Yanni – “Enchantment”
Yanni (born Yannis Hrisomallis, on November 14, 1954 in Kalamata, Greece) is a self-taught pianist, keyboardist, and composer. After receiving a B.A. in psychology, he would instead seek a life in music though he had no formal training and could not read a note.
He earned Grammy nominations for his 1992 album “Dare to Dream”, and the 1993 follow-up, “In My Time”. His breakthrough success came with the 1994 release of Live at the Acropolis, deemed to be the second best-selling music video of all time (behind Michael Jackson’s video for Thriller with 9 million units). Yanni has since performed live in concerts before in excess of 2 million people, in more than 20 countries around the world. He has accumulated more than 35 platinum and gold albums globally, with sales totaling over 20 million copies. Yanni is considered to be one of the top fundraisers of all time for public television. His compositions have been included in all Olympic Games television broadcasts since 1988, and his music has been used extensively in television and televised sporting events. His music is frequently described as “new age”, though he prefers the term “contemporary instrumental”.