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BIOGRAPt|Y niwasbornintoa picruresque seaside villaggthat bne evergarethou$t to leavingand ii now wnin everycol'nerof theglobel'*tri is, without rubt"a musicalphenomenon, one of thoserare itswhosemusicdefiesbordersandboundaries se musicspeak to people of all races,all lns,Andthereis morethanampleevidenceto mrt suchstatemenF. r mzflyal'tists havebecomethefavoredcomposf everyOlympicbroadcast for the pastdecade? -outRadioCityMusicHallfor ten dates? Played reshadowof theTaiMahal,the ForbiddenCity theParthenon? TouredChinaand more than rt1othernarions? Hada fi specialseenin 65 rtriesbyhalfa billionpeople,wasoneof thetop rraising a'tistsof all timefor PBS,and released lbecamethe#2 best-selling live concefivideo? alsomounted the#l-rankedconcerltour for irsthalfof 1998.

for example, is anadapailon of anearliercomposition,"secretVows,"fearuring lyricsfromlongtime fiiendPamela NtcNeill andbrilliantlysungbyAlfueda Gerald,a memberof Yanni'sTributetour. The albums finaltrackreflects hisownculrural heritage witha rraditional andverybeautifirl Greekislandfolk song.'Jivaeri."

Airwayscommercial. His followingalbum,In My Time,a gentlercollectionof piano-focused pieces, was also nominatedfor a GrammyAwardand attainedPlatinunrstatus.

ln 1994Yanniachieveda personaltriumphwhen he returnedto his Greekhomelandand recorded an album at the 2,000-year-old Herod Afficus Aftera five-year breakfromtouring,Yarmibeganan Theatrein Athens.The result,YanniLiueAt The ambitious2003/04world tour on March l, at Acropolis.wouldbea sensation. It hasalmostconMandalay BayResortin LasV'egas,feanrring manyof tinuouslyremainedon thechartssinceits release, hisnewcompositions andspotLighting thetalents of sold more than sevenmillion copiesworldwide, solovirtuosomusicians theworldover,alongwith eanredmore than 35 platinumand goldalbums, hiss4nphony orchestra. ftliramarBookspubtished and has risen to becomeone of the bestselling Yannis autobiography, YanniIn Words, a storythat musicvideosof all time.

spanshisfascinating andinspirational lifefromhis childhoodin Greeceto his collegeyearsin Minnesotatohissuccess asaninternational superstar.Thememoir. writtenin collaboration withDavid Rensin, personal alsoincludes deeply details including his intensenine-year rJadonship with actress UndaEvans. It became a iliewYorkTimesbest-seller in itsfirstt'eekof release.

Howto followtheunprecedented success ofLiueAt TheAuopolis?Bybecoming thefirstmajorWesren artistevertoperform atIndia's TajN{ahal andChinas Forbidden Ciryresulting in themulti-platinum album Tdbute.Thisis an artistwhoinvested millionsof ri isanartistthatcrosses all demographics in his dollarsintotheprojectbeforea singlesoundwas nl. Recently hereturnedto PBSwith a newtelerecorded, whoseoryantanonmounted a nearbiblin special,LiveAt RoyatAlberrHall, Inndon, cal effortwith the regionalgovernment of Uttar ing not onlya spectacular concertappearance "I'vebeenasked towritea bookonmanyoccasions Pradesh to improveroadsandbuildnvobridges in is historicvenue,butalsothefirstglimpseinto butI wasalways focused firstandforemost on my orderthatthefloodplainssuruounding theTajMahal "Forthepastfew hmily homein Greeceand recordingstudio musicandmycareer," saidYanni. couldbe transformed for threehistoricconcerts orida. yearsI'vehadmoreofanoppornrnity rothinkdeeply beneath oneof theworld'sgreatest wonders. While aboutlife. . . I havetasted andfeltsomanythingsin allowingIndia'scitizensto seea musicalperforn RecordsreleasedEtltnicity in Februaryhis mylifeandbeenwelcomed all aroundtheworld.I mancein frontof thecountry's signature strucfure, albumandthird on Viryin.[rtending the "One havesurpassed thewildestdreams I everhadasa TNbateultimatelyled to threemillion dollarsin d, OnePeople"philosophythat has been the child.I thou$t thatnowwastherighttimeto talk donations to aTEpreservation fund.Therecording nark of his career,Ethnicitjt offersan upbeaf aboutit. V,hatbetterreason to writea book?" of Tributeproceeded toChina, whereYannistaged a ctionof track thatpulsewith the rhyhms and newhistoricfeatat anotherof the world'sgreat s of culturesaroundtheglobe.Its instrumenta- Yannihasalways charteda solitaryanddistinctive architectural achievements, the ForbiddenCity. is equallydiverse:from the aboriginaldepthof path.A champion swimmer pianist Befiveen andself-taught IndiaandChina, Yanniplayedtoacollective rustmlian didgeridooto thehauntingtoneof the withthe$ft of perfectpitch,heleftthecomfort of audience of 250millionpeople. nian duduk- from theCeltic-flavored violinto Ka\annta, Greece, on thespectacular shoresof the plunkof theIndiantabla-the album ercussive deepblueMediterran ean,and"then beganto fashion In 2000Yannireleased his first studioalbumin s withinternational flavor.Themelodicsensibil- his own kind of Americansuccess story later to years seven anintrospective and , If I CouldTellYou,, ttrealbumis unmistakablyYanni. become aninternational success story. personal proiectwhichcamein thewakeofa deeply two-year sabbatical, a moveto theeastcoastof the ryof theworld'sculturesandmusicalgenresare Aftergraduating from the University of l\{innesota U.S.,andotherchanges whichrefocused hislifeand :sented onthisalbum.It hasalot of ethniccolor witha B.A.in psychology, aftertradingtheGrecian life'swork, L other words, it has ethnicitv."sals Yanni, sunshine for frostywinters,hewouldseeka lifein ticityhasto do with raceand culture,and - in music,thoughhe couldnotreada noteandwrote "Music,"saysYanni,"is an incrediblydirectlanrayI useit for thisalbum- thecolorandbeauty whollyorigrnal worksthat,thenandnow,defiicate- guage. It blpasses logicandspeakdirectlyto your multiculturalsociet,v. Youcanbe proud of vour gorizing.Fromthebeginning, he operated witha soul."It is thisnotionthatinspiredthe boywho ageandstill bepafi of a world communitv." simplecreed:afuth in hardworkandkeeping an beganhis musicalcareerby gvingrecitalsbefore openmind. familymembers in a seaside village,andwhohas element g Ethnicit1tfrom previous distinguishin sincebeencommunicating ona globallevelthatfew nsis fheertenslve useofhumnnvoices,notonlv Yanni'sfirstGrammy-nominated albumwreDare To of hispeerscanmatch. arire and group chants,but 'alsobona fide it?faf,edeparfirefor thearlist."ThePromise,"

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