Bebo's artist of the week.

Yanni Born on November 14, 1954 in Kalamata, Greece, Yanni Hrisomallis (pronounced Chrysomallis) followed other paths before his music became his primary focus. At age 14 Yanni broke a national swimming record in Greece, and even dreamed of becoming an Olympic swimmer. He came to the United States in 1972 and attended the University of Minnisota and he a B.A. in psychology. After college, Yanni was the keyboardist for a Minneapolis-based rock band called Chameleon. Eventually, Yanni grew tired of the rock and roll lifestyle and focused solely on his instrumental career as a soloist. He moved to Los Angeles and eventually formed a small band. He now has his own recording studio, and has sold over 10 million albums. Being a self-taught musician, Yanni can neither read nor write music, but rather write down his compositions in his own special shorthand. He has perfect pitch, and composes all of his own music. In 1992 yanni released Dare to Dream . It was his first Grammy-nominated album and featured "Aria", a song based on The Flower Duet and popularized by an award-winning British Airways commercial. A second Grammy-nominated album, In My Time, was released in 1993. His music has been used extensively in television and televised sporting events. Yanni's breakthrough commercial success came with the release of his album and video, Yanni Live at the Acropolis, which was filmed on September 23, 1993 at the 2,000-year-old Herod Atticus Theater in Athens, Greece and released in 1994. This was Yanni’s first live album and utilized a full orchestra , in addition to his core band. Subsequently, the concert was broadcast in the US and quickly became one of their most popular programs ever, having been seen in 65 countries by half a billion people.It has almost continuously remained on the charts since its release and is the second best-selling music video of all time, selling more than 7 million copies worldwide. In March 1997, Yanni became one of the few Western artists permitted to perform and record at the Taj Mahal in India. Later that year he performed at the Forbidden City in China. From these two events he created his next live album and video, Tribute, which was released in 1997. here is the playlist with some of his music that I really like: ! and this is the video of my favourite piece of his music and also his very first music I listened to, it's called Nightingale: