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href="#Music_genres_distinguished_from_the_"new_age"_spiritual_movement"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.2 Music genres distinguished from the "new age" spiritual movement </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Music_genres_distinguished_from_the_"new_age"_spiritual_movement-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Unconventional_career_track" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Unconventional_career_track"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.3 Unconventional career track </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Unconventional_career_track-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Music" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Music"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.4 Music </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Music-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Concerts_and_live_streaming" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Concerts_and_live_streaming"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.5 Concerts and live streaming </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Concerts_and_live_streaming-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Honors,_awards_and_distinctions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Honors,_awards_and_distinctions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4 Honors, awards and distinctions </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Honors,_awards_and_distinctions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Charitable_and_humanitarian_activities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Charitable_and_humanitarian_activities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5 Charitable and humanitarian activities </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Charitable_and_humanitarian_activities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Autobiography" 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</li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8 References </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 Bibliography </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10 External links </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header 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class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni" title="Yanni – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Yanni" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="یانی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="یانی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80" title="ইয়ানী – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ইয়ানী" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%B8" title="Яни – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Яни" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni" title="Yanni – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Yanni" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bosanski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni" title="Yanni – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Yanni" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni" title="Yanni – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Yanni" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni" title="Yanni – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Yanni" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni" title="Yanni – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Yanni" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni" title="Yanni – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Yanni" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="یانی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="یانی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni" title="Yanni – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Yanni" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%BC%EB%8B%88" title="야니 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="야니" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%85%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B6%D5%AB" title="Յաննի – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Յաննի" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni" title="Yanni – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Yanni" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni" title="Yanni – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Yanni" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%99" title="יאני – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="יאני" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni" title="Yanni – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Yanni" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Jawa</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni" title="Yanni – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Yanni" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kurdî</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiannis_Chryssomallis" title="Yiannis Chryssomallis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Yiannis Chryssomallis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF" title="യാനി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="യാനി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target">മലയാളം</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89" title="يانى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="يانى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni" title="Yanni – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Yanni" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8" title="Янни – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Янни" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Монгол</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni" title="Yanni – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Yanni" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC" title="ヤニー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ヤニー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni" title="Yanni – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Yanni" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni" title="Yanni – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Yanni" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni" title="Yanni – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Yanni" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni" title="Yanni – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Yanni" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81,_%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8" title="Хрисомаллис, Янни – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Хрисомаллис, Янни" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni" title="Yanni – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Yanni" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="یانی – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="یانی" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">کوردی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni" title="Yanni – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Yanni" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni" title="Yanni – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Yanni" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni" title="Yanni – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Yanni" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target">Tagalog</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B5" title="ยานนี – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ยานนี" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target">ไทย</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni" title="Yanni – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Yanni" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Türkçe</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81_%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%81" title="Янніс Хрисомалліс – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Янніс 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font-size: 125%;"><div class="fn">Yanni</div><div class="nickname" lang="Greek">Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:YanniPressPhoto.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yanni in 2007"><img alt="Yanni in 2007" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/YanniPressPhoto.jpg/220px-YanniPressPhoto.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/YanniPressPhoto.jpg/330px-YanniPressPhoto.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/YanniPressPhoto.jpg/440px-YanniPressPhoto.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2584" data-file-height="2592" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Yanni in 2007</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Birth name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Yiannis Chryssomallis<a href="#cite_note-AutobiographyPP10and17-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"> (1954-11-14) November 14, 1954 (age 70)<a href="#cite_note-AllMusicBio-2">[2]</a> <a href="/wiki/Kalamata" title="Kalamata">Kalamata</a>, Greece</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New-age_music#Alternative_terms" title="New-age music">Contemporary instrumental</a>,<a href="#cite_note-CourierJournal20120426-3">[3]</a> <a href="/wiki/Instrumental" title="Instrumental">instrumental</a><a href="#cite_note-CourierJournal20120426-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-Courant19920426-4">[4]</a> <a href="/wiki/Crossover_music" title="Crossover music">crossover</a>,<a href="#cite_note-ChicagoTrib19980215-5">[5]</a> <a href="/wiki/World_music" title="World music">world</a>, <a href="/wiki/New-age_music" title="New-age music">new-age</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instrument(s)</th><td class="infobox-data note">Piano, keyboards</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1977–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Private_Music" title="Private Music">Private Music</a>/<a href="/wiki/Windham_Hill_Records" title="Windham Hill Records">Windham Hill</a>/<a href="/wiki/Bertelsmann_Music_Group" title="Bertelsmann Music Group">BMG</a> <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Records" title="Virgin Records">Virgin</a>/<a href="/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI</a> <a href="/wiki/Image_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Image Entertainment">Image Entertainment</a> Yanni Wake/<a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney_Records" title="Walt Disney Records">Disney Pearl</a> Series</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chameleon_(American_band)" title="Chameleon (American band)">Chameleon</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.yanni.com/">www.yanni.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> Yiannis Chryssomallis<a href="#cite_note-AutobiographyPP10and17-1">[1]</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης; born November 14, 1954), known professionally as Yanni (<a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ˈjɑːni/</a> <span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/d\/dc\/En-Yanni.oga\/En-Yanni.oga.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"En-Yanni.oga"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/dc/En-Yanni.oga/En-Yanni.oga.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"></a><a href="/wiki/File:En-Yanni.oga" title="File:En-Yanni.oga">ⓘ</a> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key">YAH-nee</a>), is a <a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greek</a><a href="#cite_note-Britannica_Yanni-6">[6]</a> <a href="/wiki/Composer" title="Composer">composer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keyboardist" title="Keyboardist">keyboardist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pianist" title="Pianist">pianist</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">music producer</a>. Yanni continues to use the musical shorthand that he developed as a child,<a href="#cite_note-VOAnews20030615-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-HellenismYanniBio-8">[8]</a> blending <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soft_rock" title="Soft rock">soft rock</a>, and <a href="/wiki/World_music" title="World music">world music</a><a href="#cite_note-ChicagoTrib19980215-5">[5]</a> to create predominantly instrumental works.<a href="#cite_note-AugustaChron20120522-9">[9]</a> Although this genre of music was not well suited for commercial <a href="/wiki/Pop_radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Pop radio">pop radio</a> and music television,<a href="#cite_note-Courant19920426-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-LATimes20001024-10">[10]</a> Yanni received international recognition by producing concerts at historic monuments and by producing videos that were broadcast on public television.<a href="#cite_note-LATimes20001024-10">[10]</a> His breakthrough concert, <a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_Acropolis" title="Live at the Acropolis">Live at the Acropolis</a>, yielded the second best-selling music concert video of all time.<a href="#cite_note-MontrealGazette20120614-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-TheNationThailand20111013-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-VOAnews20120123-13">[13]</a> Additional historic sites for Yanni's concerts have included India's <a href="/wiki/Taj_Mahal" title="Taj Mahal">Taj Mahal</a>, China's <a href="/wiki/Forbidden_City" title="Forbidden City">Forbidden City</a>, the United Arab Emirates' <a href="/wiki/Burj_Khalifa" title="Burj Khalifa">Burj Khalifa</a>,<a href="#cite_note-emirates247-20110921-14">[14]</a> Russia's <a href="/wiki/Moscow_Kremlin" class="mw-redirect" title="Moscow Kremlin">Kremlin</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Kremlin20111101-15">[15]</a> Puerto Rico's <a href="/wiki/Castillo_San_Felipe_del_Morro" title="Castillo San Felipe del Morro">El Morro castle</a>,<a href="#cite_note-ElMorro-16">[16]</a> Lebanon's ancient city of <a href="/wiki/Byblos" title="Byblos">Byblos</a>,<a href="#cite_note-OrientLeJour20130702-17">[17]</a> Tunisia's Roman Theatre of <a href="/wiki/Carthage" title="Carthage">Carthage</a>,<a href="#cite_note-LeconomisteMaghrebin20140723-18">[18]</a> India's <a href="/wiki/Laxmi_Vilas_Palace,_Vadodara" class="mw-redirect" title="Laxmi Vilas Palace, Vadodara">Laxmi Vilas Palace</a>,<a href="#cite_note-ZnewsIndia20150124-19">[19]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_pyramids" title="Egyptian pyramids">Egyptian pyramids</a> and <a href="/wiki/Great_Sphinx_of_Giza" title="Great Sphinx of Giza">Great Sphinx of Giza</a>,<a href="#cite_note-AlBawaba20151101-20">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-CairoPost20151022-21">[21]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Amman_Citadel" title="Amman Citadel">Amman Citadel</a>.<a href="#cite_note-AlBawaba20160925-22">[22]</a> At least sixteen of Yanni's albums have peaked at No. 1 in Billboard's "Top New Age Album" category,<a href="#cite_note-Billboard20160212-23">[23]</a> and two albums (<a href="/wiki/Dare_to_Dream_(Yanni_album)" title="Dare to Dream (Yanni album)">Dare to Dream</a> and <a href="/wiki/In_My_Time" title="In My Time">In My Time</a>) received <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> nominations.<a href="#cite_note-VOAnews20120123-13">[13]</a> Yanni has performed in more than 30 countries on five continents,<a href="#cite_note-TourDateArchives-24">[24]</a> and through late 2015 had performed live in concert before more than 5 million people and had accumulated more than 40 platinum and gold albums globally, with sales totaling over 25 million copies.<a href="#cite_note-BroadwayWorld20150902-25">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-GrammyMuseum201409-26">[26]</a> A longtime fundraiser for public television,<a href="#cite_note-CourierJournal20120426-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-SavannahNow20120526-27">[27]</a> Yanni's compositions have been used on commercial television programs, especially for sporting events.<a href="#cite_note-VOAnews20120123-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-LATimes19930613-28">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-GolfDigest20140612-29">[29]</a> He has written film scores and the music for an award-winning <a href="/wiki/British_Airways_face_advertisement" title="British Airways face advertisement">British Airways television commercial</a>.<a href="#cite_note-LATimes19930613-28">[28]</a> Yanni popularized the combination of electronic music synthesizers with a full symphony orchestra.<a href="#cite_note-DNAindia20150122-30">[30]</a> He has employed musicians of various nationalities and has incorporated a variety of exotic instruments<a href="#cite_note-ChicagoTrib19980215-5">[5]</a> to create music that has been called an eclectic fusion of ethnic sounds.<a href="#cite_note-VOAnews20030615-7">[7]</a> Influenced by his encounters with cultures around the world,<a href="#cite_note-SavannahNow20120526-27">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-ChanVillager20120428-31">[31]</a> Yanni has been called a "true global artist"<a href="#cite_note-DNAindia20150122-30">[30]</a> and his music is said to reflect his "one world, one people" philosophy.<a href="#cite_note-SavannahNow20120526-27">[27]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yanni&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life">edit</a>]</div> Yanni was born November 14, 1954, in <a href="/wiki/Kalamata" title="Kalamata">Kalamata</a>, Greece,<a href="#cite_note-AllMusicBio-2">[2]</a> the son of a banker, Sotiri Chryssomallis,<a href="#cite_note-Winters2004-32">[32]</a> and a homemaker, Felitsa (short for Triandafelitsa, which means "rose"<a href="#cite_note-AutobiographyP13-33">[33]</a>). He displayed musical talent at a young age, playing the piano at the age of 6.<a href="#cite_note-AllMusicBio-2">[2]</a> His parents encouraged him to learn at his own pace and in his own way, without formal music training.<a href="#cite_note-AllMusicBio-2">[2]</a> The self-taught musician continues to use the "musical shorthand" that he developed as a child, rather than employ traditional <a href="/wiki/Musical_notation" title="Musical notation">musical notation</a>.<a href="#cite_note-VOAnews20030615-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-HellenismYanniBio-8">[8]</a> Yanni set a Greek national record in the 50-meter freestyle swimming competition at age 14.<a href="#cite_note-VOAnews20120123-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-FtWayne20040311-34">[34]</a> In November 1972, Yanni moved from Greece to the United States to attend the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota" title="University of Minnesota">University of Minnesota</a> beginning in January 1973, majoring in psychology.<a href="#cite_note-AllMusicBio-2">[2]</a> For a time he earned money by washing dishes at the student union.<a href="#cite_note-UMinnSpeech20040506-35">[35]</a> Yanni later explained that learning English forced him to read each paragraph several times in what he called a slow and frustrating process, but which helped him memorize the material and do well on tests.<a href="#cite_note-UMinnSpeech20040506-35">[35]</a> He received a B.A. degree in psychology in 1976.<a href="#cite_note-VOAnews20120123-13">[13]</a> During his time as a student, Yanni played in a local rock band and continued to study piano and other keyboard instruments.<a href="#cite_note-AllMusicBio-2">[2]</a> Upon graduating, when he dedicated himself exclusively to music for one full year and found he was the happiest he had ever been, he said he decided music would be his life's work.<a href="#cite_note-UMinnSpeech20040506-35">[35]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music_career">Music career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yanni&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Music career">edit</a>]</div> In 1977, Yanni joined the Minneapolis-based rock group <a href="/wiki/Chameleon_(American_band)" title="Chameleon (American band)">Chameleon</a>, performing with its founder, drummer <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Adams_(drummer)" title="Charlie Adams (drummer)">Charlie Adams</a>,<a href="#cite_note-AllMusicBio-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-DemingBillboardBio-36">[36]</a> with whom he would work into the 2010s.<a href="#cite_note-NWItimes20160128-37">[37]</a> While in Minneapolis, Yanni also worked with choreographer <a href="/wiki/Loyce_Houlton" title="Loyce Houlton">Loyce Houlton</a> to provide music for dance works produced by the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Dance_Theatre" title="Minnesota Dance Theatre">Minnesota Dance Theatre</a>.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> After touring with Chameleon from 1980 to 1984,<a href="#cite_note-NWItimes20160128-37">[37]</a> Yanni moved to Los Angeles in pursuit of movie soundtrack work.<a href="#cite_note-VOAnews20120123-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-LehighMorningCall20120622-39">[39]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s_to_early_1990s:_Emergence_and_recognition">1980s to early 1990s: Emergence and recognition</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yanni&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1980s to early 1990s: Emergence and recognition">edit</a>]</div> In 1980, Yanni recorded and produced his first album <a href="/wiki/Optimystique" title="Optimystique">Optimystique</a>, which <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Records" title="Atlantic Records">Atlantic Records</a> re-released in 1984 and <a href="/wiki/Private_Music" title="Private Music">Private Music</a> re-released in 1989.<a href="#cite_note-AllMusicBio-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-LATimes19930613-28">[28]</a> Yanni formed a band in 1987 and began to tour in 1988 with an ensemble including pianist/singer <a href="/wiki/John_Tesh" title="John Tesh">John Tesh</a> and drummer <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Adams_(drummer)" title="Charlie Adams (drummer)">Charlie Adams</a>, promoting his early albums <a href="/wiki/Keys_to_Imagination" title="Keys to Imagination">Keys to Imagination</a>, <a href="/wiki/Out_of_Silence_(Yanni_album)" title="Out of Silence (Yanni album)">Out of Silence</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chameleon_Days" title="Chameleon Days">Chameleon Days</a>.<a href="#cite_note-VOAnews20120123-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-LATimes19930613-28">[28]</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Times_Herald" title="Dallas Times Herald">Dallas Times Herald</a> critic.<a href="#cite_note-LATimes19930613-28">[28]</a> Yanni's emergence was said to be "timed perfectly" with the growing popularity of contemporary instrumental music.<a href="#cite_note-LATimes19930613-28">[28]</a> In this time frame, Yanni wrote motion picture soundtracks for <a href="/wiki/Steal_the_Sky" title="Steal the Sky">Steal the Sky</a> (1988), <a href="/wiki/Heart_of_Midnight_(film)" title="Heart of Midnight (film)">Heart of Midnight</a> (1988), I Love You Perfect (1989), <a href="/wiki/She%27ll_Take_Romance" title="She'll Take Romance">She'll Take Romance</a> (1990), <a href="/wiki/When_You_Remember_Me" title="When You Remember Me">When You Remember Me</a> (1990), <a href="/wiki/Children_of_the_Bride" title="Children of the Bride">Children of the Bride</a> (1990), and <a href="/wiki/Treasure_Hunt_(1994_film)" title="Treasure Hunt (1994 film)">Hua qi Shao Lin</a> (1994).<a href="#cite_note-GreekRUbio-40">[40]</a> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Athen_Odeon_Herodes_Atticus_BW_2017-10-09_13-12-44.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Athen_Odeon_Herodes_Atticus_BW_2017-10-09_13-12-44.jpg/300px-Athen_Odeon_Herodes_Atticus_BW_2017-10-09_13-12-44.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Athen_Odeon_Herodes_Atticus_BW_2017-10-09_13-12-44.jpg/450px-Athen_Odeon_Herodes_Atticus_BW_2017-10-09_13-12-44.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Athen_Odeon_Herodes_Atticus_BW_2017-10-09_13-12-44.jpg/600px-Athen_Odeon_Herodes_Atticus_BW_2017-10-09_13-12-44.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6548" data-file-height="3132" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Odeon_of_Herodes_Atticus" title="Odeon of Herodes Atticus">Odeon of Herodes Atticus</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Acropolis_of_Athens" title="Acropolis of Athens">Acropolis of Athens</a>, site of Yanni's September 1993 breakthrough concert <a href="/wiki/Yanni_Live_at_the_Acropolis" class="mw-redirect" title="Yanni Live at the Acropolis">Yanni Live at the Acropolis</a>, performed in his native country Greece.</figcaption></figure> Yanni gained visibility as the result of his November 1990 appearances in <a href="/wiki/People_(magazine)" title="People (magazine)">People</a> magazine<a href="#cite_note-EntWeekly19910118-41">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-People19901126-42">[42]</a> and on <a href="/wiki/The_Oprah_Winfrey_Show" title="The Oprah Winfrey Show">The Oprah Winfrey Show</a> with actress <a href="/wiki/Linda_Evans" title="Linda Evans">Linda Evans</a>,<a href="#cite_note-LATimes20001024-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-EntWeekly19910118-41">[41]</a> with whom he had been in a relationship since 1989.<a href="#cite_note-LATimes19930613-28">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-LATimes19950527-43">[43]</a> However, high-visibility appearances on public television, best-selling records and videos, and overflow concerts earned him recognition beyond his relationship with Evans.<a href="#cite_note-LATimes19950527-43">[43]</a> <a href="/wiki/Dare_to_Dream_(Yanni_album)" title="Dare to Dream (Yanni album)">Dare to Dream</a>, released in 1992, was Yanni's first <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy</a>-nominated<a href="#cite_note-VOAnews20120123-13">[13]</a> album. It included "Aria," a song based on Léo Delibes' <a href="/wiki/The_Flower_Duet" class="mw-redirect" title="The Flower Duet">The Flower Duet</a> (Lakmé, 1883) and popularized by an award-winning<a href="#cite_note-LATimes19930613-28">[28]</a> <a href="/wiki/British_Airways" title="British Airways">British Airways</a> <a href="/wiki/British_Airways_face_advertisement" title="British Airways face advertisement">commercial</a>. A second Grammy-nominated<a href="#cite_note-VOAnews20120123-13">[13]</a> album, <a href="/wiki/In_My_Time" title="In My Time">In My Time</a>, followed in 1993. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s:_Acropolis,_world_concerts,_exhaustion_and_renewal">1990s: Acropolis, world concerts, exhaustion and renewal</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yanni&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1990s: Acropolis, world concerts, exhaustion and renewal">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1096940132">.mw-parser-output .listen .side-box-text{line-height:1.1em}.mw-parser-output .listen-plain{border:none;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded{width:100%;margin:0;border-width:1px 0 0 0;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-header{padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded .listen-header{padding:2px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen-file-header{padding:4px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen .description{padding-top:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen .mw-tmh-player{max-width:100%}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .listen{clear:both}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .listen:not(.listen-noimage){width:320px}.mw-parser-output .listen-left{overflow:visible;float:left}.mw-parser-output .listen-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right listen noprint"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/50px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/75px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/100px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160" /><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="listen-header">From <a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_Acropolis" title="Live at the Acropolis">Live at the Acropolis</a> (1994):</div> <div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Yanni_Nostalgia.ogg" title="File:Yanni Nostalgia.ogg">"Nostalgia"</a></div> <div><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="232" style="width:232px;" data-durationhint="31" data-mwtitle="Yanni_Nostalgia.ogg" data-mwprovider="local"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/68/Yanni_Nostalgia.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/transcoded/6/68/Yanni_Nostalgia.ogg/Yanni_Nostalgia.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></div> <div class="description">At the 1993 Acropolis concert, Yanni dedicated "Nostalgia" to the people of his homeland Greece, where he had not lived since 1972.</div></div></div></div> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"><hr />Problems playing this file? See <a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">media help</a>.</div> </div> Yanni's breakthrough<a href="#cite_note-ChicagoTrib19980215-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-VOAnews20030615-7">[7]</a> concert, <a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_Acropolis" title="Live at the Acropolis">Live at the Acropolis</a>, was filmed in September 1993 at the 2,000-year-old <a href="/wiki/Odeon_of_Herodes_Atticus" title="Odeon of Herodes Atticus">Herodes Atticus Theater</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Acropolis_of_Athens" title="Acropolis of Athens">Acropolis of Athens</a>, an album, <a href="/wiki/VHS" title="VHS">VHS</a> and <a href="/wiki/Laserdisc" class="mw-redirect" title="Laserdisc">Laserdisc</a> being released in 1994.<a href="#cite_note-VOAnews20120123-13">[13]</a> Acropolis was Yanni's first live album, and used his core band with a full sixty piece orchestra,<a href="#cite_note-VOAnews20120123-13">[13]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Philharmonic_Orchestra" title="Royal Philharmonic Orchestra">Royal Philharmonic Orchestra</a> which was arranged and conducted by Iranian-American musician <a href="/wiki/Shahrdad_Rohani" title="Shahrdad Rohani">Shahrdad Rohani</a>.<a href="#cite_note-AllmusicAcropolis-44">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-:0-45">[45]</a> Without financial backing, Yanni risked $2 million of his personal fortune in the Acropolis production<a href="#cite_note-ChicagoTrib19980215-5">[5]</a> in a strategy to boost his artistic profile and open new markets for his music.<a href="#cite_note-VOAnews20030615-7">[7]</a> The resulting video was broadcast on <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a> and became one of its most popular programs ever, seen in 65 countries by half a billion people.<a href="#cite_note-VOAnews20120123-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-9news20120521-46">[46]</a> It became the second best-selling music concert video of all time (after <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson%27s_Thriller_(music_video)" title="Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video)">Michael Jackson's Thriller</a><a href="#cite_note-TheNationThailand20111013-12">[12]</a>), selling more than 7 million copies worldwide.<a href="#cite_note-MontrealGazette20120614-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-VOAnews20120123-13">[13]</a> In March 1997, Yanni became one of the few Western artists permitted to perform and record at the <a href="/wiki/Taj_Mahal" title="Taj Mahal">Taj Mahal</a> in India.<a href="#cite_note-LATimes19970530-47">[47]</a> Yanni followed in May 1997 with performances at the <a href="/wiki/Forbidden_City" title="Forbidden City">Forbidden City</a> in Beijing, China, becoming the first Western artist in modern times permitted to perform at the historic site.<a href="#cite_note-LATimes19970530-47">[47]</a> Live broadcasts of the two concerts were seen by 100 million television viewers throughout the world.<a href="#cite_note-WashPost_19980130-48">[48]</a> The two events formed the live album and video, <a href="/wiki/Tribute_(Yanni_album)" title="Tribute (Yanni album)">Tribute</a>, released in November 1997.<a href="#cite_note-LATimes19970530-47">[47]</a> 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.<a href="#cite_note-LATimes20001024-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> Yanni later related that he had become depressed, and returned to Greece to live with his parents for three months before traveling the world.<a href="#cite_note-LATimes20001024-10">[10]</a> 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."<a href="#cite_note-LATimes20001024-10">[10]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s_to_2010:_After_a_hiatus,_new_perspectives">2000s to 2010: After a hiatus, new perspectives</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yanni&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2000s to 2010: After a hiatus, new perspectives">edit</a>]</div> In 2000, after the two-year hiatus, Yanni released <a href="/wiki/If_I_Could_Tell_You" title="If I Could Tell You">If I Could Tell You</a>, 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.<a href="#cite_note-LATimes20001024-10">[10]</a> Yanni described the album as more of an even-tempered "listening" album, less dramatic than the live concert albums Live at the Acropolis or Tribute.<a href="#cite_note-BandNinterview2000-50">[50]</a> He explained that he himself created all the album's sounds, including apparent vocalizations, through the manipulation of sound in his studio.<a href="#cite_note-BandNinterview2000-50">[50]</a> The music in Yanni's 2003 album <a href="/wiki/Ethnicity_(album)" title="Ethnicity (album)">Ethnicity</a> represented many of the world's cultures, Yanni saying it uses <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ethnicity" class="extiw" title="wikt:ethnicity">ethnicity</a> to reflect the color and beauty of a multicultural society.<a href="#cite_note-Terra20070404-51">[51]</a> The album was released near the publication date of Yanni's autobiography, Yanni in Words.<a href="#cite_note-Terra20070404-51">[51]</a> On October 23, 2003, Yanni performed a keyboard instrumental version of <a href="/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner" title="The Star-Spangled Banner">The Star-Spangled Banner</a> before Game 5 of the <a href="/wiki/2003_World_Series" title="2003 World Series">2003 World Series</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Gleeman20031024-52">[52]</a> For the first time in his career, Yanni brought vocalists to the forefront in the <a href="/wiki/Ric_Wake" title="Ric Wake">Ric Wake</a> collaboration <a href="/wiki/Yanni_Voices" title="Yanni Voices">Yanni Voices</a>, the artist's first studio album in six years.<a href="#cite_note-Billboard/Disney20081114-53">[53]</a> PBS broadcast video of a November 2008 Voices Acapulco concert weeks before the album's March 24, 2009 release by Walt Disney Records' <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney_Records" title="Walt Disney Records">Disney Pearl</a> Imprint, the album release preceding a tour produced by Pearl's Buena Vista Concerts division.<a href="#cite_note-Billboard/Disney20081114-53">[53]</a> The album <a href="/wiki/Mexicanisimo" title="Mexicanisimo">Mexicanisimo</a>, released in November of Mexico's bicentennial year 2010, was a tribute to that country through Yanni's collaborative interpretation of its folk music.<a href="#cite_note-UnionRadio20101018-54">[54]</a> It involved collaboration with singer-songwriter <a href="/wiki/Pepe_Aguilar" title="Pepe Aguilar">Pepe Aguilar</a> and singer-actress <a href="/wiki/Lucero_(entertainer)" title="Lucero (entertainer)">Lucero</a>.<a href="#cite_note-UnionRadio20101018-54">[54]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010s:_New_sound_designs,_and_a_return_to_world_tours">2010s: New sound designs, and a return to world tours</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yanni&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2010s: New sound designs, and a return to world tours">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:YANNI-band-3472px.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/YANNI-band-3472px.jpg/300px-YANNI-band-3472px.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/YANNI-band-3472px.jpg/450px-YANNI-band-3472px.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/YANNI-band-3472px.jpg/600px-YANNI-band-3472px.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3472" data-file-height="3056" /></a><figcaption>Yanni onstage with his orchestra and vocalists. While performing, Yanni divides his time among two decks of electronic keyboards and an acoustic piano, and conducts his orchestra.<a href="#cite_note-ColumbusDispatch201205-55">[55]</a></figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/Truth_of_Touch" title="Truth of Touch">Truth of Touch</a> album was released in February 2011, Yanni's first studio album of new material since Ethnicity eight years earlier.<a href="#cite_note-VOAnews20120123-13">[13]</a> Truth of Touch's varied content reflected contemporary instrumental, electronic, and cinematic influences, and crossed over into popular, new age, and world music.<a href="#cite_note-NewAgeMusicWorld20110124-56">[56]</a> Though Yanni said that Truth of Touch was started by experimenting with new sound designs,<a href="#cite_note-MontrealGazette20120614-11">[11]</a> <a href="/wiki/Allmusic" class="mw-redirect" title="Allmusic">Allmusic</a>'s James Christopher Monger said that the album shows Yanni returning to his instrumental roots, and should appeal to fans of his music from the mid-1990s.<a href="#cite_note-AllmusicTruthOfTouch-57">[57]</a> Three of fifteen tracks on the predominantly instrumental album included vocals from respective Yanni Voices vocalists.<a href="#cite_note-AllmusicTruthOfTouch-57">[57]</a> In April 2012, Yanni released the <a href="/wiki/Live_at_El_Morro,_Puerto_Rico" title="Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico">Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico</a> live album CD and DVD which were recorded and filmed at two outdoor concerts on December 16 and 17, 2011 on the grounds of the <a href="/wiki/Castillo_San_Felipe_del_Morro" title="Castillo San Felipe del Morro">Castillo (Fort) San Felipe del Morro</a> ("El Morro"), a UNESCO World Heritage Site in San Juan, Puerto Rico.<a href="#cite_note-KPBS20120604-58">[58]</a> The recorded concerts were broadcast on <a href="/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Broadcasting Service">PBS</a> beginning in March 2012, the production constituting Yanni's tenth collaboration with that organization.<a href="#cite_note-KPBS20120604-58">[58]</a> Yanni performed again in China in the February 9, 2013, <a href="/wiki/CCTV_New_Year%27s_Gala" class="mw-redirect" title="CCTV New Year's Gala">CCTV Spring Festival Gala</a> (annual audience 700 million<a href="#cite_note-WantChinaTimes20130201-59">[59]</a>) with Chinese <a href="/wiki/Zither" title="Zither">zither</a> artist Chang Jing<a href="#cite_note-ChinaDaily20130208-60">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-CNTV20130209-61">[61]</a> in what was the first year that <a href="/wiki/China_Central_Television" title="China Central Television">CCTV</a> had invited foreign artists to perform.<a href="#cite_note-WantChinaTimes20130201-59">[59]</a> For the performance, Yanni released a single "East Meets West" which was a mashup of his several famous songs (Santorini, North Shore of Matsushima) together with a solo part performed on Chinese zither. Yanni's 2010s tours included new vocalists, distinct from the 2008–2009 Yanni Voices vocalists, though the setlists remained predominantly instrumental.<a href="#cite_note-CorreioBrazil20100923-62">[62]</a> In March 2014, Yanni released his seventeenth studio album, <a href="/wiki/Inspirato" title="Inspirato">Inspirato</a>, a collaboration with operatic tenor <a href="/wiki/Pl%C3%A1cido_Domingo" title="Plácido Domingo">Plácido Domingo</a> and producer <a href="/wiki/Ric_Wake" title="Ric Wake">Ric Wake</a> that, like <a href="/wiki/Yanni_Voices" title="Yanni Voices">Yanni Voices</a> five years earlier, highlighted vocal performances.<a href="#cite_note-AllmusicInspirato-63">[63]</a> In <a href="/wiki/Inspirato" title="Inspirato">Inspirato</a>, distinguished operatic vocalists performed remakes of songs that Yanni had previously released over his career, the songs' titles and lyrics being predominantly in the Italian language.<a href="#cite_note-AllmusicInspirato-63">[63]</a> On October 30 and 31, 2015, Yanni performed two concerts on the grounds of the <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_pyramids" title="Egyptian pyramids">Egyptian pyramids</a> and <a href="/wiki/Great_Sphinx_of_Giza" title="Great Sphinx of Giza">Great Sphinx of Giza</a>, his first performance in Egypt.<a href="#cite_note-AlBawaba20151101-20">[20]</a> The concerts included fireworks and a video broadcast from <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a> commander <a href="/wiki/Scott_Kelly_(astronaut)" title="Scott Kelly (astronaut)">Scott Kelly</a>,<a href="#cite_note-AlBawaba20151101-20">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-InverseAlBawaba20151103-64">[64]</a> and were recorded in <a href="/wiki/4K_resolution" title="4K resolution">4K HD</a> for subsequent broadcast on <a href="/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Broadcasting Service">PBS</a>.<a href="#cite_note-BroadwayWorld20151105-65">[65]</a> To convey an image of stable security after the <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Crisis_(2011%E2%80%9314)" class="mw-redirect" title="Egyptian Crisis (2011–14)">Egyptian Crisis (2011–14)</a>, an Egyptian security force of 3,000 people secured the concert area.<a href="#cite_note-CairoPost20151022-21">[21]</a> In December 2015, Yanni produced a song, "Seven Billion Dreams," for a <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> video that marked the 15th anniversary of the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a>.<a href="#cite_note-WSJ20151227-66">[66]</a> On December 18, 2015, Yanni released the single "Desert Soul" from his eighteenth studio album, <a href="/wiki/Sensuous_Chill" title="Sensuous Chill">Sensuous Chill</a>, which was released on January 29, 2016. The album, which, being built around synthesizers, programmed rhythms and electronic sounds, was said to "come full circle" to his early-1980s albums.<a href="#cite_note-MornCall20160708-67">[67]</a> Yanni's single, "When Dreams Come True", called a "minimal piano-led" piece, was composed incrementally throughout a 60-date North American tour as a series of improvisations performed during successive shows.<a href="#cite_note-TheNationalAE20190226-68">[68]</a> Its first complete live performance was in February 2019 at the <a href="/wiki/Winter_at_Tantora_Festival" title="Winter at Tantora Festival">Winter at Tantora Festival</a> in <a href="/wiki/Al-%27Ula" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-'Ula">Al-'Ula</a>, Saudi Arabia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<a href="#cite_note-ArabNews_20190209-69">[69]</a> Yanni's August 2019 single honoring his daughter Krystalán is called "Ladyhawk", alluding to how she watches over him like a guardian angel.<a href="#cite_note-NeosKosmos_20190904-70">[70]</a> In November 2019, Yanni released single "Blue", taking inspiration from the ocean. In the 2010s, Yanni's international tours included performances in over thirty countries on five continents, including (alphabetically) Argentina, Armenia, Bahrain, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mexico, Oman, Panama, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia,<a href="#cite_note-ArabNews20171209-71">[71]</a> Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States (including Puerto Rico), and Uzbekistan.<a href="#cite_note-TourDateArchives-24">[24]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020s">2020s</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yanni&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2020s">edit</a>]</div> In August 2020, Yanni released his nineteenth studio album "In His Purest Form," containing solo piano performances of his previously released songs, and his first piano solo album since In My Time (1993).<a href="#cite_note-Britannica_Yanni-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-PurestForm_20201015-72">[72]</a> In late 2021, Yanni began to offer <a href="/wiki/Non-fungible_token" title="Non-fungible token">non-fungible tokens</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Vice_20211223-73">[73]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Influences,_music_and_concerts">Influences, music and concerts</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yanni&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Influences, music and concerts">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Musical_Influences">Musical Influences</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yanni&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Musical Influences">edit</a>]</div> From childhood, Yanni accepted a wide variety of musical styles, listening to radio stations from Northern Africa, Arab countries, and Europe.<a href="#cite_note-LATimes19881202-74">[74]</a> He observed that "there were no rock stations or classical stations—<a href="/wiki/Full_service_(radio_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="Full service (radio format)">each station would just play everything</a>."<a href="#cite_note-LATimes19881202-74">[74]</a> Yanni's music is said to reflect his encounters with cultures around the world<a href="#cite_note-SavannahNow20120526-27">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-ChanVillager20120428-31">[31]</a> and embody his philosophy of "one world, one people."<a href="#cite_note-SavannahNow20120526-27">[27]</a> In this vein, <a href="/wiki/Booth_Newspapers" class="mw-redirect" title="Booth Newspapers">Booth Newspapers</a>' 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."<a href="#cite_note-mLive20120508-75">[75]</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1096940132"><div class="side-box side-box-right listen noprint"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/50px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/75px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/100px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160" /><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="listen-header">Samples of Yanni's work, early in his career and more recently.</div> <div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Yanni_ButterflyDance.ogg" title="File:Yanni ButterflyDance.ogg">"Butterfly Dance" (recorded 1980)</a></div> <div><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="232" style="width:232px;" data-durationhint="30" data-mwtitle="Yanni_ButterflyDance.ogg" data-mwprovider="local"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e8/Yanni_ButterflyDance.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/transcoded/e/e8/Yanni_ButterflyDance.ogg/Yanni_ButterflyDance.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></div> <div class="description">Liner notes from Yanni's first album <a href="/wiki/Optimystique" title="Optimystique">Optimystique</a> say he recorded the album in 1980 (age 25). Early in his career Yanni focused heavily on the electronic side of music.<a href="#cite_note-MontrealGazette20120614-11">[11]</a></div></div><hr /><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:YanniTruthOfTouchClip.ogg" title="File:YanniTruthOfTouchClip.ogg">"Truth of Touch" (released 2011)</a></div> <div><audio id="mwe_player_2" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="232" style="width:232px;" data-durationhint="29" data-mwtitle="YanniTruthOfTouchClip.ogg" data-mwprovider="local"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ea/YanniTruthOfTouchClip.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/transcoded/e/ea/YanniTruthOfTouchClip.ogg/YanniTruthOfTouchClip.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></div> <div class="description">The title track from the Truth of Touch album is more orchestral than his earliest work, but Yanni said that even this 2011 album was started by experimenting with new sound designs.<a href="#cite_note-MontrealGazette20120614-11">[11]</a></div></div></div></div> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"><hr />Problems playing these files? See <a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">media help</a>.</div> </div> Yanni's musical influences include music from Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, as well as classical, rock and roll, and electronic music.<a href="#cite_note-MontrealGazette20120614-11">[11]</a> 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.<a href="#cite_note-MontrealGazette20120614-11">[11]</a> Having been exposed to classical music very early in life—listening to Bach at age 8<a href="#cite_note-LehighMorningCall20120622-39">[39]</a>—he counts several classical pianists and composers among his influences, citing <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven" title="Ludwig van Beethoven">Beethoven</a> as a favorite<a href="#cite_note-AugustaChron20120522-9">[9]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Chopin" title="Frédéric Chopin">Chopin</a> as "No. 2 favorite."<a href="#cite_note-LehighMorningCall20120622-39">[39]</a> Yanni mentioned being influenced not only by classical composers like <a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart" title="Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart">Mozart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach" title="Johann Sebastian Bach">Bach</a>, but also rock and roll bands such as <a href="/wiki/Led_Zeppelin" title="Led Zeppelin">Led Zeppelin</a>, the <a href="/wiki/People!" title="People!">People!</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Black_Sabbath" title="Black Sabbath">Black Sabbath</a>.<a href="#cite_note-LehighMorningCall20120622-39">[39]</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Goldsmith" title="Jerry Goldsmith">Jerry Goldsmith</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Williams" title="John Williams">John Williams</a>.<a href="#cite_note-LehighMorningCall20120622-39">[39]</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Augusta_Chronicle" title="The Augusta Chronicle">The Augusta Chronicle</a>'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.<a href="#cite_note-AugustaChron20120522-9">[9]</a> Yanni went on to say, "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."<a href="#cite_note-AugustaChron20120522-9">[9]</a> "It is very difficult, if not impossible, to <a href="/wiki/Lie" title="Lie">lie</a> with instrumental music because it deals in emotions only."<a href="#cite_note-BandNinterview2000-50">[50]</a> He has also said that words operate in a different area of the brain,<a href="#cite_note-HellenismYanniBio-8">[8]</a> and lyrics "tend to put a song into a box."<a href="#cite_note-TheNationThailand20111013-12">[12]</a> However, Yanni performed with four vocalists in the forefront in <a href="/wiki/Yanni_Voices" title="Yanni Voices">Yanni Voices</a> (2008–2009),<a href="#cite_note-Billboard/Disney20081114-53">[53]</a> and performed with vocalists on tours and in the <a href="/wiki/Live_at_El_Morro,_Puerto_Rico" title="Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico">Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico</a> concerts (December 2011) and CD/DVD (2012).<a href="#cite_note-CorreioBrazil20100923-62">[62]</a> 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."<a href="#cite_note-TheNationThailand20111013-12">[12]</a> 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."<a href="#cite_note-ArizonaRepublic20110711-76">[76]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music_genres_distinguished_from_the_"new_age"_spiritual_movement">Music genres distinguished from the "new age" spiritual movement</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yanni&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Music genres distinguished from the "new age" spiritual movement">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:300px; border-width: 1px; font-size: 100%; color: #202122;background-color: #fafafa;"> <div class="quotebox-title" style="color: #202122;background-color: #fafafa; color: #202060;">Lines on maps</div> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> 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. </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="right-aligned" style="">—Comments during <a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_Acropolis" title="Live at the Acropolis">Live at the Acropolis</a> concert September 1993</cite></div> </div> While Yanni has said that new age is "a spiritual definition more than a musical definition,"<a href="#cite_note-Courant19920426-4">[4]</a> his music is said to be "adopted by"<a href="#cite_note-CourierJournal20120426-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-MontrealGazette20120614-11">[11]</a> the <a href="/wiki/New_Age" title="New Age">New Age movement</a> as it gained mainstream momentum. His music is also called contemporary instrumental<a href="#cite_note-CourierJournal20120426-3">[3]</a> and has been described as "an instrumental blend of fusion-jazz, world music, classical, and soft rock."<a href="#cite_note-ChicagoTrib19980215-5">[5]</a> 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."<a href="#cite_note-LATimes19881202-74">[74]</a> 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."<a href="#cite_note-LATimes19940227-77">[77]</a> 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."<a href="#cite_note-MontrealGazette20120614-11">[11]</a> For example, Yanni's university study of <a href="/wiki/Psychology" title="Psychology">psychology</a> 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."<a href="#cite_note-MontrealGazette20120614-11">[11]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unconventional_career_track">Unconventional career track</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yanni&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Unconventional career track">edit</a>]</div> The genre of Yanni's music made it unsuitable for most commercial radio or for <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">music television</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Courant19920426-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-LATimes20001024-10">[10]</a> In 2012 Yanni expressed the importance of <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a> 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."<a href="#cite_note-Musicilluminati20120716-78">[78]</a> 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.<a href="#cite_note-LATimes20001024-10">[10]</a> In 2000, The <a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a>'s David Segal 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."<a href="#cite_note-LATimes20001024-10">[10]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yanni&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Music">edit</a>]</div> In an early-career review in the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Times_Herald" title="Dallas Times Herald">Dallas Times Herald</a> in the late 1980s, Yanni's concert with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra was described as "exhilarating, moving and inspiring."<a href="#cite_note-LATimes19930613-28">[28]</a> In 1995, The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a>' Don Heckman wrote that Yanni's music is "based on sweeping romantic melodies underscored with energetic Mediterranean rhythms."<a href="#cite_note-LATimes19950527-43">[43]</a> More analytically, the <a href="/wiki/Hartford_Courant" title="Hartford Courant">Hartford Courant</a>'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."<a href="#cite_note-HartfordCourant19950625-79">[79]</a> More recently, <a href="/wiki/Allmusic" class="mw-redirect" title="Allmusic">Allmusic</a>'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."<a href="#cite_note-AllMusicBio-2">[2]</a> Rob Garratt wrote in The National that Yanni "breaks all the rules" in producing music "typically in two modes – poundingly heroic or reflectively ambient."<a href="#cite_note-National20160926-80">[80]</a> In 2012 Howie Grapek remarked in <a href="/wiki/The_Palm_Beach_Post" title="The Palm Beach Post">The Palm Beach Post</a>'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."<a href="#cite_note-PalmBeachPulse20120418-81">[81]</a> Yanni popularized the combination of electronic music synthesizers with a full scale symphony orchestra.<a href="#cite_note-DNAindia20150122-30">[30]</a> Having been called a "true global artist,"<a href="#cite_note-DNAindia20150122-30">[30]</a> Yanni has employed musicians of various nationalities, and has incorporated a variety of exotic 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.<a href="#cite_note-ChicagoTrib19980215-5">[5]</a> His music is described as "an eclectic fusion of ethnic sounds, from Native American chants to African rhythms and Asian harmonies."<a href="#cite_note-VOAnews20030615-7">[7]</a> Before his 2015 concerts at the Egyptian Pyramids Yanni said that emotions are the same throughout the world, and that his predominantly instrumental music can communicate those emotions with people everywhere because it bypasses language.<a href="#cite_note-AlBawaba20151029-82">[82]</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Morning_Call" title="The Morning Call">The Morning Call</a>'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."<a href="#cite_note-LehighMorningCall20120622-39">[39]</a> 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 replied that "There's no way you can create art to last forever ... so you can't have that in your mind."<a href="#cite_note-LehighMorningCall20120622-39">[39]</a> 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."<a href="#cite_note-LehighMorningCall20120622-39">[39]</a> Yanni's popularity with the public and his success on public television have contrasted sharply with views of some critics.<a href="#cite_note-HartfordCourant19950625-79">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-TheNationalAE20190226-68">[68]</a> The more extreme criticisms include statements that Yanni's music is "aural wallpaper ... lacking in substance"<a href="#cite_note-TheNationalAE20190226-68">[68]</a> or characterizing Yanni as a "no-talent poseur" whose music has little intellectual weight,<a href="#cite_note-HartfordCourant19950625-79">[79]</a> while his fans' opinions have been paraphrased as calling Yanni a "highly original artist whose profound spirituality has created a unique kind of music."<a href="#cite_note-HartfordCourant19950625-79">[79]</a> In this regard, one commentator wrote in 2019 that Yanni's songs are "hazy and undefinable" and "unstructured in the traditional way", paraphrasing Yanni's statement that listeners' responses depend on the degree to which they "invest themselves in the music", which has a "relentless focus on feeling rather than <a href="/wiki/Hook_(music)" title="Hook (music)">hooks</a>".<a href="#cite_note-TheNationalAE20190226-68">[68]</a> Yanni claims to have had <a href="/wiki/Absolute_pitch" title="Absolute pitch">perfect pitch</a> since childhood.<a href="#cite_note-AugustaChron20120522-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-SavannahNow20120526-27">[27]</a> He continues to use the "musical shorthand" that he developed as a child rather than employ traditional <a href="/wiki/Musical_notation" title="Musical notation">musical notation</a>,<a href="#cite_note-VOAnews20030615-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-HellenismYanniBio-8">[8]</a> and hires someone to perform what he calls the "tedious process" of making conventional written charts for orchestra members.<a href="#cite_note-BandNinterview2000-50">[50]</a> Even so, since music is an auditory domain, Yanni must train the musicians in what cannot be conveyed in that writing.<a href="#cite_note-BandNinterview2000-50">[50]</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:300px; border-width: 1px; font-size: 100%; color: #202122;background-color: #fafafa;"> <div class="quotebox-title" style="color: #202122;background-color: #fafafa; color: #202060;">A single thought</div> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> 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. </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="right-aligned" style="">—Concert's closing comments, <a href="/wiki/Live_at_El_Morro,_Puerto_Rico" title="Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico">Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico</a> December 2011</cite></div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Concerts_and_live_streaming">Concerts and live streaming</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yanni&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Concerts and live streaming">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/The_Palm_Beach_Post" title="The Palm Beach Post">The Palm Beach Post</a>'s Howie Grapek remarked about an April 2012 performance that the show was not a one-man keyboard show, but spotlighted individual long solos showcasing the band members' talents, and that Yanni "loves giving them the opportunity to shine individually."<a href="#cite_note-PalmBeachPulse20120418-81">[81]</a> <a href="/wiki/Booth_Newspapers" class="mw-redirect" title="Booth Newspapers">Booth Newspapers</a>' Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk commented that Yanni "has great sidemen – always has."<a href="#cite_note-mLive20120508-75">[75]</a> Further, Yanni expands sound variety by using multiple interchangeable keyboards that are interconnected so that playing one keyboard can cause other keyboards to play corresponding notes emulating different instruments.<a href="#cite_note-MasterClass20160729-83">[83]</a> Yanni's concerts, known for their lighting and other technical aspects,<a href="#cite_note-QuadCityTimes20120503-84">[84]</a> require over 2,000 timing cues for a show's lighting.<a href="#cite_note-Harman20160731-85">[85]</a> Yanni's longtime <a href="/wiki/Lighting_designer" class="mw-redirect" title="Lighting designer">lighting designer</a> remarked in 2013 that the lighting is critically timed to Yanni's music itself, accommodating its variety of <a href="/wiki/Time_signature" title="Time signature">time signatures</a>, further observing that since Yanni plays mostly theatrical venues rather than arenas, the lighting can include subtle moves and color.<a href="#cite_note-ProjectionLightsStaging201302-86">[86]</a> The lighting also emphasizes band members' solos, as well as specific moments in the concerts.<a href="#cite_note-ProjectionLightsStaging201302-86">[86]</a> Commenting on Yanni's "great lighting" on the stage and "plenty of reverb in the audience," <a href="/wiki/Booth_Newspapers" class="mw-redirect" title="Booth Newspapers">Booth Newspapers</a>' Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk remarked that a Yanni concert "can be an intoxicating experience."<a href="#cite_note-mLive20120508-75">[75]</a> In early 2017 Yanni began his "An Evening in Conversation with Yanni"<a href="#cite_note-BroadwayWorld20170207-87">[87]</a> or "An intimate Conversation with Yanni"<a href="#cite_note-patch20171030-88">[88]</a> tour in which audience questions and on-stage participation guided the show, and Yanni played a piano without a band.<a href="#cite_note-BroadwayWorld20170207-87">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-patch20171030-88">[88]</a> In May-June 2019, Yanni performed a multi-night residency at New York’s <a href="/wiki/Lunt-Fontanne_Theatre" title="Lunt-Fontanne Theatre">Lunt-Fontanne Theatre</a>,<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> two videos for which topped <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard's</a> Top <a href="/wiki/List_of_Facebook_features#Live_streaming" title="List of Facebook features">Facebook Live</a> Videos chart<a href="#cite_note-Billboard_20190718-90">[90]</a> before other Yanni videos topped the same chart in October<a href="#cite_note-Billboard_20191120-91">[91]</a> December 2019,<a href="#cite_note-Billboard_20200117-92">[92]</a> and February 2020.<a href="#cite_note-Billboard_20200320-93">[93]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors,_awards_and_distinctions">Honors, awards and distinctions</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yanni&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Honors, awards and distinctions">edit</a>]</div> In addition to performing at venues such as <a href="/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall" title="Royal Albert Hall">Royal Albert Hall</a><a href="#cite_note-NewAgeMusic20120229-94">[94]</a> (London; 1995 & 2014), Yanni has performed at such world landmarks as the <a href="/wiki/Acropolis_of_Athens" title="Acropolis of Athens">Acropolis of Athens</a> (Greece; 1993), the <a href="/wiki/Taj_Mahal" title="Taj Mahal">Taj Mahal</a> (Agra, India; 1997), the <a href="/wiki/Forbidden_City" title="Forbidden City">Forbidden City</a> (Beijing, China; 1997), the <a href="/wiki/Burj_Khalifa" title="Burj Khalifa">Burj Khalifa</a> (the world's tallest building; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 2011),<a href="#cite_note-emirates247-20110921-14">[14]</a> <a href="/wiki/Moscow_Kremlin" class="mw-redirect" title="Moscow Kremlin">the Kremlin</a> (Moscow, Russia; 2011),<a href="#cite_note-Kremlin20111101-15">[15]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Castillo_San_Felipe_del_Morro" title="Castillo San Felipe del Morro">Castillo San Felipe del Morro</a> ("El Morro" <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a>, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, U.S. territory; 2011),<a href="#cite_note-ElMorro-16">[16]</a> the ancient city of <a href="/wiki/Byblos" title="Byblos">Byblos</a> (<a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a>, Lebanon; 2013),<a href="#cite_note-OrientLeJour20130702-17">[17]</a> the Roman Theatre of Carthage (Tunis, Tunisia; 2014),<a href="#cite_note-LeconomisteMaghrebin20140723-18">[18]</a> <a href="/wiki/Laxmi_Vilas_Palace,_Vadodara" class="mw-redirect" title="Laxmi Vilas Palace, Vadodara">Laxmi Vilas Palace</a> (Vadodara, India; 2015),<a href="#cite_note-ZnewsIndia20150124-19">[19]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_pyramids" title="Egyptian pyramids">Egyptian pyramids</a> and <a href="/wiki/Great_Sphinx_of_Giza" title="Great Sphinx of Giza">Great Sphinx of Giza</a> (Egypt, 2015),<a href="#cite_note-AlBawaba20151101-20">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-CairoPost20151022-21">[21]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Amman_Citadel" title="Amman Citadel">Amman Citadel</a> (Jordan, 2016),<a href="#cite_note-AlBawaba20160925-22">[22]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Prambanan" title="Prambanan">Prambanan</a> Temple (Indonesia, 2019)<a href="#cite_note-CosmoIndonesia_20190707_JakartaPost_20190711-95">[95]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Al-%27Ula" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-'Ula">Al-'Ula</a> (<a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a>, Saudi Arabia; 2019).