إلى موطنه الیونان وسجل عمل موسیقی فی مسرح هیرود أتیکوس فی أثینا الذی یعود إلى الألف الثانیة قبل المیلاد والنتیجة کانت ألبومه «فی الاکروبولیس» (at the Acropolis) لذی بیع منه أکثر من 7,000,000 نسخة حول العالم وحصد أکثر من 35 جائزة وارتفع لیصبح واحد من أکثر المبیعات للأعمال الموسیقیة المصورة.
وأصبح یانی الفنان الغربی الأول الذی یعزف ویسجل موسیقاه فی تاج محل فی الهند والمدینة المحرمة فی الصین حاصدا عدة جوائز بلاتینیوم لألبومه «إجلال» (Tribute). وقد عزف یانی بین الهند والصین لجمهور وصل إلى 250 ملیون شخص فی جولة طویلة شملت أکثر من 160 مدینة حول العالم فی رحلة أطلق علیها نفس اسم الألبوم.
فی عام 2000 أصدر یانی أول ألبوم له مسجل فی أستودیو بعد 7 سنوات وکان بعنوان «لو استطعت إخبارک» (If I Could Tell You)، بعد عامین من الانقطاع، یتکلم عن التغیرات فی حیاة ذلک الفنان، ومنها الانتقال إلى الساحل الشرقی لأمریکا وتغیرات أخرى رکزت على حیاته الشخصیة والمهنیة. وفی العام 2003 أصدر ألبومه «العرقیة» (Ethnicity) وهو الألبوم الثانی عشر له، وهو توسیع لمعنى «عالم واحد، شعب واحد» التی کانت دائما السمة الممیزة لمهنته. قدم فی هذا الألبوم مجموعة من المقطوعات الموسیقیة التی تنبض بالنغمات والأصوات لثقافات شعوب الأرض، مستخدما آلالات مختلفة على حد سواء کآلة الدیدجاریدو الأسترالیة وآلة دودوک الأرمینیة والکمان والطبل الهندی. ویقول یانی: «العدید من ثقافات شعوب العالم والأنماط الموسیقیة ممثلة فی هذا الألبوم. إن فیه الکثیر من اللون العرقی بمعنى آخر، أنه یمتلک العرقیة...حیث أن العرقیة یجب أن تعمل بالعرق والثقافة واللون وجمال المجتمع المتعدد الثقافات بالطریقة التی استخدمها لهذا الألبوم.»
إن واحدا من العناصر التی تمیز ألبوم "العرقیة" عن سابقیه هو الاستخدام الکبیر لصوت الإنسان، لیس فقط الأنغام المنفردة والتراتیل الجماعیة، بل بالکلمات أیضا، وهذا شیء نادر بالنسبة لهذا الفنان. فأغنیة «الوعد» (The Promise) على سبیل المثال، هی تعدیل لمقطوعة قدیمة تدعى «سیکرت فوس» رزت بکلمات کتبت من قبل صدیقة قدیمة له تدعى بامیلا مکنیل وأدیت بشکل عاطفی من قبل ألفریدا جیرالد التی رافقت رحلة یانی إجلال فی عام 1998. کما أن المقطوعة الأخیرة من الألبوم تعکس ثقافة هذا الفنان وتاریخه بأغنیة یونانیة شعبیة تدعى «جیفاری».
وفی مارس من عام 2003 عاد یانی للظهور من جدید فی جولة فی أمیرکا وکندا، وقد سمیت «العرقیة»، وکانت جولة ناجحة وصنفت فی المرتبة السادسة بالنسبة لمبیع التذاکر لهذا العام. فی 6 مایو من عام 2004 حصل یانی على درجة الدکتورا الفخریة فی الآداب الإنسانیة من جامعة مینوسوتا.
وفی العام 2006 أصدر یانی ألبوم جدیدا حمل اسم «الکونشیرتو» (The Concert Event) حیث قام بتسجیله وتصویره على الهواء مباشرة فی حفلة الافتتاح بلاس فیغاس مستخدماً أحدث تقنیات التصویر والتسجیل الصوتی.
[عدل]ألبوم أصوات یانی

أصدر یانى آخر ألبوم له و هو یحمل اسم یانى میکسکانیام و هو یدمج بین الموسیقی الأمریکیة و المکسیکیة بعد ترقب طویل, وفی 24 مارس من عام 2009 قام یانی بإصدار ألبومین حملا اسمی Yanni Voices و Yanni Voces (أصوات یانی) وکان الألبوم الأخیر باللغة اللاتینیة بأکمله حیث قام یانی بالتعاون مع المنتج المعروف ریک ویک بصیاغة جدیدة لألحانه وتحویل بعض من مقطوعاته الشهیرة إلى أغان جدیدة یؤدیها أربعة من الشباب الموهوبین والمتمیزین هم نیثان باتشیکو ولیسلی مایلز وإندر توماس وکلوی، إضافة إلى مجموعة من الضیوف المکسیکیین والإسبان الذین شارکوا الغناء فی ألبوم YANNI VOCES منهم القدیر خوسیه خوسیه والنجمة أولغا تانون، وقد قام بجولة جدیدة فی المکسیک وأمیرکا خلال عامی 2008 و 2009 حملت اسم "Yanni Voices Live In Concert"، یذکر أن یانی قد صرح بأنه لن یتخلى عن موسیقا الانسترومینتال وسیستمر بتألیف هذا النوع من الموسیقى فی المستقبل.
[عدل]یانی فی کلمات

یانی فی کلمات هو کتاب یتکلم عن حیاة هذا الفنان إبتداء من طفولته فی الیونان إلى مرحلة دراسته الجامعیة فی جامعة مینوسوتا إلى نجاحه کفنان موسیقی عالمی. وقد تمت کتابة هذه السیرة بالتعاون مع دیفد رینسن. کما یتضمن الکتاب أیضا تفاصیل ذاتیة دقیقة منها تسعة أعوام من علاقته القویة بالممثلة لیندا أیفانس. یقول یانی: «لقد کنت دائما أطالب بکتابة کتاب فی العدید من المناسبات ولکنی دائما کنت أرکز وبشکل رئیسی على الموسیقى ومهنتی کفنان»، ویضیف: «الموسیقى، هی لغة صریحة بشکل لا یصدق، أنها تتضمن لغة ومنطق وتخاطب روحک بشکل مباشر.» ان یانی بالفعل هو ذاک الفتى الساحر الذی جعل من الموسیقى غذاءا للروح ودواء لاسقام النفس وهی إلى ذلک دافع قوی للتسامح والتقارب ونبذ للعنصریة وتقارب بین الشعوب فلا غرابة ان یرتسم کل هذا على وجه یانی الملیء بالبراءة والحب والتفاؤل والتسامح.
[عدل]قائمة الألبومات الکاملة



