Yanni
Yanni
Yiannis Chryssomallis, known professionally as Yanni, is a Greek composer, keyboardist, pianist, and music producer who has spent his adult life in the United States...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth14 November 1954
CityKalamata, Greece
people important reason
Continuing to create music and perform is so important to me for many reasons. I love the interaction and connection I get with people when we perform live. Nothing is more rewarding for me.
uplifting teacher children
Going to the school to meet the visually impaired was special. I thought I was inspiring them. I was thinking what I could possibly say to inspire them. Instead of me inspiring them, I felt they inspired me. They showed me how much courage they have, and how hard these teachers are working for these children. They made me feel like I don’t have any problems in life. It gave me uplift. They made me feel so great.
writing voice use
While most of the music I write is instrumental, I love to use the human voice as another instrument.
writing speech able
Not being able to read and write music is not the same as being illiterate in speech and writing.
night wake-up
I tend to stay up very late at night, so I wake up later in the day. This allows me to be in the middle of my workday when I am onstage at night.
giving-up giving rooms
You have to give up some of the old so that you can make room for the new.
fishing want problem
I don't want problems solved for me. I want the fishing rod, not the fish.
grateful artist careers
The live concerts are everything and I’m very grateful that most of my career, I’m a live artist, I’ve been doing this. So I’ve traveled quite a lot, played in - I never stopped playing.
daughter marketing important
Perhaps the most important contribution to me being centered in the midst of this chaos is my daughter, Krystal Ann. I am very lucky because she works with me and is responsible for many aspects of the business on the marketing side of my career. This allows us to travel together and experience life on the road, seeing the world. Having family with me is very important and grounding.
risk succeed management
I'd decided to take the risk, and either I'd succeed or else.
school accomplishment mind
Sometimes the knowledge you've been given in school or by an elder - 'this is just the way it is' - keeps you from accomplishing because it traps you in a box in your mind and limits your freedom to deliver.
men boys problem
If you are a professional, the speed with which you react to a potential problem separates the men from the boys.
love cold hungry
Maybe we didn't have many possessions, but we never went hungry, were cold, or lacked love.
balance hours hundred
When it comes down to music, I have no balance. I am 100 percent. It is like full throttle. Five hundred miles an hour.