<a href="#cite_note-TheNationalAE20190226-68">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-ArabNews_20190209-69">[69]</a> 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.<a href="#cite_note-AllMusicBio-2">[2]</a> Yanni's music has been used in television shows and televised sporting events, including the <a href="/wiki/The_Open_Championship" title="The Open Championship">British Open (golf)</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Golfweek_20190625-96">[96]</a> the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Open_(golf)" title="U.S. Open (golf)">U.S. Open (golf)</a>,<a href="#cite_note-CBSsports_20200917-97">[97]</a> the Super Bowl, Wide World of Sports, U.S. Open tennis championships, the Tour de France, the World Figure Skating Championships, and the Olympic Games.<a href="#cite_note-VOAnews20120123-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-LATimes19930613-28">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-GolfDigest20140612-29">[29]</a> He also composed music for ABC's World News Now.<a href="#cite_note-Courant19920426-4">[4]</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1096940132"><div class="side-box side-box-right listen noprint"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/50px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/75px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/100px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160" /><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="listen-header">From <a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_Acropolis" title="Live at the Acropolis">Live at the Acropolis</a> (1994):</div> <div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Standing_in_Motion.ogg" title="File:Standing in Motion.ogg">"Acroyali/Standing in Motion"</a></div> <div><audio id="mwe_player_3" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="232" style="width:232px;" data-durationhint="31" data-mwtitle="Standing_in_Motion.ogg" data-mwprovider="local"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/56/Standing_in_Motion.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/transcoded/5/56/Standing_in_Motion.ogg/Standing_in_Motion.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></div> <div class="description">The Allmusic review of the Acropolis album characterized this song as "exotica," beginning with atmosphere and chime effects and evolving into an "adventurous orchestral and synth explosion" perceived as more ambitious than Yanni's studio recordings.<a href="#cite_note-AllmusicAcropolis-44">[44]</a> This composition was thought by researchers to have the "<a href="/wiki/Mozart_effect" title="Mozart effect">Mozart effect</a>."<a href="#cite_note-EpilepsyOrgMozartEffect-98">[98]</a></div></div><hr /><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Yanni_Santorini.ogg" title="File:Yanni Santorini.ogg">"Santorini"</a></div> <div><audio id="mwe_player_4" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="232" style="width:232px;" data-durationhint="31" data-mwtitle="Yanni_Santorini.ogg" data-mwprovider="local"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/48/Yanni_Santorini.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/transcoded/4/48/Yanni_Santorini.ogg/Yanni_Santorini.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></div> <div class="description"><a href="/wiki/Santorini" title="Santorini">Santorini</a>, the name of a Greek island and also the name Yanni in 2011 gave to his symbolically adopted <a href="/wiki/Giant_panda" title="Giant panda">panda</a> cub,<a href="#cite_note-reuters20111012-99">[99]</a><a href="#cite_note-skynews20111012-100">[100]</a> is a song included in primary school teachings throughout China.<a href="#cite_note-MontrealGazette20120614-11">[11]</a> The Allmusic review of the Acropolis album selected this song as epitomizing musical balance, opening with percussive string fanfare but then allowing Yanni to be simply expressive on the acoustic piano as the orchestra toned down.<a href="#cite_note-AllmusicAcropolis-44">[44]</a></div></div></div></div> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"><hr />Problems playing these files? See <a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">media help</a>.</div> </div> Yanni's "Acroyali/Standing in Motion" was determined to have the "<a href="/wiki/Mozart_effect" title="Mozart effect">Mozart effect</a>" by the <a href="/wiki/Journal_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Medicine" title="Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine">Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine</a> (April 2001) because the composition is similar to <a href="/wiki/Sonata_for_Two_Pianos_in_D_major_(Mozart)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sonata for Two Pianos in D major (Mozart)">Mozart's K 448</a> in tempo, structure, melodic and harmonic consonance and predictability, characteristics thought to decrease seizure activity and to enhance spatial-temporal performance.<a href="#cite_note-EpilepsyOrgMozartEffect-98">[98]</a> During Yanni's October 2011 tour of China, Yanni became the first <a href="/wiki/Western_world" title="Western world">Western</a> artist to be invited to adopt a <a href="/wiki/Giant_panda" title="Giant panda">giant panda</a> (bear) cub at the <a href="/wiki/Chengdu_Research_Base_of_Giant_Panda_Breeding" title="Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding">Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding</a>, a "privilege ... usually reserved for countries rather than <a href="/wiki/Celebrity" title="Celebrity">personalities</a>."<a href="#cite_note-reuters20111012-99">[99]</a> "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."<a href="#cite_note-skynews20111012-100">[100]</a> Yanni named the panda "Santorini," also the name of a <a href="/wiki/Santorini" title="Santorini">Greek island</a>, explaining that the Greek word irini means 'peace'."<a href="#cite_note-reuters20111012-99">[99]</a><a href="#cite_note-skynews20111012-100">[100]</a> In February 2013, Yanni and <a href="/wiki/Celine_Dion" title="Celine Dion">Celine Dion</a> were the first non-Chinese artists invited to perform (separately) in China at the <a href="/wiki/CCTV_New_Year%27s_Gala" class="mw-redirect" title="CCTV New Year's Gala">CCTV Spring Festival Gala</a>, a <a href="/wiki/China_Central_Television" title="China Central Television">CCTV</a> televised event with an annual audience of 700 million.<a href="#cite_note-WantChinaTimes20130201-59">[59]</a><a href="#cite_note-ChinaDaily20130208-60">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-CNTV20130209-61">[61]</a> <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a> named Yanni their No. 5 "new age album artist of 2016".<a href="#cite_note-BillboardTopNewAgeArtist-101">[101]</a> He was named to the same list in 2014 (No. 6), 2012 (ranked No. 5), 2011 (No. 1), 2010 (No. 4), 2009 (No. 3), 2007 (No. 4), and 2006 (No. 4).<a href="#cite_note-BillboardTopNewAgeArtist-101">[101]</a> Yanni's albums <a href="/wiki/Dare_to_Dream_(Yanni_album)" title="Dare to Dream (Yanni album)">Dare to Dream</a> (1992) and <a href="/wiki/In_My_Time" title="In My Time">In My Time</a> (1993) received <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> nominations for <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_New_Age_Album" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award for Best New Age Album">Best New Age Album</a>."<a href="#cite_note-VOAnews20120123-13">[13]</a> The PBS specials Live at the Acropolis and Tribute received <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmy Award">Emmy Award</a> nominations for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Drama Series, Variety Series, Miniseries, Movie or Special, in 1994<a href="#cite_note-EmmyLighting1994-102">[102]</a> and 1998,<a href="#cite_note-EmmyLighting1998-103">[103]</a> respectively. Lee Rose and David "Gurn" Kaniski Lighting Designers.<a href="#cite_note-EmmyLighting1998-103">[103]</a> At least sixteen Yanni albums peaked at No. 1 in <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>'s "Top New Age Album" category, more than anyone except Jim Brickman and Mannheim Steamroller.<a href="#cite_note-Billboard20160212-23">[23]</a> In addition to earning a B.A. in psychology in 1976 from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota" title="University of Minnesota">University of Minnesota, Twin Cities</a>,<a href="#cite_note-VOAnews20120123-13">[13]</a> Yanni received an honorary <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Humane_Letters" title="Doctor of Humane Letters">Doctor of Humane Letters</a> from the same institution on May 6, 2004.<a href="#cite_note-ChanVillager20120428-31">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-UMinnSpeech20040506-35">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-StPaulPioneer20040508-104">[104]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charitable_and_humanitarian_activities">Charitable and humanitarian activities</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yanni&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Charitable and humanitarian activities">edit</a>]</div> Yanni has had a collaborative relationship with the <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)</a> in its fundraising efforts since the early years of his career,<a href="#cite_note-NewAgeMusic20120229-94">[94]</a> reportedly raising more than $13 million for that organization.<a href="#cite_note-CourierJournal20120426-3">[3]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Yanni_Live_at_El_Morro,_Puerto_Rico" class="mw-redirect" title="Yanni Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico">Yanni Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico</a> production (2012) was Yanni's tenth collaboration with PBS.<a href="#cite_note-KPBS20120604-58">[58]</a> Yanni has assisted the conservation efforts of the <a href="/wiki/World_Wide_Fund_for_Nature" title="World Wide Fund for Nature">World Wide Fund for Nature</a> (the World Wildlife Fund, WWF),<a href="#cite_note-EntFocus20131119-105">[105]</a> sponsoring a symbolic "<a href="/wiki/Giant_panda" title="Giant panda">Panda</a> Adoption Kit" program in which he guaranteed $50,000 in donations.<a href="#cite_note-WWFAdoptaPanda-106">[106]</a> Yanni has also been a spokesman for <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>.<a href="#cite_note-EntFocus20131119-105">[105]</a> Yanni has performed concerts in troubled areas of the world, such as in Tunisia<a href="#cite_note-LeconomisteMaghrebin20140723-18">[18]</a> one week after the July 17, 2014, terrorist attack that killed 14,<a href="#cite_note-PRI20160202-107">[107]</a> and in Egypt to convey an image of stable security after the <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Crisis_(2011%E2%80%9314)" class="mw-redirect" title="Egyptian Crisis (2011–14)">Egyptian Crisis (2011–14)</a> but between whose two Great Pyramids concerts occurred the October 31, 2015, terrorist downing of <a href="/wiki/Metrojet_Flight_9268" title="Metrojet Flight 9268">Metrojet Flight 9268</a> in the Sinai Peninsula.<a href="#cite_note-CairoPost20151022-21">[21]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Autobiography">Autobiography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yanni&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Autobiography">edit</a>]</div> Yanni's autobiography, Yanni in Words, co-authored by David Rensin, was published in February 2003, coinciding with the release of his <a href="/wiki/Ethnicity_(album)" title="Ethnicity (album)">Ethnicity</a> album. The book became a <a href="/wiki/New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times Best Seller list">New York Times best seller</a> in the nonfiction category on March 2, 2003.<a href="#cite_note-NYTimesBestSeller20030302-108">[108]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yanni&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Discography">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Yanni_discography" title="Yanni discography">Yanni discography</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Original_studio_albums">Original studio albums</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yanni&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Original studio albums">edit</a>]</div> Studio albums <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Optimystique" title="Optimystique">Optimystique</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keys_to_Imagination" title="Keys to Imagination">Keys to Imagination</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Out_of_Silence_(Yanni_album)" title="Out of Silence (Yanni album)">Out of Silence</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chameleon_Days" title="Chameleon Days">Chameleon Days</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niki_Nana" title="Niki Nana">Niki Nana</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reflections_of_Passion" title="Reflections of Passion">Reflections of Passion</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/In_Celebration_of_Life" title="In Celebration of Life">In Celebration of Life</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dare_to_Dream_(Yanni_album)" title="Dare to Dream (Yanni album)">Dare to Dream</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/In_My_Time" title="In My Time">In My Time</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/If_I_Could_Tell_You" title="If I Could Tell You">If I Could Tell You</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnicity_(album)" title="Ethnicity (album)">Ethnicity</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yanni_Voices" title="Yanni Voices">Yanni Voices</a> (Spanish version, Yanni Voces) (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexicanisimo" title="Mexicanisimo">Mexicanisimo</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truth_of_Touch" title="Truth of Touch">Truth of Touch</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inspirato" title="Inspirato">Inspirato</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sensuous_Chill" title="Sensuous Chill">Sensuous Chill</a> (2016)</li> <li>In His Purest Form (2020)</li></ul></div> Live albums <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_Acropolis" title="Live at the Acropolis">Live at the Acropolis</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribute_(Yanni_album)" title="Tribute (Yanni album)">Tribute</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yanni_Live!_The_Concert_Event" title="Yanni Live! The Concert Event">Yanni Live! The Concert Event</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_at_El_Morro,_Puerto_Rico" title="Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico">Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Dream_Concert:_Live_from_the_Great_Pyramids_of_Egypt" title="The Dream Concert: Live from the Great Pyramids of Egypt">The Dream Concert: Live from the Great Pyramids of Egypt</a> (2016)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yanni&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-AutobiographyPP10and17-1">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AutobiographyPP10and17_1-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-AutobiographyPP10and17_1-1">b</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFYanniRensin2002" class="citation book cs1">Yanni; Rensin, David (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/yanniinwords00yann">Yanni in Words</a>. New York: Miramax Books / Hyperion. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781401351946" title="Special:BookSources/9781401351946"><bdi>9781401351946</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Yanni+in+Words&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Miramax+Books+%2F+Hyperion&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=9781401351946&rft.au=Yanni&rft.au=Rensin%2C+David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fyanniinwords00yann&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> p. 10 ("our name, Chryssomallis, means golden hair") and page 17 ("In English my name means John ... In proper Greek, if you were to talk about me, you'd refer to me as Yiannis ... Speaking to me, you'd call me Yanni."). </li> <li id="cite_note-AllMusicBio-2">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AllMusicBio_2-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-AllMusicBio_2-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-AllMusicBio_2-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-AllMusicBio_2-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-AllMusicBio_2-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-AllMusicBio_2-5">f</a> <a href="#cite_ref-AllMusicBio_2-6">g</a> <a href="#cite_ref-AllMusicBio_2-7">h</a> <a href="#cite_ref-AllMusicBio_2-8">i</a> <a href="#cite_ref-AllMusicBio_2-9">j</a> Deming, Mark, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/yanni-mn0000687933/biography">"Yanni" / "Biography"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120313161722/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/yanni-p2850/biography">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/Allmusic" class="mw-redirect" title="Allmusic">Allmusic</a>, written in 2011 or in 2012 before archive date of April 29, 2012. </li> <li id="cite_note-CourierJournal20120426-3">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CourierJournal20120426_3-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-CourierJournal20120426_3-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-CourierJournal20120426_3-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-CourierJournal20120426_3-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-CourierJournal20120426_3-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-CourierJournal20120426_3-5">f</a> Puckett, Jeffrey Lee, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130121035740/http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012304270044">"Yanni up close: Musician known for larger-than-life venues also loves the Louisville Palace"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20240525230021/https://www.webcitation.org/67IH7FO75?url=http://www.courier-journal.com/fdcp/%3Funique=1335729984305">archive (full article)</a>), <a href="/wiki/The_Courier-Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="The Courier-Journal">The Courier-Journal</a>, April 26, 2012. </li> <li id="cite_note-Courant19920426-4">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Courant19920426_4-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Courant19920426_4-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Courant19920426_4-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Courant19920426_4-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Courant19920426_4-4">e</a> Catlin, Roger, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.courant.com/1992/04/26/new-age-artists-want-a-new-label/">"New Age Artists Want A New Label"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141217195856/http://articles.courant.com/1992-04-26/entertainment/0000202721_1_new-age-yanni-andreas-vollenweider">archive p. 1</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141217214402/http://articles.courant.com/1992-04-26/entertainment/0000202721_1_new-age-yanni-andreas-vollenweider/2">archive p. 2</a>) <a href="/wiki/Hartford_Courant" title="Hartford Courant">Hartford Courant</a>, April 26, 1992. </li> <li id="cite_note-ChicagoTrib19980215-5">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ChicagoTrib19980215_5-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ChicagoTrib19980215_5-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ChicagoTrib19980215_5-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ChicagoTrib19980215_5-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ChicagoTrib19980215_5-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ChicagoTrib19980215_5-5">f</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ChicagoTrib19980215_5-6">g</a> Kot, Greg, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130814135612/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-02-15/news/9802150447_1_world-music-previous-song-concert">"7 Million Yanni Fans Can't Be Wrong! / Or Can They?"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a>, February 15, 1998. </li> <li id="cite_note-Britannica_Yanni-6">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Britannica_Yanni_6-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Britannica_Yanni_6-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yanni">"Yanni"</a>. Britannica.com. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201030202920/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yanni">Archived</a> from the original on October 30, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Britannica.com&rft.atitle=Yanni&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Fbiography%2FYanni&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> (naturalized U.S. citizen) </li> <li id="cite_note-VOAnews20030615-7">^ <a href="#cite_ref-VOAnews20030615_7-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-VOAnews20030615_7-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-VOAnews20030615_7-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-VOAnews20030615_7-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-VOAnews20030615_7-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-VOAnews20030615_7-5">f</a> <a href="#cite_ref-VOAnews20030615_7-6">g</a> McCulloch, Craig, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.voanews.com/content/a-13-a-2003-06-15-5-yanni/393647.html">"Yanni is Idol of New Age Instrumental Music - 2003-06-15"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120924024600/http://www.voanews.com/content/a-13-a-2003-06-15-5-yanni/393647.html">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/Voice_of_America" title="Voice of America">Voice of America</a> News, June 15, 2003. </li> <li id="cite_note-HellenismYanniBio-8">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HellenismYanniBio_8-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-HellenismYanniBio_8-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-HellenismYanniBio_8-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-HellenismYanniBio_8-3">d</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120709012108/http://www.hellenism.net/cgi-bin/display_celeb.html?c=18">"Famous Greeks / Yanni"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120709012108/http://www.hellenism.net/cgi-bin/display_celeb.html?c=18">archive of 2012-07-10</a>), Hellenism.net, publication date unknown. </li> <li id="cite_note-AugustaChron20120522-9">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AugustaChron20120522_9-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-AugustaChron20120522_9-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-AugustaChron20120522_9-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-AugustaChron20120522_9-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-AugustaChron20120522_9-4">e</a> Jasper, Kelly, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2012-05-22/yanni-bring-world-music-augusta-fans">"Yanni to bring world music to Augusta fans"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120626112217/http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2012-05-22/yanni-bring-world-music-augusta-fans">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/The_Augusta_Chronicle" title="The Augusta Chronicle">The Augusta Chronicle</a>, May 22, 2012. </li> <li id="cite_note-LATimes20001024-10">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes20001024_10-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes20001024_10-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes20001024_10-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes20001024_10-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes20001024_10-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes20001024_10-5">f</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes20001024_10-6">g</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes20001024_10-7">h</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes20001024_10-8">i</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes20001024_10-9">j</a> Segal, David, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-24-ca-40911-story.html">"Yanni's Back – and Ready for a Group Hug With the World"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a>, October 24, 2000. </li> <li id="cite_note-MontrealGazette20120614-11">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MontrealGazette20120614_11-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MontrealGazette20120614_11-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MontrealGazette20120614_11-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MontrealGazette20120614_11-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MontrealGazette20120614_11-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MontrealGazette20120614_11-5">f</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MontrealGazette20120614_11-6">g</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MontrealGazette20120614_11-7">h</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MontrealGazette20120614_11-8">i</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MontrealGazette20120614_11-9">j</a> <a href="#cite_ref-MontrealGazette20120614_11-10">k</a> Burnett, Richard, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2012/06/14/from-the-acropolis-to-america-yanni-still-sits-on-top-of-the-world/">"From the Acropolis to America, Yanni still sits on top of the world"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120620162224/http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2012/06/14/from-the-acropolis-to-america-yanni-still-sits-on-top-of-the-world/">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/The_Gazette_(Montreal)" title="The Gazette (Montreal)">The Gazette</a> (Montreal), June 14, 2012. </li> <li id="cite_note-TheNationThailand20111013-12">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TheNationThailand20111013_12-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-TheNationThailand20111013_12-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-TheNationThailand20111013_12-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-TheNationThailand20111013_12-3">d</a> Klangboonkrong, Manta, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/life/On-a-high-with-Yanni-30167518.html">"On a high with Yanni"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120707055033/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/life/On-a-high-with-Yanni-30167518.html">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/The_Nation_(Thailand)" title="The Nation (Thailand)">The Nation</a> (Thailand), October 13, 2011. </li> <li id="cite_note-VOAnews20120123-13">^ <a href="#cite_ref-VOAnews20120123_13-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-VOAnews20120123_13-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-VOAnews20120123_13-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-VOAnews20120123_13-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-VOAnews20120123_13-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-VOAnews20120123_13-5">f</a> <a href="#cite_ref-VOAnews20120123_13-6">g</a> <a href="#cite_ref-VOAnews20120123_13-7">h</a> <a href="#cite_ref-VOAnews20120123_13-8">i</a> <a href="#cite_ref-VOAnews20120123_13-9">j</a> <a href="#cite_ref-VOAnews20120123_13-10">k</a> <a href="#cite_ref-VOAnews20120123_13-11">l</a> <a href="#cite_ref-VOAnews20120123_13-12">m</a> <a href="#cite_ref-VOAnews20120123_13-13">n</a> <a href="#cite_ref-VOAnews20120123_13-14">o</a> <a href="#cite_ref-VOAnews20120123_13-15">p</a> <a href="#cite_ref-VOAnews20120123_13-16">q</a> Bekheet, Diaa, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blogs.voanews.com/jazz-beat/2012/01/23/yanni-north-america-tour-truth-of-touch/">"Yanni’s North America Tour, Truth of Touch"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120130195629/http://blogs.voanews.com/jazz-beat/2012/01/23/yanni-north-america-tour-truth-of-touch/">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/Voice_of_America" title="Voice of America">Voice of America</a> News, Jazz Beat, January 23, 2012. </li> <li id="cite_note-emirates247-20110921-14">^ <a href="#cite_ref-emirates247-20110921_14-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-emirates247-20110921_14-1">b</a> Rai, Bindu Suresh, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.emirates247.com/entertainment/burj-khalifa-yanni-s-next-landmark-concert-venue-2011-09-21-1.419845">"Burj Khalifa: Yanni's next landmark concert venue"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111031050218/http://www.emirates247.com/entertainment/burj-khalifa-yanni-s-next-landmark-concert-venue-2011-09-21-1.419845">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/Emirates_24/7" title="Emirates 24/7">Emirates 24/7</a>, September 21, 2011. </li> <li id="cite_note-Kremlin20111101-15">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Kremlin20111101_15-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kremlin20111101_15-1">b</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pollstar.com/event/1756542&source=psvenue">"Kremlin Palace / Tuesday, Nov. 01, 2011"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141217205921/http://www.pollstar.com/event/1756542%26source%3Dpsvenue">archive</a>), pollstar.com. ● <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bandsintown.com/event/4655040">"Yanni live in Moscow, Russian Federation"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141217200646/http://www.bandsintown.com/event/4655040">archive</a>), bandsintown.com. </li> <li id="cite_note-ElMorro-16">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ElMorro_16-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ElMorro_16-1">b</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fltimes.com/out_and_about/article_7688092c-24dd-11e1-a7e5-0019bb2963f4.html">"Yanni to play at CMAC in June"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130102161812/http://www.fltimes.com/out_and_about/article_7688092c-24dd-11e1-a7e5-0019bb2963f4.html">archive</a>), Finger Lakes Times, December 12, 2011. ● <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.primerahora.com/mananainiciaventadeboletosparaconciertodeyannienelmorro-556592.html">"Mañana inicia venta de boletos para concierto de Yanni en El Morro" (Tomorrow begins concert tickets sales for Yanni in El Morro)</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111002035505/http://www.primerahora.com/mananainiciaventadeboletosparaconciertodeyannienelmorro-556592.html">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/Primera_Hora_(Puerto_Rico)" title="Primera Hora (Puerto Rico)">PrimeraHora</a>, September 23, 2011. </li> <li id="cite_note-OrientLeJour20130702-17">^ <a href="#cite_ref-OrientLeJour20130702_17-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-OrientLeJour20130702_17-1">b</a> Ghandour Hert, Maya, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lorientlejour.com/article/821827/yanni-mi-homme-orchestre-mi-chef-dorchestre.html">"Yanni, mi-homme-orchestre, mi-chef d’orchestre"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141217194123/http://www.lorientlejour.com/article/821827/yanni-mi-homme-orchestre-mi-chef-dorchestre.html">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/L%27Orient-Le_Jour" title="L'Orient-Le Jour">L'Orient-Le Jour</a>, July 2, 2013. (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130514013647/http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/295/">UNESCO WHC</a>). </li> <li id="cite_note-LeconomisteMaghrebin20140723-18">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LeconomisteMaghrebin20140723_18-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LeconomisteMaghrebin20140723_18-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LeconomisteMaghrebin20140723_18-2">c</a> Zine, Imen, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.leconomistemaghrebin.com/2014/07/23/yanni-the-crazy-musician-envahi-coeurs-ames/">"Tunis : Yanni, «The crazy musician» qui a conquis nos cœurs et nos âmes!"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140725212318/http://www.leconomistemaghrebin.com/2014/07/23/yanni-the-crazy-musician-envahi-coeurs-ames/">archive</a>), L'Économiste maghrébin, July 23, 2014. </li> <li id="cite_note-ZnewsIndia20150124-19">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ZnewsIndia20150124_19-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ZnewsIndia20150124_19-1">b</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/music/musical-genius-yanni-enthralls-audience-at-vadodara-fest_1535629.html">"Musical genius Yanni enthralls audience at Vadodara Fest"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150126160907/http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/music/musical-genius-yanni-enthralls-audience-at-vadodara-fest_1535629.html">archive</a>), Z News (India), January 24, 2015. </li> <li id="cite_note-AlBawaba20151101-20">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AlBawaba20151101_20-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-AlBawaba20151101_20-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-AlBawaba20151101_20-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-AlBawaba20151101_20-3">d</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.albawaba.com/entertainment/pictures-yanni-brings-ancient-cairo-life-his-magnificent-music-762214">"In pictures: Yanni brings ancient Cairo to life with his magnificent music"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Al_Bawaba" title="Al Bawaba">Al Bawaba</a>. November 1, 2015. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151102192233/http://www.albawaba.com/entertainment/pictures-yanni-brings-ancient-cairo-life-his-magnificent-music-762214">Archived</a> from the original on November 2, 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Al+Bawaba&rft.atitle=In+pictures%3A+Yanni+brings+ancient+Cairo+to+life+with+his+magnificent+music&rft.date=2015-11-01&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.albawaba.com%2Fentertainment%2Fpictures-yanni-brings-ancient-cairo-life-his-magnificent-music-762214&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of6-Jm5mIMI">Video</a>). </li> <li id="cite_note-CairoPost20151022-21">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CairoPost20151022_21-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-CairoPost20151022_21-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-CairoPost20151022_21-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-CairoPost20151022_21-3">d</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thecairopost.com/news/173143/news/3000-security-personnel-to-secure-yannis-dream-concert-at-pyramids">"3,000 security personnel to secure Yanni's 'Dream Concert' at pyramids"</a>. The Cairo Post, a <a href="/wiki/Youm7" title="Youm7">Youm7</a> Publication. 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Al Bawaba. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160926215924/http://www.albawaba.com/entertainment/yanni-hopes-do-ammans-historic-citadel-justice-tonights-debut-concert-886366">Archived</a> from the original on September 26, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Al+Bawaba&rft.atitle=Yanni+hopes+his+music+does+Amman%27s+historic+Citadel+justice+at+tonight%27s+debut+concert&rft.date=2016-09-25&rft.aulast=Freij&rft.aufirst=Muath&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.albawaba.com%2Fentertainment%2Fyanni-hopes-do-ammans-historic-citadel-justice-tonights-debut-concert-886366&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Billboard20160212-23">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Billboard20160212_23-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Billboard20160212_23-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCaulfield2016" class="citation magazine cs1">Caulfield, Keith (February 12, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6875126/grease-live-movie-soundtracks-billboard-200-chart-moves">"Billboard 200 Chart Moves"</a>. Billboard. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160213091923/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6875126/grease-live-movie-soundtracks-billboard-200-chart-moves">Archived</a> from the original on February 13, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=Billboard+200+Chart+Moves&rft.date=2016-02-12&rft.aulast=Caulfield&rft.aufirst=Keith&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billboard.com%2Farticles%2Fcolumns%2Fchart-beat%2F6875126%2Fgrease-live-movie-soundtracks-billboard-200-chart-moves&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-TourDateArchives-24">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TourDateArchives_24-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-TourDateArchives_24-1">b</a> Archives of concert tour schedules on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160617175257/http://www.mtv.com/artists/yanni/tourdates/">MTV(1)</a>, , <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120316104450/http://concerttour.org/yanni-tour">concerttour.org</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170818134737/https://concerttour.net/yanni-tour">concerttour.net</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140813142157/http://www.pollstar.com/resultsArtist.aspx?ID=1249">pollstar(1)</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190123163946/https://www.pollstar.com/Artist/yanni-727">pollstar(2)</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140112094549/http://concertful.com/concert/yanni/">concertful(1)</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171028170141/https://concertful.com/tour/yanni/">concertful(2)</a>, and/or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130627081046/http://www.bandsintown.com/Yanni">bandsintown(1)</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018164815/https://www.bandsintown.com/a/56743">bandsintown(2)</a>. Wayback Machine archives are at the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.archive.org">Internet archive (archive.org)</a>. ● See references in <a href="/wiki/Yanni_discography#Live_albums/tours/videography" title="Yanni discography">Yanni discography#Live albums/tours/videography</a> for links re concerts in specific countries. </li> <li id="cite_note-BroadwayWorld20150902-25"><a href="#cite_ref-BroadwayWorld20150902_25-0">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwclassical/article/Yanni-Returns-to-the-Segerstrom-Center-for-US-Tour-320-20150902">"Yanni Returns to the Segerstrom Center for U.S. Tour"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150909194719/http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwclassical/article/Yanni-Returns-to-the-Segerstrom-Center-for-US-Tour-320-20150902">archive</a>), Broadway World, September 2, 2015. </li> <li id="cite_note-GrammyMuseum201409-26"><a href="#cite_ref-GrammyMuseum201409_26-0">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.grammymuseum.org/events/detail/a-conversation-with-yanni">"A Conversation with Yanni"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054257/http://www.grammymuseum.org/events/detail/a-conversation-with-yanni">archive</a>), Grammy Museum, circa September 2014. </li> <li id="cite_note-SavannahNow20120526-27">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SavannahNow20120526_27-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-SavannahNow20120526_27-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-SavannahNow20120526_27-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-SavannahNow20120526_27-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-SavannahNow20120526_27-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-SavannahNow20120526_27-5">f</a> Sickler, Linda, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://savannahnow.com/accent/2012-05-26/yanni-savannah-i-cant-wait-see-you#.T8EOfJ9YvIc">"Yanni to Savannah: 'I can't wait to see you'"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120619192245/http://savannahnow.com/accent/2012-05-26/yanni-savannah-i-cant-wait-see-you">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/Savannah_Morning_News" title="Savannah Morning News">Savannah Morning News</a>, (SavannahNow.com), May 26, 2012. </li> <li id="cite_note-LATimes19930613-28">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes19930613_28-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes19930613_28-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes19930613_28-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes19930613_28-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes19930613_28-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes19930613_28-5">f</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes19930613_28-6">g</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes19930613_28-7">h</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes19930613_28-8">i</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes19930613_28-9">j</a> Heckman, Don, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-06-13-ca-2758-story.html">"Sound Philosophy: New Age luminary Yanni reflects on his musical exploration, the struggles of the planet and performing at the base of the Parthenon"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-06-13-ca-2758-story.html">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a>, June 13, 1993. </li> <li id="cite_note-GolfDigest20140612-29">^ <a href="#cite_ref-GolfDigest20140612_29-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-GolfDigest20140612_29-1">b</a> Myers, Alex, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.golfdigest.com/blogs/the-loop/2014/06/enough-about-johnny-is-this-th.html">"Enough about Johnny. Is this the last U.S. Open to feature Yanni? The story behind one of sports' greatest theme songs"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140614002201/http://www.golfdigest.com/blogs/the-loop/2014/06/enough-about-johnny-is-this-th.html">archive</a>), Golf Digest, June 12, 2014. • Myers, Alex, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.golfdigest.com/story/yannis-in-celebration-of-man-is-back-and-its-as-glorious-as-ever">"Yanni's 'In Celebration of Man' is back – and it's as glorious as ever</a>," (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160715203153/http://www.golfdigest.com/story/yannis-in-celebration-of-man-is-back-and-its-as-glorious-as-ever">archive</a>), Golf Digest, July 14, 2016. </li> <li id="cite_note-DNAindia20150122-30">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DNAindia20150122_30-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-DNAindia20150122_30-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-DNAindia20150122_30-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-DNAindia20150122_30-3">d</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-world-famous-composer-yanni-to-perform-in-india-after-18-years-2054736">"World famous composer Yanni to perform in India soon"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150123074645/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-world-famous-composer-yanni-to-perform-in-india-after-18-years-2054736">archive</a>), Daily News and Analysis (DNA) India, January 22, 2015. </li> <li id="cite_note-ChanVillager20120428-31">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ChanVillager20120428_31-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ChanVillager20120428_31-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ChanVillager20120428_31-2">c</a> Francisco, Mollee, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chanvillager.com/news/entertainment/let-s-go-around-the-world-with-yanni/article_064ac3dd-fb1c-5edd-b06e-f3113de9835d.html">"Let's Go: Around the world with Yanni"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160311210023/http://www.chanvillager.com/news/entertainment/let-s-go-around-the-world-with-yanni/article_064ac3dd-fb1c-5edd-b06e-f3113de9835d.html">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/Chanhassen,_Minnesota" title="Chanhassen, Minnesota">The Chanhassen Villager</a>, April 28, 2012. </li> <li id="cite_note-Winters2004-32"><a href="#cite_ref-Winters2004_32-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWinters2004" class="citation web cs1">Winters, Kelly (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/music-popular-and-jazz-biographies/yanni">"Yanni"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Cengage_Learning" class="mw-redirect" title="Cengage Learning">Cengage Learning</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Gale_(publisher)" title="Gale (publisher)">Gale Publishing</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160307084705/http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Yanni.aspx">Archived</a> from the original on March 7, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Yanni&rft.pub=Cengage+Learning%27s+Gale+Publishing&rft.date=2004&rft.aulast=Winters&rft.aufirst=Kelly&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.encyclopedia.com%2Fpeople%2Fliterature-and-arts%2Fmusic-popular-and-jazz-biographies%2Fyanni&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-AutobiographyP13-33"><a href="#cite_ref-AutobiographyP13_33-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFYanniRensin2002" class="citation book cs1">Yanni; Rensin, David (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/yanniinwords00yann">Yanni in Words</a>. 