یانی فی إحدى حفلاته
یعرض الجدول التالی کافة ألبومات یانی والمقاطع الموسیقیة المتضمنة فیه [1]:
عام الإصدار اسم الألبوم المحتویات
1984 Optimystique
The Sphynx
Butterfly Dance
Strings
Twilight
The Chase
Farewell
Turn Of The Tide
The Magus
1986 Keys To Imagination
The North Shore Of Matsushima
Looking Glass
Nostalgia
Santorini
Port Of Mystery
Keys To Imagination
Forgotten Yesterdays
Forbidden Dream
1987 Out of Silence
Sand Dance
After The Sunrise
Standing In Motion
The Mermaid
Within Attraction
Street Level
Secret Vows
Point Of Origin
Acroyali
Paths On Water
1988 Chameleon Days
Swept Away
Marching Season
Chasing Shadows
The Rain Must Fall
Days Of Summer
Reflections Of Passion
Walkabout
Everglade Run
A Word In Private
1989 Niki Nana
Niki Nana (We're One)
Dance With A Stranger
Running Time
Someday
Human Condition
First Touch
Nightbird
Quiet Man
1990 Reflections of Passion
After The Sunrise
The Mermaid
Quiet Man
Nostalgia
Almost A Whisper
The Rain Must Fall
Acroyali
Farewell
Swept Away
True Nature
Secret Vows
Flight Of Fantasy
A Word In Private
First Touch
Reflections Of Passion
1991 In Celebration of Life
Santorini
Song For Antarctica
Marching Season
Walkabout
Keys To Imagination
Looking Glass (Album Version)
Someday
Within Attraction
Standing In Motion
Sand Dance
1992 Dare To Dream
Once Upon A Time
A Love For Life
Nice To Meet You
So Long My Friend
You Only Live Once
To The One Who Knows
Face In The Photograph
Felitsa
Desire
Aria
A Night To Remember
In The Mirror
1993 In My Time
In The Morning Light
One Man's Dream
Before I Go
Enchantment
The End Of August
To Take ...To Hold
In The Mirror
Felitsa
Whispers In The Dark
Only A Memory
Until The Last Moment
1994 Live at the Acropolis
Santorini
Keys to Imagination
Until the Last Moment
Rain Must Fall
Acroyali/Standing in Motion
One Man's Dream
Within Attraction
Nostalgia
Swept Away
Reflections of Passion
1997 In The Mirror
In The Mirror
In The Morning Light
A Love For Life
One Man's Dream
Within Attraction
Forbidden Dreams
Once Upon A Time
Chasing Shadows
Aria
Quiet Man
Enchantment
So Long My Friend
Before I Go
The End Of August
Face In The Photograph
1997 Tribute
Deliverance
Adagio In C Minor
Renegade
Dance With A Stranger
Tribute
Prelude
Love Is All
Southern Exposure
Waltz In 7/8
Nightingale
Niki Nana (We're One)
2000 If I Could Tell You
On Sacred Ground
The Flame Within
Midnight Hymn
November Sky
With An Orchid
Wishing Well
A Walk In The Rain
Highland
If I Could Tell You
In Your Eyes
Reason For Rainbows
2003 Ethnicity
Rite of Passage
For All Seasons
The Promise
Rainmaker
Written on the Wind
Playing By Heart
At First Sight
Tribal Dream
Almost A Whisper
Never Too Late
Play Time
Jivaeri (Jiva-Eri)
2005 Yanni Live: The Concert Event
Rainmaker
Keys To Imagination
Enchantment
Standing In Motion
On Sacred Ground
Playtime
Until The Last Moment
If I Could Tell You
For All Seasons
The Storm
Prelude
Nostalgia
2009 Yanni Voces
Ritual De Amor (Desire) (Feat. Ender)
Llama De Amor (Feat. Olga Tañón)
Y Te Vas (Feat. Andy Vargas)
Ni La Fuerza Del Destino (Feat. Cristian Castro)
Unico Amore (Enchantment) (Feat. Nathan)
No Ha Dejado De Llover (Feat. José Feliciano)
Quédate Conmigo (Feat. Ender & Chloe)
Es Amor ( Feat. Cristian Castro)
Mi Todo Eres Tu (Until The Moment) (Feat. Ender & Chloe)
Eterno Es Éste Amor (Feat. Lucero)
Volver (Feat. Willy Chirino, Arturo Sandoval & Ender)
Yanni & Arturo (Feat. Arturo Sandoval & Yanni)
Vivir Por Ti (Feat. Olga Tañón & Nathan)
Que Te Valla Bien (Feat. Chloe)
Volver A Crecer (Feat. José José)
2009 Yanni VOICES
Omaggio (Tribute)
The Keeper
Our Days
Never Leave the Sun
Before the Night Ends
1001
Mas Alla
Unico Amore (Enchantment )
Vivi Il Tuo Sogno (Almost a Whisper)
Orchid
Set Me Free
Kill Me With Your Love
Mi Todo Eres Tu (Until the Last Moment)
Ritual De Amor (Desire)
Moments Without Time
Nei Tuoi Occhi (In the Miror)
Amare Di Nuovo (Adagio in C Minor)
[عدل]المراجع

^ کافة ألبومات الفنان یانی, الموقع الرسمی.
[عدل]وصلات خارجیة

الموقع الرسمی
تصنیفات: سباحون یونانیونخریجو جامعة مینیسوتاملحنون أمریکیونأمریکیون یونانیونملحنون یونانیونموالید 1954أشخاص على قید الحیاة

قس یونانی

Ο Yanni (Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης) είναι Έλληνας μουσικοσυνθέτης.
Πίνακας περιεχομένων [Εμφάνιση]
Βιογραφία [Επεξεργασία]

Ο Yanni είναι συνθέτης και αυτοδίδακτος πιανίστας και γεννήθηκε στις 14 Νοεμβρίου 1954 στη Καλαμάτα. Ήταν μέλος της ελληνικής εθνικής ομάδας κολύμβησης εφήβων και σε ηλικία μόλις 14 ετών, κατέρριψε το πανελλήνιο ρεκόρ κολύμβησης, στα 50 μέτρα ελεύθερο. Όταν ενηλικιώθηκε (1972) πήγε στην Νέα Υόρκη για να φοιτήσει στο τμήμα Ψυχολογίας του Πανεπιστημίου Μινεσότα ενώ παράλληλα έπαιζε πιάνο για τους Chameleon, γνωστή μπάντα Rock & Roll.
Το πρώτο του άλμπουμ έρχεται στα 1984 με τίτλο “Optimystique”, τα άλμπουμ "Dare To Dream" και το "My Time" προτάθηκαν για Bραβείο Grammy ενώ το άλπουμ Το "Reflections Of Passion" έγινε πολλές φορές πλατινένιος. Επίσης το 1989 η βρετανική αεροπορική εταιρεία British Airways χρησιμοποίησε την σύνθεση "Aria" του Yanni για τη διαφημιστική της καμπάνια.
Παρά το γεγονός ότι από τα μέσα της δεκαετίας του '80 πούλησε πάνω από 6 εκατομμύρια αντίτυπα, η καριέρα του εκτινάχθηκε ακόμα περισσότερο τον Μάρτιο του 1994 όταν και κυκλοφόρησε σε δίσκο αλλά και βίντεο η συναυλία - σταθμός που έδωσε για πρώτη φορά στην Ελλάδα στο Ωδείο Ηρώδου του Αττικού στις 25 Σεπτεμβρίου του 1993 με τον τίτλο «Yanni in Concert: Live Acropolis» παρουσία 2.000 χιλιάδων θεατών.
Δισκογραφία [Επεξεργασία]

Στούντιο άλμπουμ [Επεξεργασία]
1984 Optimystique
1986 Keys to Imagination
1987 Out of Silence
1988 Chameleon Days
1989 Niki Nana
1990 Reflections of Passion
1991 In Celebration of Life
1992 Dare to Dream
1993 In My Time
2000 If I Could Tell You
2003 Ethnicity
2009 Yanni Voices and Yanni Voces (Spanish Version)
2010 Yanni Mexicanisimo
2011 Truth of Touch
Ζωντανά άλμπουμ - Βιντεογραφία [Επεξεργασία]
1994 Yanni Live at the Acropolis
1995 Yanni Live at Royal Albert Hall
1996 Yanni One on One
1997 Tribute
2006 Yanni Live! The Concert Event
2009 Yanni Voices
2009 Yanni Voces
Σάουντρακ [Επεξεργασία]
1988 Steal the Sky
1988 Heart of Midnight
1989 I Love You Perfect
1990 She'll Take Romance
1990 When You Remember Me
1990 Children of the Bride
1994 Hua qi Shao Lin
Συλλογές [Επεξεργασία]
1992 Romantic Moments, BMG
1994 A Collection of Romantic Themes, Private Music
1997 Devotion (The Best of Yanni), Private Music
1997 Port of Mystery, Windham Hill
1997 In The Mirror, Private Music
1997 Nightbird, Unison
1999 Someday, Unison
1999 The Private Years, Private Music
1999 Love Songs, RCA Victor
1999 Winter Light
2000 Snowfall
2000 The Very Best of Yanni (2000-10), Windham Hill Records, RCA Victor
2003 Ultimate Yanni
Άλλες διακρίσεις [Επεξεργασία]

1988 A Thousand Summers (A John Tesh recording in which Yanni was credited as a performer.)
1991 Polar Shift (benefit compilation featuring one original Yanni track)
1997 Pure Moods
1999 John Tesh and Friends
Περιοδείες [Επεξεργασία]

1987: Out of Silence
1988: Chameleon Days
1990: Reflections of Passion
1991: Revolution in Sound
1992: Dare to Dream
1993: Yanni Live, The Symphony Concerts 1993
1994: Yanni Live, The Symphony Concerts 1994
1995: Yanni Live, The Symphony Concerts 1995
1997: Tribute
2003–4: Ethnicity
2004–5: Yanni Live!
2008–9: Yanni Voices
Πηγές [Επεξεργασία]

Yanni Biography by activemusician.com
Yanni Biography
Official Website
Niki Nana Yanni Fan Club Mexico
Κατηγορίες: Έλληνες συνθέτεςΚαλαματιανοίΓεννήσεις το 1954

قس انگلیسی

Yanni ( /ˈjɑːni/ yah-nee) is a Greek self-taught pianist, keyboardist, and composer (born Yiannis Hryssomallis; Greek: Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης, Giannis Chrysomallis; November 14, 1954) who has spent his adult life in the United States.
A self-taught musician who continues to use the musical shorthand that he developed as a child,[6][7] Yanni has blended jazz, classical, soft rock, and world music[8] to create predominantly instrumental works.[9] As this genre of music was not well suited for commercial pop radio and music television,[2][10] Yanni achieved international recognition by producing concerts at historic monuments and by producing videos that were broadcast on public television.[10] His breakthrough concert, Yanni Live at the Acropolis, yielded the second best-selling music video of all time.[11] Additional historic sites for Yanni's concerts have included India's Taj Mahal, China's Forbidden City, the United Arab Emirates' Burj Khalifa,[12] Russia's Kremlin,[13] and Puerto Rico's El Morro castle.[14]
At least fourteen of Yanni's albums have peaked at #1 in Billboard's "Top New Age Album" category,[15] and two albums (Dare to Dream and In My Time) received Grammy nominations.[16] Through late 2011, Yanni had performed live in concert before more than two million people in more than 20 countries around the world, and has accumulated more than 35 platinum and gold albums globally, with sales totaling over 20 million copies.[17] A longtime fundraiser for public television,[3][18] Yanni's compositions have been used on commercial television programs, especially for sporting events such as the Tour de France, World Figure Skating Championships, U. S. Open Tennis Championships and Olympic Games.[19] He has written film scores and the music for an award-winning British Airways television commercial.[19]
Yanni has employed musicians of various nationalities, and has incorporated a variety of instruments from around the world,[8] to create music that has been called an eclectic fusion of ethnic sounds.[6] Influenced by his encounters with cultures around the world,[18][20] his music is said to reflect his “one world, one people” philosophy.[18]
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[edit]Early life