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News-Sentinel</a>, March 11, 2004 (News-Sentinel document ID 10143A590B0C184F). </li> <li id="cite_note-UMinnSpeech20040506-35">^ <a href="#cite_ref-UMinnSpeech20040506_35-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UMinnSpeech20040506_35-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UMinnSpeech20040506_35-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UMinnSpeech20040506_35-3">d</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070704094936/http://www.alumni.umn.edu/vertical/Sites/%7BD6C96D80-F3A7-11D4-85D9-005004AD2AC8%7D/uploads/YanniSpeech.pdf">archive</a> of , posted to alumni section of University of Minnesota website. </li> <li id="cite_note-DemingBillboardBio-36"><a href="#cite_ref-DemingBillboardBio_36-0">^</a> Deming, Mark, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.billboard.com/artist/431589/yanni/biography">"Yanni"</a>, (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151106172535/http://www.billboard.com/artist/431589/yanni/biography">archive</a>), Billboard, after 2014 release of Inspirato. </li> <li id="cite_note-NWItimes20160128-37">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NWItimes20160128_37-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-NWItimes20160128_37-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLounges2016" class="citation news cs1">Lounges, Tom (January 28, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nwitimes.com/entertainment/music/global-superstar-yanni-s-region-rock-past/article_c346d7b6-a7f4-5d91-a9e8-06b0199a7946.html">"Global superstar Yanni's Region rock past"</a>. The Times of Northwest Indiana. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160511151822/http://www.nwitimes.com/entertainment/music/global-superstar-yanni-s-region-rock-past/article_c346d7b6-a7f4-5d91-a9e8-06b0199a7946.html">Archived</a> from the original on May 11, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times+of+Northwest+Indiana&rft.atitle=Global+superstar+Yanni%27s+Region+rock+past&rft.date=2016-01-28&rft.aulast=Lounges&rft.aufirst=Tom&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nwitimes.com%2Fentertainment%2Fmusic%2Fglobal-superstar-yanni-s-region-rock-past%2Farticle_c346d7b6-a7f4-5d91-a9e8-06b0199a7946.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.opachicago.com/articles/yanni-composer-for-the-ages">"Yanni: Composer for the ages"</a>. www.opachicago.com. OPA Chicago. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240226231037/https://www.opachicago.com/articles/yanni-composer-for-the-ages">Archived</a> from the original on February 26, 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.opachicago.com&rft.atitle=Yanni%3A+Composer+for+the+ages&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.opachicago.com%2Farticles%2Fyanni-composer-for-the-ages&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-LehighMorningCall20120622-39">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LehighMorningCall20120622_39-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LehighMorningCall20120622_39-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LehighMorningCall20120622_39-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LehighMorningCall20120622_39-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LehighMorningCall20120622_39-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LehighMorningCall20120622_39-5">f</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LehighMorningCall20120622_39-6">g</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LehighMorningCall20120622_39-7">h</a> Moser, John L. (interviewer), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blogs.mcall.com/lehighvalleymusic/2012/06/yanni-speaks-world-music-icon-talks-about-influences-the-foibles-of-fame-and-his-future.html">"Yanni speaks: World music icon talks about influences, the foibles of fame, and his future"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120626095407/http://blogs.mcall.com/lehighvalleymusic/2012/06/yanni-speaks-world-music-icon-talks-about-influences-the-foibles-of-fame-and-his-future.html">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/The_Morning_Call" title="The Morning Call">The Morning Call</a>'s "Lehigh Valley Music," June 22, 2012. </li> <li id="cite_note-GreekRUbio-40"><a href="#cite_ref-GreekRUbio_40-0">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.greek.ru/all/music/grmuscat/detail.php?ID=55402">"Yanni (Yanni Hrisomallis) - musician who works in the style of New Age under the pseudonym Yanni"</a>, Greek.ru, June 19, 2010 or earlier (date based on date of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100619052539/http://www.greek.ru/all/music/grmuscat/detail.php?ID=55402">archive.org's archive</a>). </li> <li id="cite_note-EntWeekly19910118-41">^ <a href="#cite_ref-EntWeekly19910118_41-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EntWeekly19910118_41-1">b</a> Sanders, Linda, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070331231228/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,313023,00.html">Selling Passion</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130623234952/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,313023,00.html">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a>, Issue 49, January 18, 1991. </li> <li id="cite_note-People19901126-42"><a href="#cite_ref-People19901126_42-0">^</a> Gliatto, Tom, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20113743,00.html">"From Krystle to Blissful"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141217195840/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20113743,00.html">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/People_(magazine)" title="People (magazine)">People</a>, November 26, 1990. </li> <li id="cite_note-LATimes19950527-43">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes19950527_43-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes19950527_43-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes19950527_43-2">c</a> Heckman, Don, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-05-27-ca-6711-story.html">"No Yanni Come Lately: It Was a Long Trip From Obscure Immigrant to Orchestral Pop Superstar, Though the Learning Continues"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231218071344/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-05-27-ca-6711-story.html">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a>, May 27, 1995. </li> <li id="cite_note-AllmusicAcropolis-44">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AllmusicAcropolis_44-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-AllmusicAcropolis_44-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-AllmusicAcropolis_44-2">c</a> Widran, Jonathan, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-acropolis-mw0000108919">"Yanni / Live at the Acropolis / review"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120712141034/http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-acropolis-mw0000108919">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/Allmusic" class="mw-redirect" title="Allmusic">Allmusic</a>, 1994 or later. </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-45"><a href="#cite_ref-:0_45-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDallafar2001" class="citation book cs1">Dallafar, Arlene (2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/makingitinameric00bark/page/320">Making it in America: A Sourcebook on Eminent Ethnic Americans</a>. Santa Barbara, California: ABC - CLIO. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/makingitinameric00bark/page/320">320</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781576070987" title="Special:BookSources/9781576070987"><bdi>9781576070987</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Making+it+in+America%3A+A+Sourcebook+on+Eminent+Ethnic+Americans&rft.place=Santa+Barbara%2C+California&rft.pages=320&rft.pub=ABC+-+CLIO&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=9781576070987&rft.aulast=Dallafar&rft.aufirst=Arlene&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmakingitinameric00bark%2Fpage%2F320&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-9news20120521-46"><a href="#cite_ref-9news20120521_46-0">^</a> Maher, Jack, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.9news.com/rss/story.aspx?storyid=268796">"Yanni set to perform at Red Rocks in July"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130116083559/http://www.9news.com/rss/story.aspx?storyid=268796">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/KUSA_(TV)" title="KUSA (TV)">KUSA (TV)</a> (9News.com), May 21, 2012. </li> <li id="cite_note-LATimes19970530-47">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes19970530_47-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes19970530_47-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes19970530_47-2">c</a> Chu, Henry, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-05-30-ca-63776-story.html">"Yanni Opens the Door to the Forbidden City"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-05-30-ca-63776-story.html">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a>, May 30, 1997. </li> <li id="cite_note-WashPost_19980130-48"><a href="#cite_ref-WashPost_19980130_48-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJoyce1998" class="citation news cs1">Joyce, Mike (January 30, 1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1998/01/30/the-wide-world-of-yanni/6a6db909-a992-4e06-a5a0-8ae4700d5915/">"The Wide World of Yanni"</a>. The Washington Post. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170914125523/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1998/01/30/the-wide-world-of-yanni/6a6db909-a992-4e06-a5a0-8ae4700d5915/">Archived</a> from the original on September 14, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Post&rft.atitle=The+Wide+World+of+Yanni&rft.date=1998-01-30&rft.aulast=Joyce&rft.aufirst=Mike&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Farchive%2Flifestyle%2F1998%2F01%2F30%2Fthe-wide-world-of-yanni%2F6a6db909-a992-4e06-a5a0-8ae4700d5915%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRyan1998" class="citation web cs1">Ryan, Joal (January 27, 1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.eonline.com/news/35853/soul-mates-yanni-and-linda-evans-uncouple">"Soul Mates Yanni and Linda Evans Uncouple"</a>. Eonline.com. Retrieved August 21, 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Eonline.com&rft.atitle=Soul+Mates+Yanni+and+Linda+Evans+Uncouple&rft.date=1998-01-27&rft.aulast=Ryan&rft.aufirst=Joal&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eonline.com%2Fnews%2F35853%2Fsoul-mates-yanni-and-linda-evans-uncouple&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-BandNinterview2000-50">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BandNinterview2000_50-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-BandNinterview2000_50-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-BandNinterview2000_50-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-BandNinterview2000_50-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-BandNinterview2000_50-4">e</a> Wright, Carol (interviewer), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/interview.asp?CTR=67038">"Greek Mystique: The Enigmatic Yanni Shares the Secrets of His Success"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100618115900/http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/interview.asp?CTR=67038">archive</a>), "Artist Interview" published in Music section of BarnesAndNoble.com, 2000 (exact date not specified). </li> <li id="cite_note-Terra20070404-51">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Terra20070404_51-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Terra20070404_51-1">b</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.terra.com.mx/entretenimiento/articulo/109121/Yanni+presenta+su+ambiciosa+gira.htm">"Yanni presenta su ambiciosa gira" (Yanni introduces an ambitious tour)</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120124084514/http://www.terra.com.mx/entretenimiento/articulo/109121/Yanni+presenta+su+ambiciosa+gira.htm">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/Terra_Networks" class="mw-redirect" title="Terra Networks">Terra Networks</a> Mexico, dated April 4, 2007 (sic; probably was actually 2003). </li> <li id="cite_note-Gleeman20031024-52"><a href="#cite_ref-Gleeman20031024_52-0">^</a> <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Gleeman" title="Aaron Gleeman">Gleeman, Aaron</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://aarongleeman.com/2003_10_19_baseballblog_archive.html">"Diary of a Madman (World Series, Game Five)"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120510040731/http://www.aarongleeman.com/2003_10_19_baseballblog_archive.html">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Gleeman" title="Aaron Gleeman">AaronGleeman</a>.com, October 24/25, 2003. </li> <li id="cite_note-Billboard/Disney20081114-53">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Billboard/Disney20081114_53-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Billboard/Disney20081114_53-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Billboard/Disney20081114_53-2">c</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCohen2008" class="citation news cs1">Cohen, Jonathan (November 14, 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1043496/yanni-brings-voices-to-disney">"Yanni Brings 'Voices' To Disney"</a>. Billboard Magazine (billboard.com). Retrieved November 16, 2008.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Yanni+Brings+%27Voices%27+To+Disney&rft.date=2008-11-14&rft.aulast=Cohen&rft.aufirst=Jonathan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billboard.com%2Farticles%2Fnews%2F1043496%2Fyanni-brings-voices-to-disney&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121105053326/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003891309">archive</a>). Vocalists are <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Pacheco" title="Nathan Pacheco">Nathan Pacheco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chloe_Lowery" title="Chloe Lowery">Chloe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ender_Thomas" title="Ender Thomas">Ender Thomas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Mills" title="Leslie Mills">Leslie Mills</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-UnionRadio20101018-54">^ <a href="#cite_ref-UnionRadio20101018_54-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UnionRadio20101018_54-1">b</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.unionradio.net/actualidadur/nota/visornota.aspx?id=57206&tpCont=1&idSec=6">"Yanni desgrana lo mejor del repertorio popular mexicano" (Yanni reels off the best of Mexican folk repertoire)</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141217200150/http://www.unionradio.net/actualidadur/nota/visornota.aspx?id=57206&tpCont=1&idSec=6">archive</a>), <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuito_Uni%C3%B3n_Radio" class="extiw" title="es:Circuito Unión Radio">Circuito Unión Radio</a> (UnionRadio.net, Venezuela), October 18, 2010. </li> <li id="cite_note-ColumbusDispatch201205-55"><a href="#cite_ref-ColumbusDispatch201205_55-0">^</a> Budzak, Gary, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/arts/2012/05/09/review-yanni.html">"Concert Review | Yanni: Artist, orchestra put on positive show"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120625230716/http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/arts/2012/05/09/review-yanni.html">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/The_Columbus_Dispatch" title="The Columbus Dispatch">The Columbus Dispatch</a>, May 9, 2012. </li> <li id="cite_note-NewAgeMusicWorld20110124-56"><a href="#cite_ref-NewAgeMusicWorld20110124_56-0">^</a> Olsen, John P., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newagemusicworld.com/yanni-truth-of-touch-album-review/">"Yanni Truth Of Touch album review"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120911080130/http://www.newagemusicworld.com/yanni-truth-of-touch-album-review/">archive</a>), New Age Music World, January 24, 2012. </li> <li id="cite_note-AllmusicTruthOfTouch-57">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AllmusicTruthOfTouch_57-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-AllmusicTruthOfTouch_57-1">b</a> Monger, James Christopher, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/truth-of-touch-mw0002086997">"Truth of Touch / review"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120722043843/http://www.allmusic.com/album/truth-of-touch-mw0002086997">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/Allmusic" class="mw-redirect" title="Allmusic">Allmusic</a>, circa 2011. </li> <li id="cite_note-KPBS20120604-58">^ <a href="#cite_ref-KPBS20120604_58-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-KPBS20120604_58-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-KPBS20120604_58-2">c</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kpbs.org/news/2012/mar/01/yanni-live-el-morro/">"Yanni: Live At El Morro"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150402170849/http://www.kpbs.org/news/2012/mar/01/yanni-live-el-morro/">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/KPBS_(TV)" title="KPBS (TV)">KPBS</a>, June 4, 2012. </li> <li id="cite_note-WantChinaTimes20130201-59">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WantChinaTimes20130201_59-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-WantChinaTimes20130201_59-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-WantChinaTimes20130201_59-2">c</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20130201000004&cid=1104">"Celine Dion to sing Mo Li Hua for CCTV New Year's Gala"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141217194344/http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20130201000004&cid=1104">archive</a>), WantChinaTimes branch of <a href="/wiki/China_Times" title="China Times">China Times</a> (Taiwan), February 1, 2013. </li> <li id="cite_note-ChinaDaily20130208-60">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ChinaDaily20130208_60-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ChinaDaily20130208_60-1">b</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/language_tips/news/2013-02/08/content_16213135.htm">"CCTV Spring Festival Evening program guide (bilingual)"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130209143446/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/language_tips/news/2013-02/08/content_16213135.htm">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/China_Daily" title="China Daily">China Daily</a>, February 8, 2013. </li> <li id="cite_note-CNTV20130209-61">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CNTV20130209_61-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-CNTV20130209_61-1">b</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://english.cntv.cn/program/cultureexpress/20130208/101781.shtml">"CCTV Gala line-up unveiled"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130210113630/http://english.cntv.cn/program/cultureexpress/20130208/101781.shtml">archive</a>), English-language part of <a href="/wiki/China_Network_Television" title="China Network Television">China Network Television</a>, February 9, 2013. </li> <li id="cite_note-CorreioBrazil20100923-62">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CorreioBrazil20100923_62-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-CorreioBrazil20100923_62-1">b</a> Craveiro, Rodrigo, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/app/noticia182/2010/09/23/diversaoearte,i=214327/EM+SHOW+EM+SAO+PAULO+PIANISTA+YANNI+FEZ+PASSEIO+POR+SUCESSOS+DA+CARREIRA.shtml">"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)</a>, Correio Braziliense, published September 23, 2010 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100926025318/http://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/app/noticia182/2010/09/23/diversaoearte,i=214327/EM+SHOW+EM+SAO+PAULO+PIANISTA+YANNI+FEZ+PASSEIO+POR+SUCESSOS+DA+CARREIRA.shtml">archive</a>), mentions vocalists <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Lavie" title="Lisa Lavie">Lisa Lavie</a> and Ann McCormack (distinct from the <a href="/wiki/Yanni_Voices" title="Yanni Voices">Yanni Voices</a> vocalists). ● See also archives of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101007190927/http://www.yanni.com/artists">Artists page</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100914082620/http://www.yanni.com/tour">Tour Schedule</a>. Vocalists <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Lavie" title="Lisa Lavie">Lisa Lavie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lauren_Jelencovich" title="Lauren Jelencovich">Lauren Jelencovich</a> performed in the Puerto Rico show and subsequent tours of Mexico, Canada, the U.S., Eastern Europe and Asia. </li> <li id="cite_note-AllmusicInspirato-63">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AllmusicInspirato_63-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-AllmusicInspirato_63-1">b</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/inspirato-mw0002640678">"Inspirato"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151006233609/http://www.allmusic.com/album/inspirato-mw0002640678">archive</a>), Allmusic album description page cites the "international" release date of March 24, 2014. </li> <li id="cite_note-InverseAlBawaba20151103-64"><a href="#cite_ref-InverseAlBawaba20151103_64-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPatel2015" class="citation web cs1">Patel, Neel V. (November 3, 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.inverse.com/article/7711-message-from-outer-space-interrupts-yanni-s-concert-at-the-pyramids">"Message From Outer Space Interrupts Yanni's Concert at the Pyramids"</a>. Inverse. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.webcitation.org/6cn5J254m?url=https://www.inverse.com/article/7711-message-from-outer-space-interrupts-yanni-s-concert-at-the-pyramids">Archived</a> from the original on November 4, 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Message+From+Outer+Space+Interrupts+Yanni%27s+Concert+at+the+Pyramids&rft.pub=Inverse&rft.date=2015-11-03&rft.aulast=Patel&rft.aufirst=Neel+V.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.inverse.com%2Farticle%2F7711-message-from-outer-space-interrupts-yanni-s-concert-at-the-pyramids&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> • <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMuscara2015" class="citation web cs1">Muscara, Aprille (November 3, 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.albawaba.com/entertainment/message-yannis-friend-space-763396">"A message from Yanni's friend from Space!"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Al_Bawaba" title="Al Bawaba">Al Bawaba</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.webcitation.org/6cn7UDyI4?url=http://www.albawaba.com/entertainment/message-yannis-friend-space-763396">Archived</a> from the original on November 4, 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Al+Bawaba&rft.atitle=A+message+from+Yanni%27s+friend+from+Space%21&rft.date=2015-11-03&rft.aulast=Muscara&rft.aufirst=Aprille&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.albawaba.com%2Fentertainment%2Fmessage-yannis-friend-space-763396&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-BroadwayWorld20151105-65"><a href="#cite_ref-BroadwayWorld20151105_65-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMusic_News_Desk2015" class="citation web cs1">Music News Desk (November 5, 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Yanni-Performs-Historic-Concert-at-the-Great-Pyramids-in-Egypt-20151105">"Yanni Performs Historic Concert at the Great Pyramids in Egypt"</a>. Broadway World. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151107040737/http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Yanni-Performs-Historic-Concert-at-the-Great-Pyramids-in-Egypt-20151105">Archived</a> from the original on November 7, 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Broadway+World&rft.atitle=Yanni+Performs+Historic+Concert+at+the+Great+Pyramids+in+Egypt&rft.date=2015-11-05&rft.au=Music+News+Desk&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.broadwayworld.com%2Fbwwmusic%2Farticle%2FYanni-Performs-Historic-Concert-at-the-Great-Pyramids-in-Egypt-20151105&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-WSJ20151227-66"><a href="#cite_ref-WSJ20151227_66-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wsj.com/video/nasa-video-celebrates-space-station-anniversary/15FD3DC9-8CD7-4348-92C3-89646D213132.html">"NASA Video Celebrates Space Station Anniversary"</a>. The Wall Street Journal. December 27, 2015. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151227233852/http://www.wsj.com/video/nasa-video-celebrates-space-station-anniversary/15FD3DC9-8CD7-4348-92C3-89646D213132.html">Archived</a> from the original on December 27, 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Wall+Street+Journal&rft.atitle=NASA+Video+Celebrates+Space+Station+Anniversary&rft.date=2015-12-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Fvideo%2Fnasa-video-celebrates-space-station-anniversary%2F15FD3DC9-8CD7-4348-92C3-89646D213132.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-MornCall20160708-67"><a href="#cite_ref-MornCall20160708_67-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSculley2016" class="citation web cs1">Sculley, Alan (July 8, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/music/mc-yanni-sands-bethlehem-event-center-20160707-story.html">"Yanni, playing at Sands, re-embraces electronic instrumentation"</a>. mcall.com. The Morning Call. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160708132225/http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/music/mc-yanni-sands-bethlehem-event-center-20160707-story.html">Archived</a> from the original on July 8, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=mcall.com&rft.atitle=Yanni%2C+playing+at+Sands%2C+re-embraces+electronic+instrumentation&rft.date=2016-07-08&rft.aulast=Sculley&rft.aufirst=Alan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcall.com%2Fentertainment%2Fmusic%2Fmc-yanni-sands-bethlehem-event-center-20160707-story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-TheNationalAE20190226-68">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TheNationalAE20190226_68-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-TheNationalAE20190226_68-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-TheNationalAE20190226_68-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-TheNationalAE20190226_68-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-TheNationalAE20190226_68-4">e</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSaeed2019" class="citation news cs1">Saeed, Saeed (February 26, 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/music/yanni-tolerance-is-not-a-luxury-it-is-a-necessity-1.830634">"Yanni: 'Tolerance is not a luxury, it is a necessity'"</a>. The National. United Arab Emirates. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190227024201/https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/music/yanni-tolerance-is-not-a-luxury-it-is-a-necessity-1.830634">Archived</a> from the original on February 27, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+National&rft.atitle=Yanni%3A+%27Tolerance+is+not+a+luxury%2C+it+is+a+necessity%27&rft.date=2019-02-26&rft.aulast=Saeed&rft.aufirst=Saeed&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.ae%2Farts-culture%2Fmusic%2Fyanni-tolerance-is-not-a-luxury-it-is-a-necessity-1.830634&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-ArabNews_20190209-69">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ArabNews_20190209_69-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ArabNews_20190209_69-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTashkandi2019" class="citation news cs1">Tashkandi, Hala (February 9, 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.arabnews.com/node/1449261/saudi-arabia">"Yanni wows Al-Ula, 'the place where dreams begin'"</a>. Arab News. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190228181424/http://www.arabnews.com/node/1449261/saudi-arabia">Archived</a> from the original on February 28, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Arab+News&rft.atitle=Yanni+wows+Al-Ula%2C+%27the+place+where+dreams+begin%27&rft.date=2019-02-09&rft.aulast=Tashkandi&rft.aufirst=Hala&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F1449261%2Fsaudi-arabia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-NeosKosmos_20190904-70"><a href="#cite_ref-NeosKosmos_20190904_70-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://neoskosmos.com/en/145306/legendary-musician-yanni-releases-new-song-ladyhawk/">"Legendary musician Yanni releases new song inspired by his daughter"</a>. Neos Kosmos. Greece. September 4, 2019. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190909005654/https://neoskosmos.com/en/145306/legendary-musician-yanni-releases-new-song-ladyhawk/">Archived</a> from the original on September 9, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Neos+Kosmos&rft.atitle=Legendary+musician+Yanni+releases+new+song+inspired+by+his+daughter&rft.date=2019-09-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fneoskosmos.com%2Fen%2F145306%2Flegendary-musician-yanni-releases-new-song-ladyhawk%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-ArabNews20171209-71"><a href="#cite_ref-ArabNews20171209_71-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.arabnews.com/node/1206086/offbeat">"Yanni: 'Saudis will help country take its rightful place in the world'"</a>. Arab News. December 9, 2017. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171209072218/http://www.arabnews.com/node/1206086/offbeat">Archived</a> from the original on December 9, 2017. <q> ... concerts in Jeddah, Riyadh and Dhahran.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Arab+News&rft.atitle=Yanni%3A+%27Saudis+will+help+country+take+its+rightful+place+in+the+world%27&rft.date=2017-12-09&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F1206086%2Foffbeat&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-PurestForm_20201015-72"><a href="#cite_ref-PurestForm_20201015_72-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFasmer2020" class="citation web cs1">Fasmer, BT (October 15, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newagemusic.guide/new-releases/yanni-in-his-purest-form-the-album/">"Yanni – In His Purest Form – The Album"</a>. NewAgeMusic.guide. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210121135721/https://newagemusic.guide/new-releases/yanni-in-his-purest-form-the-album/">Archived</a> from the original on January 21, 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NewAgeMusic.guide&rft.atitle=Yanni+%E2%80%93+In+His+Purest+Form+%E2%80%93+The+Album&rft.date=2020-10-15&rft.aulast=Fasmer&rft.aufirst=BT&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewagemusic.guide%2Fnew-releases%2Fyanni-in-his-purest-form-the-album%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Vice_20211223-73"><a href="#cite_ref-Vice_20211223_73-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCole2021" class="citation magazine cs1">Cole, Samantha (November 22, 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7nbmw/fantazomai-yanni-nft-collection">"'Fantázomai!' Yanni Announces NFT Collection"</a>. Vice. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211123084532/https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7nbmw/fantazomai-yanni-nft-collection">Archived</a> from the original on November 23, 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Vice&rft.atitle=%27Fant%C3%A1zomai%21%27+Yanni+Announces+NFT+Collection&rft.date=2021-11-22&rft.aulast=Cole&rft.aufirst=Samantha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vice.com%2Fen%2Farticle%2Fn7nbmw%2Ffantazomai-yanni-nft-collection&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-LATimes19881202-74">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes19881202_74-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes19881202_74-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-LATimes19881202_74-2">c</a> Wager, Greg, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-02-ca-1140-story.html">"Artists Bring a Variety of Styles to New-Age Music"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-02-ca-1140-story.html">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a>, December 2, 1988. </li> <li id="cite_note-mLive20120508-75">^ <a href="#cite_ref-mLive20120508_75-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-mLive20120508_75-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-mLive20120508_75-2">c</a> Kaczmarczyk, Jeffrey, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2012/05/yanni_leaves_devos_performance.html">"Yanni leaves DeVos Performance Hall audience hungry for more in Monday's appearance in Grand Rapids"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150518072240/http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2012/05/yanni_leaves_devos_performance.html">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/Booth_Newspapers" class="mw-redirect" title="Booth Newspapers">Booth Newspapers</a> (Grand Rapids, Michigan) (mLive.com), May 8, 2012. </li> <li id="cite_note-ArizonaRepublic20110711-76"><a href="#cite_ref-ArizonaRepublic20110711_76-0">^</a> Downey, Kevin, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/2012/07/10/20120710yanni-interview-touch-phoenix.html">"Yanni talks 'Touch' and returning to instrumental music"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130117233142/http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/2012/07/10/20120710yanni-interview-touch-phoenix.html">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/The_Arizona_Republic" title="The Arizona Republic">The Arizona Republic</a>, July 11, 2012. </li> <li id="cite_note-LATimes19940227-77"><a href="#cite_ref-LATimes19940227_77-0">^</a> Heckman, Don, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-02-27-ca-27722-story.html">"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"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-02-27-ca-27722-story.html">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a>, February 27, 1994. </li> <li id="cite_note-Musicilluminati20120716-78"><a href="#cite_ref-Musicilluminati20120716_78-0">^</a> Moehlis, Jeff, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://music-illuminati.com/interview-yanni/">"Interview: Yanni"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130325130522/http://music-illuminati.com/interview-yanni/">archive</a>), interview referenced in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120728042535/http://www.noozhawk.com/article/072412_jeff_moehlis_yanni_under_the_stars">Santa Barbara Noozhawk</a> July 24, 2012 after being posted in Music-Illuminati July 16, 2012. </li> <li id="cite_note-HartfordCourant19950625-79">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HartfordCourant19950625_79-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-HartfordCourant19950625_79-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-HartfordCourant19950625_79-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-HartfordCourant19950625_79-3">d</a> Metcalf, Steve, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141001000444/http://articles.courant.com/1995-06-25/entertainment/9506230039_1_yanni-ever-changing-essence-keyboard-stylings">"As An Aid To Understanding, We Deconstruct / Yanni"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141217200411/http://articles.courant.com/1995-06-25/entertainment/9506230039_1_yanni-ever-changing-essence-keyboard-stylings">archive p. 1</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141217214610/http://articles.courant.com/1995-06-25/entertainment/9506230039_1_yanni-ever-changing-essence-keyboard-stylings/2">archive p.2</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hartford_Courant" title="Hartford Courant">Hartford Courant</a>, June 25, 1995. </li> <li id="cite_note-National20160926-80"><a href="#cite_ref-National20160926_80-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGarratt2016" class="citation web cs1">Garratt, Rob (September 25, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thenational.ae/arts-life/music/greek-superstar-yanni-my-music-is-not-just-for-entertainment--it-goes-beyond-that#full">"Greek superstar Yanni: 'My music is not just for entertainment – it goes beyond that'"</a>. United Arab Emirates: The National. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160926032033/http://www.thenational.ae/arts-life/music/greek-superstar-yanni-my-music-is-not-just-for-entertainment--it-goes-beyond-that#full">Archived</a> from the original on September 26, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Greek+superstar+Yanni%3A+%27My+music+is+not+just+for+entertainment+%E2%80%93+it+goes+beyond+that%27&rft.place=United+Arab+Emirates&rft.pub=The+National&rft.date=2016-09-25&rft.aulast=Garratt&rft.aufirst=Rob&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.ae%2Farts-life%2Fmusic%2Fgreek-superstar-yanni-my-music-is-not-just-for-entertainment--it-goes-beyond-that%23full&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-PalmBeachPulse20120418-81">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PalmBeachPulse20120418_81-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-PalmBeachPulse20120418_81-1">b</a> Grapek, Howie, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130131045904/http://www.pbpulse.com/news/entertainment/music/yanni-makes-classic-rock-fan-appreciate-new-age-st/nN6rj/">"Yanni makes classic rock fan appreciate new-age style"</a> (link updated July 24, 2012), (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120427201738/http://www.pbpulse.com/music/2012/04/18/yanni-makes-classic-rock-fan-appreciate-new-age-style/">archive of original link</a>), "The Palm Beach Pulse" (PBPulse) section of <a href="/wiki/The_Palm_Beach_Post" title="The Palm Beach Post">The Palm Beach Post</a>, April 18, 2012. </li> <li id="cite_note-AlBawaba20151029-82"><a href="#cite_ref-AlBawaba20151029_82-0">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.albawaba.com/entertainment/thisisyanni-greek-superstar-talks-music-cairo-conference-761108">"Greek superstar talks music at Cairo conference"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151102053621/http://www.albawaba.com/entertainment/thisisyanni-greek-superstar-talks-music-cairo-conference-761108">archive</a>), Al Bawaba, Al-Ahram Publishing House, October 29, 2015. </li> <li id="cite_note-MasterClass20160729-83"><a href="#cite_ref-MasterClass20160729_83-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWrSnMCk72U">"Yanni: Master Class - Keyboard techniques and sound design"</a>. Yanni "Master Class" series. July 29, 2016. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161006194519/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWrSnMCk72U">Archived</a> from the original on October 6, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Yanni%3A+Master+Class+-+Keyboard+techniques+and+sound+design&rft.pub=Yanni+%22Master+Class%22+series&rft.date=2016-07-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DCWrSnMCk72U&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-QuadCityTimes20120503-84"><a href="#cite_ref-QuadCityTimes20120503_84-0">^</a> Burke, David, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://qctimes.com/entertainment/music/yanni-brings-world-of-experience-to-concert/article_44f430be-93de-11e1-84a6-0019bb2963f4.html">"Yanni brings world of experience to concert"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170801121013/http://qctimes.com/entertainment/music/yanni-brings-world-of-experience-to-concert/article_44f430be-93de-11e1-84a6-0019bb2963f4.html">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/Quad-City_Times" title="Quad-City Times">Quad-City Times</a>, May 3, 2012. </li> <li id="cite_note-Harman20160731-85"><a href="#cite_ref-Harman20160731_85-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMuhlfriedel2016" class="citation web cs1">Muhlfriedel, Marina (July 31, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pro.harman.com/insights/entertainment/touring/the-magic-of-concert-lighting-with-bud-horowitz-lighting-designer-for-yanni/">"The Magic of Concert Lighting with Bud Horowitz, Lighting Designer for Yanni"</a>. Harman (interviewing). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160804020231/http://pro.harman.com/insights/entertainment/touring/the-magic-of-concert-lighting-with-bud-horowitz-lighting-designer-for-yanni/">Archived</a> from the original on August 4, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Magic+of+Concert+Lighting+with+Bud+Horowitz%2C+Lighting+Designer+for+Yanni&rft.pub=Harman+%28interviewing%29&rft.date=2016-07-31&rft.aulast=Muhlfriedel&rft.aufirst=Marina&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fpro.harman.com%2Finsights%2Fentertainment%2Ftouring%2Fthe-magic-of-concert-lighting-with-bud-horowitz-lighting-designer-for-yanni%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-ProjectionLightsStaging201302-86">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ProjectionLightsStaging201302_86-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-ProjectionLightsStaging201302_86-1">b</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.plsn.com/current-issue/112-on-the-road/10607-bud-horowitz-production-designerld-for-yanni.html">"On the Road | Bud Horowitz, Production Designer/LD for Yanni"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130219005846/http://www.plsn.com/current-issue/112-on-the-road/10607-bud-horowitz-production-designerld-for-yanni.html">archive</a>), Projection, Lights and Staging News (PLSN), February 2013 issue. </li> <li id="cite_note-BroadwayWorld20170207-87">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BroadwayWorld20170207_87-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-BroadwayWorld20170207_87-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBWW_News_Desk2017" class="citation web cs1">BWW News Desk (February 7, 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/central-pa/article/State-Theatre-presents-An-Evening-In-Conversation-With-Yanni-and-his-Piano-20170207">"State Theatre presents An Evening In Conversation With Yanni and his Piano"</a>. Broadway World. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170208021514/http://www.broadwayworld.com/central-pa/article/State-Theatre-presents-An-Evening-In-Conversation-With-Yanni-and-his-Piano-20170207">Archived</a> from the original on February 8, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Broadway+World&rft.atitle=State+Theatre+presents+An+Evening+In+Conversation+With+Yanni+and+his+Piano&rft.date=2017-02-07&rft.au=BWW+News+Desk&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.broadwayworld.com%2Fcentral-pa%2Farticle%2FState-Theatre-presents-An-Evening-In-Conversation-With-Yanni-and-his-Piano-20170207&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-patch20171030-88">^ <a href="#cite_ref-patch20171030_88-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-patch20171030_88-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFerak2017" class="citation web cs1">Ferak, John (October 30, 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/yannis-sold-out-rialto-concert-considered-rousing-success">"Yanni's Sold Out Rialto Concert Considered Rousing Success"</a>. Patch Media. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171031225757/https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/yannis-sold-out-rialto-concert-considered-rousing-success">Archived</a> from the original on October 31, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Yanni%27s+Sold+Out+Rialto+Concert+Considered+Rousing+Success&rft.pub=Patch+Media&rft.date=2017-10-30&rft.aulast=Ferak&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpatch.com%2Fillinois%2Fjoliet%2Fyannis-sold-out-rialto-concert-considered-rousing-success&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-89"><a href="#cite_ref-89">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/pure-yanni-in-residence-on-broadway">"Pure Yanni in Residence on Broadway / Lunt-Fontanne Theatre"</a>. newyorktheatreguide.com. New York Theater Guide. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190713170008/https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/pure-yanni-in-residence-on-broadway">Archived</a> from the original on July 13, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=newyorktheatreguide.com&rft.atitle=Pure+Yanni+in+Residence+on+Broadway+%2F+Lunt-Fontanne+Theatre&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorktheatreguide.com%2Fshow%2Fpure-yanni-in-residence-on-broadway&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Billboard_20190718-90"><a href="#cite_ref-Billboard_20190718_90-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRutherford2019" class="citation magazine cs1">Rutherford, Kevin (July 18, 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8520527/yanni-rules-top-facebook-live-videos-chart-second-straight-month">"Yanni Rules Top Facebook Live Videos Chart for Second Straight Month"</a>. Billboard. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190721020039/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8520527/yanni-rules-top-facebook-live-videos-chart-second-straight-month">Archived</a> from the original on July 21, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=Yanni+Rules+Top+Facebook+Live+Videos+Chart+for+Second+Straight+Month&rft.date=2019-07-18&rft.aulast=Rutherford&rft.aufirst=Kevin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.billboard.com%2Farticles%2Fcolumns%2Fchart-beat%2F8520527%2Fyanni-rules-top-facebook-live-videos-chart-second-straight-month&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Billboard_20191120-91"><a href="#cite_ref-Billboard_20191120_91-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRutherford2019" class="citation magazine cs1">Rutherford, Kevin (November 20, 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8544339/yanni-leads-top-facebook-live-videos-chart-october-2019">"Yanni Leads Top Facebook Live Videos Chart for Third Time"</a>. Billboard. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191127054523/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8544339/yanni-leads-top-facebook-live-videos-chart-october-2019">Archived</a> from the original on November 27, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=Yanni+Leads+Top+Facebook+Live+Videos+Chart+for+Third+Time&rft.date=2019-11-20&rft.aulast=Rutherford&rft.aufirst=Kevin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.billboard.com%2Farticles%2Fbusiness%2Fchart-beat%2F8544339%2Fyanni-leads-top-facebook-live-videos-chart-october-2019&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Billboard_20200117-92"><a href="#cite_ref-Billboard_20200117_92-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRutherford2020" class="citation magazine cs1">Rutherford, Kevin (January 17, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8548373/yanni-soundcheck-top-facebook-live-videos">"Yanni's Soundcheck Clips Take Top Three of Top Facebook Live Videos Chart"</a>. Billboard. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200121210132/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8548373/yanni-soundcheck-top-facebook-live-videos">Archived</a> from the original on January 21, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=Yanni%27s+Soundcheck+Clips+Take+Top+Three+of+Top+Facebook+Live+Videos+Chart&rft.date=2020-01-17&rft.aulast=Rutherford&rft.aufirst=Kevin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.billboard.com%2Farticles%2Fbusiness%2Fchart-beat%2F8548373%2Fyanni-soundcheck-top-facebook-live-videos&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Billboard_20200320-93"><a href="#cite_ref-Billboard_20200320_93-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRutherford2020" class="citation magazine cs1">Rutherford, Kevin (March 20, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9339558/yanni-top-facebook-live-videos-chart-fifth-time">"Yanni Rules Top Facebook Live Videos Chart for Fifth Time"</a>. Billboard. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200423022038/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9339558/yanni-top-facebook-live-videos-chart-fifth-time">Archived</a> from the original on April 23, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=Yanni+Rules+Top+Facebook+Live+Videos+Chart+for+Fifth+Time&rft.date=2020-03-20&rft.aulast=Rutherford&rft.aufirst=Kevin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.billboard.com%2Farticles%2Fbusiness%2Fchart-beat%2F9339558%2Fyanni-top-facebook-live-videos-chart-fifth-time&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-NewAgeMusic20120229-94">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NewAgeMusic20120229_94-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-NewAgeMusic20120229_94-1">b</a> Olsen, John P., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newagemusicworld.com/yanni-concert-live-on-pbs/">"Yanni Concert – Live on PBS"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121001023544/http://www.newagemusicworld.com/yanni-concert-live-on-pbs/">archive</a>), New Age Music World, February 29, 2012. </li> <li id="cite_note-CosmoIndonesia_20190707_JakartaPost_20190711-95"><a href="#cite_ref-CosmoIndonesia_20190707_JakartaPost_20190711_95-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAprilia2019" class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Aprilia, Kissy (July 7, 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cosmopolitan.co.id/article/read/7/2019/16185/momen-magis-di-acara-musik-prambanan-jazz-festival-2019">"Momen Magis di Acara Musik Prambanan Jazz Festival 2019 (Magical Moments at the 2019 Prambanan Jazz Festival Music Show)"</a>. Cosmopolitan (in Indonesian). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190710012519/https://www.cosmopolitan.co.id/article/read/7/2019/16185/momen-magis-di-acara-musik-prambanan-jazz-festival-2019">Archived</a> from the original on July 10, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Cosmopolitan&rft.atitle=Momen+Magis+di+Acara+Musik+Prambanan+Jazz+Festival+2019+%28Magical+Moments+at+the+2019+Prambanan+Jazz+Festival+Music+Show%29&rft.date=2019-07-07&rft.aulast=Aprilia&rft.aufirst=Kissy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cosmopolitan.co.id%2Farticle%2Fread%2F7%2F2019%2F16185%2Fmomen-magis-di-acara-musik-prambanan-jazz-festival-2019&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> Performance at <a href="/wiki/Prambanan" title="Prambanan">Prambanan</a> temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ● <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSudiarno2019" class="citation news cs1">Sudiarno, Tarko (July 11, 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thejakartapost.com/multimedia/2019/07/11/2019-prambanan-jazz-festival-showcases-entrancing-combination-of-the-modern-and-the-traditional.html">"2019 Prambanan Jazz Festival showcases entrancing combination of the modern and the traditional"</a>. The Jakarta Post. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190712132526/https://www.thejakartapost.com/multimedia/2019/07/11/2019-prambanan-jazz-festival-showcases-entrancing-combination-of-the-modern-and-the-traditional.html">Archived</a> from the original on July 12, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Jakarta+Post&rft.atitle=2019+Prambanan+Jazz+Festival+showcases+entrancing+combination+of+the+modern+and+the+traditional&rft.date=2019-07-11&rft.aulast=Sudiarno&rft.aufirst=Tarko&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thejakartapost.com%2Fmultimedia%2F2019%2F07%2F11%2F2019-prambanan-jazz-festival-showcases-entrancing-combination-of-the-modern-and-the-traditional.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Golfweek_20190625-96"><a href="#cite_ref-Golfweek_20190625_96-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThe_Forecaddie2019" class="citation news cs1">The Forecaddie (June 25, 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://golfweek.com/2019/06/25/british-open-bagpipes-out-irish-flute-in-nbc-portrush/">"Forecaddie: Bagpipes out, Irish flute in for NBC's Portrush coverage"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Golfweek" title="Golfweek">Golfweek</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190626052202/https://golfweek.com/2019/06/25/british-open-bagpipes-out-irish-flute-in-nbc-portrush/">Archived</a> from the original on June 26, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Golfweek&rft.atitle=Forecaddie%3A+Bagpipes+out%2C+Irish+flute+in+for+NBC%27s+Portrush+coverage&rft.date=2019-06-25&rft.au=The+Forecaddie&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgolfweek.com%2F2019%2F06%2F25%2Fbritish-open-bagpipes-out-irish-flute-in-nbc-portrush%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> Composition: "In Celebration of Man". </li> <li id="cite_note-CBSsports_20200917-97"><a href="#cite_ref-CBSsports_20200917_97-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSilverstein2020" class="citation news cs1">Silverstein, Adam (September 17, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/2020-u-s-open-tv-schedule-coverage-live-stream-watch-online-channel-golf-streaming-times/">"2020 U.S. Open TV schedule, coverage, live stream, watch online, channel, golf streaming times"</a>. CBS Sports. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917150228/https://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/2020-u-s-open-tv-schedule-coverage-live-stream-watch-online-channel-golf-streaming-times/">Archived</a> from the original on September 17, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=CBS+Sports&rft.atitle=2020+U.S.+Open+TV+schedule%2C+coverage%2C+live+stream%2C+watch+online%2C+channel%2C+golf+streaming+times&rft.date=2020-09-17&rft.aulast=Silverstein&rft.aufirst=Adam&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbssports.com%2Fgolf%2Fnews%2F2020-u-s-open-tv-schedule-coverage-live-stream-watch-online-channel-golf-streaming-times%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-EpilepsyOrgMozartEffect-98">^ <a href="#cite_ref-EpilepsyOrgMozartEffect_98-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EpilepsyOrgMozartEffect_98-1">b</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.epilepsy.org.uk/info/treatment/mozart-effect">"The Mozart effect"</a> (live link is outdated, but <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120717054813/http://www.epilepsy.org.uk/info/treatment/mozart-effect">archive of 2012-07-06 contains specific reference to this song</a>), Epilepsy Action (epilepsy.org.uk), date unspecified, after its citation to April 2001 <a href="/wiki/Journal_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Medicine" title="Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine">Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine</a> article, but before September 2010 "update" date. Archive in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110508062704/http://www.epilepsy.org.uk/info/treatment/mozart-effect">the Wayback Machine</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-reuters20111012-99">^ <a href="#cite_ref-reuters20111012_99-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-reuters20111012_99-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-reuters20111012_99-2">c</a> Davidson, Mike (reporting), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120505075209/http://in.reuters.com/video/2011/10/12/greek-musician-yanni-adopts-panda?videoId=222472340">"Greek musician Yanni adopts panda."</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120505075209/http://in.reuters.com/video/2011/10/12/greek-musician-yanni-adopts-panda?videoId=222472340">archive</a> – video on left; click on "(Transcript)" on right), <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a>, October 12, 2011. </li> <li id="cite_note-skynews20111012-100">^ <a href="#cite_ref-skynews20111012_100-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-skynews20111012_100-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-skynews20111012_100-2">c</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.skynews.com.au/showbiz/article.aspx?id=672190">"Greek musician Yanni adopts panda"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120616205442/http://www.skynews.com.au/showbiz/article.aspx?id=672190">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/Sky_News_Australia" title="Sky News Australia">Sky News Australia</a>, October 12, 2011. </li> <li id="cite_note-BillboardTopNewAgeArtist-101">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BillboardTopNewAgeArtist_101-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-BillboardTopNewAgeArtist_101-1">b</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/top-new-age-artists">"Best of 2012 / New Age Album Artists"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard (magazine)</a>. To see previous years' listings, manually change the 4-digit year in the <a href="/wiki/URL" title="URL">URL</a> to the desired year (Billboard archives go back to 2006 only). • (Archives for <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200423023633/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/new-age-albums-artists">2019</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018172221/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/new-age-albums-artists">2018</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180413215753/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/new-age-albums-artists">2017</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180413224054/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2016/new-age-albums-artists">2016</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160406003353/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/new-age-albums-artists">2015</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141227121716/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/new-age-albums-artists">2014</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140727044616/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2013/top-new-age-artists">2013</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130525132717/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/top-new-age-artists">2012</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131101144535/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/top-new-age-artists">2011</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150101184824/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/top-new-age-artists">2010</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150612203524/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2009/top-new-age-artists">2009</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150705181153/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/top-new-age-artists">2008</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150914052118/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/top-new-age-artists">2007</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160406002124/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-new-age-artists">2006</a>) </li> <li id="cite_note-EmmyLighting1994-102"><a href="#cite_ref-EmmyLighting1994_102-0">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.emmys.com/shows/yanni-live-acropolis">"Yanni: Live At The Acropolis / PBS / Awards & Nominations"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140407223714/http://www.emmys.com/shows/yanni-live-acropolis">archive</a>), Emmys.com, 1994. </li> <li id="cite_note-EmmyLighting1998-103">^ <a href="#cite_ref-EmmyLighting1998_103-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EmmyLighting1998_103-1">b</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.emmys.com/shows/yanni-tribute">"Yanni: Tribute / PBS / Awards & Nominations"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140327235705/http://www.emmys.com/shows/yanni-tribute">archive</a>), Emmys.com, 1998. </li> <li id="cite_note-StPaulPioneer20040508-104"><a href="#cite_ref-StPaulPioneer20040508_104-0">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PD&s_site=twincities&p_multi=SP&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=102777072384E7DE&p_field_direct-0=document_id">"Time to Commence Fewer Rich and Famous Speakers Grace Graduation Ceremonies, but the Smiles of Newly Minted Alumni Shine as Brightly as Ever"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121022907/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PD&s_site=twincities&p_multi=SP&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=102777072384E7DE&p_field_direct-0=document_id">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/St._Paul_Pioneer_Press" title="St. Paul Pioneer Press">St. Paul Pioneer Press</a>, May 8, 2004. </li> <li id="cite_note-EntFocus20131119-105">^ <a href="#cite_ref-EntFocus20131119_105-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-EntFocus20131119_105-1">b</a> Ellwood, Pip, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.entertainment-focus.com/music-section/music-news/yanni-to-play-first-uk-date-in-19-years/">"Yanni to play first UK date in 19 years"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131123142101/http://www.entertainment-focus.com/music-section/music-news/yanni-to-play-first-uk-date-in-19-years/">archive</a>), Entertainment Focus Music News, November 19, 2013. </li> <li id="cite_note-WWFAdoptaPanda-106"><a href="#cite_ref-WWFAdoptaPanda_106-0">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://gifts.worldwildlife.org/gift-center/gifts/Species-Adoptions/Yanni-Panda.aspx">"Adopt a WWF & Yanni “Santorini” Panda"</a> in the "Gift Center" of the <a href="/wiki/World_Wide_Fund_for_Nature" title="World Wide Fund for Nature">World Wide Fund for Nature (World Wildlife Fund) (WWF)</a> website. Accessed January 22, 2014. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120412230756/http://www.worldwildlife.org/gift-center/gifts/Promotional-Items/Yanni-Panda.aspx">archive of 2012-04-09</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-PRI20160202-107"><a href="#cite_ref-PRI20160202_107-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWerman2016" class="citation web cs1">Werman, Marco (February 2, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-02-02/yanni-solution-global-stress">"Yanni  – a solution to global stress?"</a>. Public Radio International (PRI). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160204082806/http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-02-02/yanni-solution-global-stress">Archived</a> from the original on February 4, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Yanni+%26ndash%3B%26%2332%3B+a+solution+to+global+stress%3F&rft.pub=Public+Radio+International+%28PRI%29&rft.date=2016-02-02&rft.aulast=Werman&rft.aufirst=Marco&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pri.org%2Fstories%2F2016-02-02%2Fyanni-solution-global-stress&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYanni" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-NYTimesBestSeller20030302-108"><a href="#cite_ref-NYTimesBestSeller20030302_108-0">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/02/books/best-sellers-march-2-2003.html?pagewanted=all">"Best Sellers: March 2, 2003 / Nonfiction"</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160217061252/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/02/books/best-sellers-march-2-2003.html?pagewanted=all">archive</a>), <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>, March 2, 2003. </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yanni&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Bibliography">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Yanni with David Rensin, Yanni in Words, Miramax Books / Hyperion, New York, 2003.</li> <li>Winters, Kelly, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Yanni.aspx">Yanni biography (2004)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cengage_Learning" class="mw-redirect" title="Cengage Learning">Cengage Learning</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Gale_(publisher)" title="Gale (publisher)">Gale Publishing</a>. 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Dreams (Yanni album)">Forbidden Dreams: Encore Collection, Volume 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Love_Songs_(Yanni_album)" title="Love Songs (Yanni album)">Love Songs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Songs_from_the_Heart_(Yanni_album)" title="Songs from the Heart (Yanni album)">Songs From the Heart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Someday_(Yanni_album)" title="Someday (Yanni album)">Someday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winter_Light_(Yanni_album)" title="Winter Light (Yanni album)">Winter Light</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Private_Years" title="The Private Years">The Private Years</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snowfall_(Yanni_album)" title="Snowfall (Yanni album)">Snowfall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Very_Best_of_Yanni" title="The Very Best of Yanni">The Very Best of Yanni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Yanni" title="Ultimate Yanni">Ultimate Yanni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Collection_(Yanni_album)" title="The Collection (Yanni album)">The Collection</a></li> <li><a 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The Concert Event">Yanni Live!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yanni_Voices" title="Yanni Voices">Yanni Voices</a></li> <li>Yanni in Concert</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_at_El_Morro,_Puerto_Rico" title="Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico">Yanni: Live at El Morro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truth_of_Touch" title="Truth of Touch">An Evening with Yanni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truth_of_Touch" title="Truth of Touch">World Without Borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truth_of_Touch" title="Truth of Touch">World Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truth_of_Touch" title="Truth of Touch">One Man's Dream World Tour 2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sensuous_Chill" title="Sensuous Chill">North American Tour 2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sensuous_Chill" title="Sensuous Chill">An Evening In Conversation With Yanni 2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sensuous_Chill" title="Sensuous Chill">25th Anniversary 'Live At The Acropolis' Tour 2018</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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