Yanni displayed musical talent at a young age, playing piano at the age of 6.[1] His parents encouraged him to learn at his own pace and in his own way, without formal music training.[1] The self-taught musician continues to use the "musical shorthand" that he developed as a child, rather than employing traditional musical notation.[6][7]
Yanni set a Greek national record in the 50-meter freestyle swimming competition at age 14.[16][21]
In 1972, Yanni moved from Greece to the United States to attend the University of Minnesota,[1] receiving a B.A. degree in psychology in 1976.[16] During his time as a student, Yanni played in a local rock band and continued to study piano and other keyboard instruments.[1]
[edit]Music career

Yanni joined the Minneapolis-based rock group Chameleon, working with its founder, drummer Charlie Adams.[1] After leaving the band, Yanni moved to Los Angeles in pursuit of movie soundtrack work.[16][22]
[edit]1980s


The Herodes Atticus Theater at the Acropolis of Athens, site of Yanni's September 1993 breakthrough concert Yanni Live at the Acropolis, performed in his native Greece.
In 1980 Yanni recorded his first album Optimystique, which Atlantic Records re-released in 1984 and Private Music re-released in 1989.[1][19]
Yanni formed a band in 1987 and began to tour in 1988, when he went on the road with an ensemble including pianist/singer John Tesh and drummer Charlie Adams, touring to promote his early albums, Keys to Imagination, Out of Silence, and Chameleon Days.[16][19] A highlight of the tour was a performance with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra that elicited a positive review, considered seminal to Yanni's public recognition, from a Dallas Times Herald critic.[19] Yanni's emergence was said to be "timed perfectly" with the growing popularity of contemporary instrumental music.[19]
[edit]1990s
Yanni gained visibility as the result of his November 1990 appearances in People[23][24] and on The Oprah Winfrey Show with actress Linda Evans,[10][23] with whom he had been in a relationship since 1989.[19][25] However, high visibility appearances on public television, best-selling records and videos, and overflow concerts earned him recognition beyond his relationship with Evans.[25]
Dare to Dream, released in 1992, was Yanni’s first Grammy-nominated[16] album. It included "Aria," a song based on Léo Delibes' The Flower Duet (Lakmé, 1883) and popularized by an award-winning[19] British Airways commercial. A second Grammy-nominated[16] album, In My Time, followed in 1993.

From Yanni Live at the Acropolis (1994):

Acroyali/Standing in Motion

This composition was determined to have the "Mozart Effect."[26]
"Santorini"

Santorini is the name of a Greek island.[27][28]
"Nostalgia"

At the 1993 Acropolis concert, Yanni dedicated "Nostalgia" to the people of his homeland Greece, where he had not lived since 1972.
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Yanni's breakthrough[6][8] concert, Yanni Live at the Acropolis, was filmed in September 1993 at the 2,000-year-old Herodes Atticus Theater at the Acropolis of Athens, an album and DVD being released in 1994.[16] Acropolis was Yanni’s first live album, and used his core band with a full orchestra,[16] the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Iranian conductor Shahrdad Rohani.[29]
Without financial backing, Yanni risked $2 million of his personal fortune in the Acropolis production[8] in a strategy to boost his artistic profile and open new markets for his music.[6] The resulting video was broadcast on PBS and became one of its most popular programs ever, seen in 65 countries by half a billion people.[16][30] It became the second best-selling music video of all time (after Michael Jackson's Thriller[17]), selling more than 7 million copies worldwide.[16]
In March 1997, Yanni became one of the few Western artists permitted to perform and record at the Taj Mahal in India.[31] Yanni followed in May 1997 with performances at the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, becoming the first Western artist in modern times permitted to perform at the historic site.[31] These two events formed the live album and video, Tribute, released in November 1997.[31]
Armen Anassian, violinist and conductor of Yanni's orchestra for Tribute, conceded that he had some doubts about the artist's plans to perform at India's Taj Mahal and China's Forbidden City: "To be honest, a few years ago when he was talking about it, the idea was so amazing. I myself was very skeptical, understandably so. But the truth is, it happened. We did it."[32] Anassian describes Yanni as "very optimistic" and has observed that "nothing really fazes him."[32] That outlook carries over naturally to his music. "I don't think it's a goal, per se. He's very honest with his own feelings. His music really comes from the heart. He writes music with ease, the music comes out with relative ease. The feel-good portion of the music is a by-product. It coincides with what the people love to hear."[32]
After negotiating the demands of gaining permission to perform at the Taj Mahal and Forbidden City in 1997, breaking up with Linda Evans in early 1998, and completing a long world tour later in 1998, Yanni halted his music career.[10] Yanni later related that he had become depressed, and returned to Greece to live with his parents for three months before traveling the world.[10] He didn't do an interview for two years, later explaining, "I traveled. I wanted to see other people's ideas of life, get out of the American dream."[10]
[edit]2000s
In 2000, after the two-year hiatus Yanni released If I Could Tell You, his first studio album in seven years. The album sold 55,000 copies in its first week, and landed at No. 20 on the Billboard charts, his highest debut to date.[10]
The music in Yanni's 2003 album Ethnicity represented many of the world's cultures, Yanni saying it uses ethnicity to reflect the color and beauty of a multicultural society.[33] The album was released near the publication date of Yanni's autobiography, Yanni in Words.[33] The ensuing Ethnicity tour would become the fourth largest concert tour of the year ranked by Billboard Magazine.[citation needed] On October 23, 2003, Yanni performed a keyboard instrumental version of the The Star-Spangled Banner before Game 5 of the 2003 World Series.[34]
On May 6, 2004, the University of Minnesota conferred upon Yanni the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters.[20][35]
The live album and video Yanni Live! The Concert Event (2006) became Billboard's fourth best selling New Age album of both 2006 and 2007.[36]
For the first time in his career, Yanni brought vocalists to the forefront in the Ric Wake collaboration Yanni Voices, the artist's first studio album in six years.[37] PBS broadcast video of a November 2008 Voices Acapulco concert weeks before the album's March 24, 2009 release by Walt Disney Records' Disney Pearl imprint, the album release preceding a tour produced by Pearl's Buena Vista Concerts division.[37] The album went on to become Billboard's second best selling New Age Album of 2009 and fifth best selling New Age album of 2010.[36]
[edit]2010s


Yanni onstage with his orchestra and vocalists during the 2012 An Evening with Yanni tour. While performing, Yanni divides his time among two decks of electronic keyboards and an acoustic piano, and conducts his orchestra.[38]
The Yanni Live in South America tour included September 2010 performances in Chile, Argentina, and Brazil, and a November 2010 performance in Puerto Rico.[39]
The album Yanni Mexicanisimo, released in November of Mexico's bicentennial year 2010, was a tribute to that country through Yanni's collaborative interpretation of its folk music.[40] It involved collaboration with singer-songwriter Pepe Aguilar and singer-actress Lucero.[40] It became the #7 selling New Age album of 2011.[41]
The Truth of Touch album was released in February 2011, and went on to become the top-selling New Age album of 2011.[16][41] Yanni's first studio album of new material since Ethnicity eight years earlier, Truth of Touch's varied content reflected contemporary instrumental, electronic and cinematic influences, and crossed over into popular, new age and world music.[42] Three of fifteen tracks on the predominantly instrumental album included vocals from respective Yanni Voices vocalists.[43]
Tour performances in Mexico (January 2011) and Panama (February 2011) were followed by a 43-stop tour of Canada and the United States.[44] In September-November 2011, Yanni toured fifteen stops in Eastern Europe and Asia,[45] including performances in China, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Dubai, Oman and Russia.[46] As with Yanni's earlier concerts at the Acropolis, the Taj Mahal, and Royal Albert Hall, Yanni's December 2011 concerts at El Morro castle in Puerto Rico were the subject of a PBS special, with corresponding CDs and DVDs being produced.[47][48]
The five month long An Evening with Yanni tour began in March 2012, starting in Mexico (2 stops), and continuing to the United States (66 stops) and Canada (14 stops).[49]
Yanni's 2010-2012 tours included new vocalists, distinct from the 2008–2009 Yanni Voices vocalists.[39]
[edit]Influences, music and concerts

[edit]Musical Influences
From childhood, Yanni accepted a wide variety of musical styles, listening to radio stations from Northern Africa, Arab countries and Europe; he observed that "there were no rock stations or classical stations--each station would just play everything."[4] Yanni's music has been said to reflect his encounters with cultures around the world[18][20] and embody his philosophy of “one world, one people.”[18] In this vein, Booth Newspapers' Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk perceived the eclectic inspirations of Yanni's music to be an element of his success: Yanni's "Middle Eastern and Oriental scales and mixed meters sound just exotic enough to entice his middle-of-the-road fans, but not so authentic as to mystify folks who grew up with a backbeat, so you can’t lose it," adding that certain songs "leave you with a sense that you’ve just heard a bit of a steel drum or a Greek bouzouki or a Japanese koto or possibly all three."[50]

Liner notes from Yanni's first album Optimystique (1984, 1989) say he recorded the album in 1980, when he would have been age 25.
"Butterfly Dance"

Early in his career Yanni focused heavily on the electronic side of music.[11]
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Yanni's musical influences include music from Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, as well as classical, rock and roll, and electronic music.[11] Yanni explained that the 1970s, with its new technology and electronic instruments, were particularly influential at that stage in his career, and that even recently his Truth Of Touch album (2011) was started by experimenting with new sound designs.[11] Having been exposed to classical music very early in life—listening to Bach at age 8[22]—he counts several classical pianists and composers among his influences, citing Beethoven as a favorite[9] and Chopin as "No. 2 favorite."[22] Yanni mentioned being influenced not only by classical composers like Mozart and Bach, but also rock and roll bands such as Led Zeppelin, the People, and Black Sabbath.[22]
Yanni explained that "the most influence I’ve ever had from music was doing (soundtracks for) movies, ... mostly instrumental music," mentioning his love for the work of Jerry Goldsmith and John Williams.[22] The Augusta Chronicle's Kelly Jasper noted that most of Yanni's music is instrumental, indicating that Yanni surmised that the lack of lyrics is what allowed his music to become popular internationally.[9] Yanni explained: "There are no lyrics in my music for the most part, so the whole message is transmitted through the rhythm, melody, and sounds, and I think that has to do with crossing all the borders and being able to go to different countries.”[9] He has also said that "words operate in a different area of the brain,"[7] and "lyrics tend to put a song into a box."[17]
However, Yanni performed with four vocalists in the forefront in Yanni Voices (2008-2009),[37] and performed with two vocalists on tours (2010-2012) and in the Yanni Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico concerts (December 2011) and CD/DVD (2012).[39] In late 2011 Yanni remarked that he tends to prefer instrumental music "because it's more open, but the human voice too can be the most expressive instrument known to man. There is power to it."[17] Referring to his creative experiences on the 2009 Voices project, Yanni explained that "while most of the music I write is instrumental, I love to use the human voice as another instrument."[51]
[edit]Music genres distinguished from the "New Age" spiritual movement
Lines on maps
These lines really don't exist. They are made up--completely--and they perpetuate this illusion that somehow we're all different from each other. I think the world would be a much better place if some day, we stopped pretending that these lines exist and we concentrated on our similarities rather than our differences.
Concert's closing comments,
Yanni Live at the Acropolis
September 1993
Though "New Age" properly denotes a spiritual movement and not a genre of music,[2][8] Yanni’s music has been said to be "adopted by"[3][11] the New Age movement as it gained mainstream momentum. His music is also called contemporary instrumental[3] and has been described as "an instrumental blend of fusion-jazz, world music, classical and soft rock."[8] However, at least as early as 1988, Yanni was said to shun labels such as "Greek" and "New Age," emphasizing that "when someone says new age music, I think of something that you put on in the background while you're vacuuming the house. I don't want to relax the audience; I want to engage them in the music, get them interested."[4] Distinguishing his work from what others have called ambient mood music, Yanni pointed out in 1994: "New Age implies a more subdued, more relaxed music than what I do. My music can be very rhythmic, very energetic, even very ethnic."[52]
In 2012, Yanni remarked that he has never liked putting art into categories or assigning labels, adding that he always composed music "to honestly reflect the lessons learned and the experiences I have shared throughout my life."[11] For example, Yanni's university study of psychology influenced his music: “When I create music, it is a reflection of my soul, my experiences in life and my relationships with other people and cultures. Psychology, and understanding who we are as people in this world, is present in almost every creative thought I have."[11]
[edit]Unconventional career track
The genre of Yanni's music made it unsuitable for most commercial radio or for music television.[2][10] In 2012 Yanni expressed the importance of PBS to his career, saying that the network "always allowed me to present my music without any censorship or influence, and encouraged me to be the artist that I am," and had been "a great part of my career for over 20 years."[53]
Yanni took an unconventional path to recognition, for example, by risking his personal fortune to fund historic-monument events such as his 1993 Acropolis concerts, by producing specials on public television, by creating alone in his home-built studio, and by performing many of his own production duties—thus by-passing the conventional music industry.[10] In 2000, The Los Angeles Times' Don Heckman wrote that Yanni was "a living metaphor for Success on Your Own Terms, the dream of every American with an idea that is either ridiculed or ignored."[10]
[edit]Music
In an early-career review in the Dallas Times Herald in the late 1980s, Yanni's concert with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra was described as "exhilarating, moving and inspiring."[19] In 1995, The Los Angeles Times' Don Heckman wrote that Yanni's music is "based on sweeping romantic melodies underscored with energetic Mediterranean rhythms."[25] More analytically, the Hartford Courant's Steve Metcalf "deconstructed" Yanni's music as being "from a harmonic standpoint, constructed of materials found in a lot of late-19th, early 20th century classical music. It is essentially tonal, tinged with mild whiffs of dissonance here and there, sometimes rhythmically frisky, graspable on first listening, and self-evidently mood-inducing. There are two basic moods to Yanni music: struttingly heroic with martial overtones, and dreamily contemplative. ... A kind of peaceful, easy-feeling link between pop music and classical music."[5]

"Tribute"

TItle track from Tribute (1997), a live album recorded at the Taj Mahal and The Forbidden City.[31]
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More recently, Allmusic's Mark Deming characterized Yanni's compositions and performances as having "a pronounced sense of drama, dynamics, and romanticism," writing that Yanni has a "commanding performance style."[1] In 2012 Howie Grapek remarked in The Palm Beach Post's PBPulse that "there are few modern-day composers with a unique sense of music and style which is truly their own. To compare new-age music with classic rock is a stretch, but for Yanni, it is possible. This Greek composer marries contemporary new-age spirituality with today’s pop attitudes and delivers a unique sound."[54] Yanni has employed musicians of various nationalities, and has incorporated a variety of instruments from around the world from an Australian didgeridoo to a Peruvian charango, to perform with his classical orchestra, rock rhythm section, and electronic keyboards.[8] His music has been described as "an eclectic fusion of ethnic sounds, from Native American chants to African rhythms and Asian harmonies."[6]
The Morning Call's John L. Moser wrote that "trends come and trends go," but that Yanni's music "seems to defy trends and... feels like it’s music for all time."[22] Moser interviewed the composer, asking if he intentionally tries to create "something that’s going to last forever as opposed to something that’s just going to sell 1 million copies right away," Yanni replying that "There’s no way you can create art to last forever... so you can’t have that in your mind."[22] Instead, describing his creative process, Yanni explained that his knowledge of music and instruments and his experience in different cultures is a "primordial soup that comes together and it shows itself and it appears. And it’s fluid. It’s effortless."[22]
Yanni's popularity with the public and his success on public television have contrasted sharply with views of some critics.[5] The more extreme criticisms have been paraphrased as characterizing Yanni as a "no-talent poseur" whose music has little intellectual weight, while his fans' opinions have been paraphrased as calling Yanni a "highly original artist whose profound spirituality has created a unique kind of music."[5]
[edit]Concerts
A single thought
Everything great that has ever happened to humanity has begun as a single thought in someone's mind. And if any one of us is capable of such a thought, then all of us have the same capacity and capability, because we're all the same.
Concert's closing comments,
Yanni Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico
December 2011
The Palm Beach Post's Howie Grapek described an April 2012 performance: "The show was much more than a one-man keyboard show—throughout the evening, Yanni continued to showcase each of the band member’s talents with long solos. ... Each individual contributor is spotlighted. ... (Yanni) loves giving them the opportunity to shine individually."[54] Booth Newspapers' Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk commented that Yanni "has great sidemen – always has."[50]
Yanni’s concerts are known for their lighting and other technical aspects.[55] Commenting on Yanni's "great lighting" on the stage and "plenty of reverb in the audience," Booth Newspapers' Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk remarked that a Yanni concert "can be an intoxicating experience."[50]
[edit]Honors, awards and distinctions

In addition to performing at historic venues such as Royal Albert Hall[47] (London; 1995), Yanni has been permitted to perform at such world landmarks as the Acropolis of Athens (Greece; 1993), the Taj Mahal (Agra, India; 1997), the Forbidden City (Beijing, China; 1997), the Burj Khalifa (the world's tallest building; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 2011),[12] the Kremlin (Moscow, Russia; 2011),[13] and the Castillo San Felipe del Morro ("El Morro" UNESCO World Heritage Site, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, U.S. territory; 2011).[14]
Rising in popularity with the new age music boom of the 1980s and 1990s, Yanni's music became more well known through adult alternative radio airplay, appearances on public television and in television commercials, as well as international music tours.[1] Yanni's music has been used in television shows and televised sporting events, including the Super Bowl, Wide World of Sports, U.S. Open, Tour de France, the World Figure Skating Championships and the Olympic Games.[16][19] He wrote music for ABC's World News Now.[2]
Yanni's "Acroyali/Standing in Motion" was determined to have the "Mozart Effect" by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine (April 2001) because the composition is similar to Mozart's K 448 in tempo, structure, melodic and harmonic consonance and predictability.[26]
During Yanni's October 2011 tour of China, Yanni became the first Western artist to be invited to adopt a giant panda (bear) cub at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, a "privilege... usually reserved for countries rather than personalities."[27] "Officials from the research base invited the musician to adopt the animal, saying their decision was made from the inspiration and harmony that derives from his music."[28] Yanni named the panda "Santorini," also the name of a Greek island, explaining that the Greek word irini means 'peace'."[27][28]

Two tracks from the piano-centered album In My Time (1993), which was nominated for a Grammy Award:[16]

"In the Morning Light"

"The End of August"

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Billboard named Yanni No. 1 "New Age Album Artist" of 2011.[56] He was named to the same list in 2010 (ranked No. 4), 2009 (No. 3), 2007 (No. 4), and 2006 (No. 4).[56]
Yanni's albums Dare to Dream (1992) and In My Time (1993) received Grammy nominations.[16]
The PBS specials Yanni Live at the Acropolis and Tribute received Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Drama Series, Variety Series, Miniseries, Movie or Special, in 1994[57] and 1998,[58] respectively.
Various Yanni albums peaked at No. 1 in Billboard's "Top New Age Album" category, including Reflections of Passion (1990), In My Time (1993), Live at the Acropolis (1994), Devotion: The Best of Yanni (1997), In the Mirror (1997), Tribute (1997), Love Songs (1999), If I Could Tell You (2000), Ethnicity (2003), Ultimate Yanni (2004), Live: The Concert Event (2006), Voices (2009), Truth of Touch (2011), and Yanni Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico (2012).[15] Also, Live at the Acropolis (1994) peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200; Live: The Concert Event (2006) peaked at No. 6 in Billboard's Top Independent Albums category; and Voices [Bonus Tracks] (2009) peaked at No. 5 in Billboard's Latin Pop Album category.[15]
In addition to earning a B.A. in psychology in 1976 from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Yanni received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters in 2004.[20][35]
[edit]Charitable activities

Yanni has had a collaborative relationship with the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in its fundraising efforts since the early years of his career,[47] reportedly raising more than $13 million for that organization.[3] The Yanni Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico production (2012) was Yanni's tenth collaboration with PBS.[59]
To assist the conservation efforts the World Wide Fund for Nature (the World Wildlife Fund, WWF), Yanni sponsored a symbolic "Panda Adoption Kit" program in which he guaranteed $50,000 in donations during a period coinciding with his North American tour from April 17 to August 19, 2012.[60]
[edit]Autobiography

Yanni's autobiography, Yanni in Words, co-authored by David Rensin and Brendan Rossi, was released in February 2003. It is a memoir that includes information about his early childhood in Greece, his college years in Minnesota, his success as an international music artist with his exploration into the creative process by which he composes, and his nine-year relationship with actress Linda Evans. The book's publication coincided with the release of his 13th album Ethnicity and was a New York Times best seller.[61]
[edit]Discography

[edit]Studio albums
Main article: Yanni discography
1984 Optimystique
1986 Keys to Imagination
1987 Out of Silence
1988 Chameleon Days
1989 Niki Nana
1990 Reflections of Passion
1991 In Celebration of Life
1992 Dare to Dream (Grammy-nominated New Age album)[16]
1993 In My Time (Grammy-nominated New Age album)[16]
2000 If I Could Tell You
2003 Ethnicity
2009 Yanni Voices and Yanni Voces (Spanish Version) (English version was No. 2 best selling New Age Album of 2009, No. 5 in 2010.)[36]
2010 Yanni Mexicanisimo (No. 7 selling New Age album of 2011)[41]
2011 Truth of Touch (No. 1 top-selling New Age album of 2011)[16][41]
[edit]Concert tours and live albums

Clicking on some tour names links to album that preceded that tour.
1987: Out of Silence
1988: Chameleon Days
1990: Reflections of Passion
1991: Revolution in Sound
1992: Dare to Dream
1993: Yanni Live, The Symphony Concerts 1993
1994: Yanni Live, The Symphony Concerts 1994 (Acropolis)
1995: Yanni Live, The Symphony Concerts 1995 (Royal Albert Hall)
1997: Tribute (Taj Mahal and Forbidden City)
2003–4: Ethnicity
2004–5: Yanni Live! (No. 4 selling New Age album of both 2006 and 2007.)[36]
2008–9: Yanni Voices
2010: Yanni in Concert in South America (September) and Puerto Rico (November)
2011: Yanni in Concert in Mexico (January), Panama (February), and the U.S. (March-May)
2011: Yanni in Concert in Eastern Europe and Asia (October-November)
2011: Yanni Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico (December)
2012: An Evening with Yanni (Mexico, U.S., Canada) (March-August)
[edit]References

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^ a b c Davidson, Mike (reporting), "Greek musician Yanni adopts panda." (WebCite archive--video on left; click on "(Transcript)" on right), Reuters, October 12, 2011.
^ a b c "Greek musician Yanni adopts panda" (WebCite archive), Sky News Australia, October 12, 2011.
^ Widran, Jonathan, "Yanni / Live at the Acropolis / review" (WebCite archive), Allmusic, 1994 or later.
^ Maher, Jack, "Yanni set to perform at Red Rocks in July" (WebCite archive), KUSA (TV) (9News.com), May 21, 2012.
^ a b c d Chu, Henry, "Yanni Opens the Door to the Forbidden City" (WebCite archive), Los Angeles Times, May 30, 1997.
^ a b c "Interview with Armen Anassian from the Toledo Blade". serve.com. February 1, 1998. http://www.serve.com/gregl7/armen.htm. Retrieved November 14, 2007. --Broken link 2012-07-03!--
^ a b "Yanni presenta su ambiciosa gira" (Yanni introduces an ambitious tour) (WebCite archive), Terra Networks Mexico, dated April 4, 2007 (sic; probably was actually 2003).
^ Gleeman, Aaron, "Diary of a Madman (World Series, Game Five)" (WebCite archive), AaronGleeman.com, October 24/25, 2003.
^ a b "Time to Commence Fewer Rich and Famous Speakers Grace Graduation Ceremonies, but the Smiles of Newly Minted Alumni Shine as Brightly as Ever" (WebCite archive), St. Paul Pioneer Press, May 8, 2004.
^ a b c d Links to Billboard 's "Best of (year) / New Age Albums" for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.
^ a b c Cohen, Jonathan (November 14, 2008). "Yanni Brings 'Voices' To Disney". Billboard Magazine (billboard.com). Retrieved November 16, 2008. (WebCite archive). Vocalists are Nathan Pacheco, Chloe, Ender Thomas and Leslie Mills.
^ Budzak, Gary, "Concert Review | Yanni: Artist, orchestra put on positive show" (WebCite archive), The Columbus Dispatch, May 9, 2012.
^ a b c Craveiro, Rodrigo, "Em show em São Paulo, pianista Yanni fez passeio por sucessos da carreira" (In a Sao Paulo show, pianist Yanni goes for the success of a career), Correio Braziliense, published September 23, 2010 (WebCite archive), mentions vocalists Lisa Lavie and Ann McCormack (distinct from the Yanni Voices vocalists). ● See also WebCite archives of Yanni.com's "Artists" page (archived 2010-11-09) and tour schedule (archived 2010-09-12). ● Vocalists Lisa Lavie and Lauren Jelencovich (website moderator archive) performed in the Puerto Rico show and subsequent tours of Mexico, Canada, the U.S., Eastern Europe and Asia ("Artists" page archive of January 27, 2011).
^ a b "Yanni desgrana lo mejor del repertorio popular mexicano" (Yanni reels off the best of Mexican folk repertoire) (WebCite archive), Circuito Unión Radio (UnionRadio.net, Venezuela), October 18, 2010.
^ a b c d "Best of 2011 / New Age Albums" (WebCite archive), Billboard (magazine). Truth of Touch listed at No. 1, Yanni Mexicanisimo at No. 7. Downloaded and archived 2011-12-30.
^ Olsen, John P., "Yanni Truth Of Touch album review" (Webcite archive), New Age Music World, January 24, 2012.
^ Monger, James Christopher, "Truth of Touch / review" (WebCite archive), Allmusic, circa 2011.
^ WebCite archives of tour (2010-11-29, includes Mexico), (2011-02-08, includes Panama), and (2011-03-21, includes update for Canada and U.S.).
^ September 2011 WebCite archives of Yanni's tour itinerary and artist listing. ● Early review, specifying performers: "Yanni la Bucuresti sau cum viseli pot deveni realitate" (Yanni in Bucharest, or how dreams can become reality) (WebCite archive), featured articles of 121.ro (Romania), September 15, 2011.
^ Scully, Alan, "New Age artist has surprises in store" (WebCite archive), The Virginian-Pilot on HamptonRoads.com, June 5, 2012.
^ a b c Olsen, John P., "Yanni Concert – Live on PBS" (WebCite archive), New Age Music World, February 29, 2012.
^ "Yanni 'Live in El Morro' PBS Schedule" (direct link; content will change over time), scribd.com (WebCite archive of 2012-03-08).
^ "An Evening with Yanni": ● WebCite archive (2012-03-11) of 2012 tour schedule. ● WebCite archive (2012-03-21) of corresponding ConcertTour.org listing. ● WebCite archive (2012-03-21) of Yanni's artists page.
^ a b c Kaczmarczyk, Jeffrey, "Yanni leaves DeVos Performance Hall audience hungry for more in Monday's appearance in Grand Rapids" (WebCite archive), Booth Newspapers (Grand Rapids, Michigan) (mLive.com), May 8, 2012.
^ Downey, Kevin, "Yanni talks 'Touch' and returning to instrumental music" (WebCite archive), The Arizona Republic, July 11, 2012.
^ Heckman, Don, "Trends: New Age Enters a New Phase: Call it what you want, but the sound of Yanni and his similarly minded pals ... is reaching far beyond its old image of ambient mood music" (WebCite archive), Los Angeles Times, February 27, 1994.
^ Moehlis, Jeff, "Interview: Yanni" (WebCite archive), interview referenced in Santa Barbara Noozhawk July 24, 2012 after being posted in Music-Illuminati July 16, 2012.
^ a b Grapek, Howie, "Yanni makes classic rock fan appreciate new-age style" (link updated 2012-07-24), (WebCite archive of original link), "The Palm Beach Pulse" (PBPulse) section of The Palm Beach Post, April 18, 2012.
^ Burke, David, "Yanni brings world of experience to concert" (WebCite archive), Quad-City Times, May 3, 2012.
^ a b "Best of 2011 / New Age Album Artists" (WebCite archive), Billboard (magazine). To see previous years' listings, manually change the "2011" in the URL to the desired year (Billboard archives go back to 2006 only).
^ "Yanni: Live At The Acropolis / PBS / Awards & Nominations" (WebCite archive), Emmys.com, 1994.
^ "Yanni: Tribute / PBS / Awards & Nominations" (WebCite archive), Emmys.com, 1998.
^ "Yanni: Live At El Morro" (WebCite archive), KPBS, June 4, 2012.
^ "Adopt a WWF & Yanni “Santorini” Panda" in the "Gift Center" of the World Wide Fund for Nature (World Wildlife Fund) (WWF) website. WebCite archive of 2012-04-09.
^ "Best Sellers: March 2, 2003 / Nonfiction" (WebCite archive), The New York Times, March 2, 2003.
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Yanni
Studio albums
Optimystique Keys to Imagination Out of Silence Chameleon Days Niki Nana Reflections of Passion In Celebration of Life Dare to Dream In My Time If I Could Tell You Ethnicity Yanni Voices Yanni Mexicanisimo Truth of Touch
Live albums
and Videography
Yanni Live at the Acropolis Yanni Live at Royal Albert Hall Yanni One on One Tribute Yanni Live! The Concert Event Yanni Voices Yanni Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico
Concert tours
1987 Concert Series 1988 Concert Series Reflections of Passion * Revolution in Sound Dare to Dream Yanni Live, The Symphony Concerts 1993 Yanni Live, The Symphony Concerts 1994 Yanni Live, The Symphony Concerts 1995 Tribute Ethnicity Yanni Live! Yanni Voices
Compilations
Romantic Moments Devotion (The Best of Yanni) Port of Mystery In The Mirror Nightbird (Yanni album) Someday (Yanni album) The Private Years
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