There are few similarities in Yanni and ARR ( No, i am not comparing both) both are spiritual and philosophical and believes in humanity and talks often about how music can bring peace in the world
Remember the Tribute Concert in Agra? he was taking time to explain about human values, meaning of greatness and how music can bring peace. similarly, in most of the interviews of arr, he also talks about the same (in CNN talk asia, and almost all of his major interviews) Yanni left home (Greek) when he was so young (i think, at the age of 16) to make it big in international music ARR was supporting his family from the age of 11 or 15 and became a superstar and now a phenomenon in indian film industry and now in international music. and my favotie Yanni song Nightingale and I have a similar favorite composed by arr, Bombay dreams I think it is good if ARR can produce more of orchestral music like yanni and do some concert rather than collaborating with yanni because both of them have a unique style of their own, and i like the way they are. totally different and totally genuine. No one can iminate. I am not against collaborating also.. let us just hope they would, some day.. will be quiet an experience. Roshan Both of them create music which stands out in its own right --- Sujay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > I just mentioned Yanni because i felt it would be a > worldly > combination if OUR BOSS works with him.. > > Anyway here is something about YANNI............ > > Along with Slim Whitman, Ray Stevens, and Kenny G, > New Age artist > Yanni is one of those inexplicable music curiosities > who rode to the > top of the charts on a sea of critical incredulity. > Dismissed by one > reviewer as a "musical Fabio," Yanni is known not so > much for the > music he makes as the sensation he creates. His > albums and videos have > sold multiple millions worldwide, and he has > personally saved more > than a few public television stations with his > prodigious pledge-drive > potency. > > Born Yanni Chryssomallis in Kalamata, Greece, the > future New Age > superstar was a national swimming champion in his > teens. After > immigrating to the United States in 1972, he passed > up a career in > clinical psychology to pursue his creative muse full > time. A > self-taught musician, Yanni began composing in his > head, relying on > collaborators to put his orchestrations down on > paper. He released his > first full-length album, Keys to Imagination, in > 1986. > > The "Yanni sound" changed very little over the next > several years. > Gauzy strains of synthesizer continued to waft > insidiously down upon > the listener, as vaguely Mediterranean-sounding > hooks are stated and > restated by various instruments. The music > incorporated elements of > classical, New Age, and world beat into a sonic > melange that one > unfavorable reviewer called "aural wallpaper." Even > Yanni himself > often referred to the plastic arts when describing > it. "Music is like > creating an emotional painting," he explained. "The > sounds are > colors." Colors derived from an irritatingly narrow > spectrum, > according to some critics, who found Yanni's > repetition of musical > themes numbingly aggravating. Despite these > brickbats, however, the > Greek tycoon's record sales climbed throughout the > 1980s. > > Yanni's live appearances became major moneymakers as > well, as the > mustachioed and classically handsome composer > developed a large and > devoted fan following. For concerts, Yanni assembled > a multi-piece > orchestra with instrumentation culled from virtually > every continent, > over which he would preside beatifically from behind > a stack of > keyboards. Yanni often staged his appearances at > major international > landmarks, like the Taj Mahal and China's Forbidden > City. These > lavishly mounted productions generated enormous > viewership for public > television stations across America and were aired > repeatedly during > pledge weeks. On one Saturday night in 1994, his > concert documentary > at Greece's Acropolis helped one PBS affiliate raise > over $50,000 in > pledges. A number of PBS stations even canceled a > previously scheduled > Andy Williams special to rebroadcast Yanni's > performance. > > Befitting his superstar status, Yanni cultivated a > personal life > designed to keep him in the crosshairs of the > paparazzi. In 1989, the > then little-known Yanni began dating Linda Evans, > star of TV's > Dynasty. The flaxen-haired beauty reportedly was won > over by the > sinewy Greek's command of the music of the spheres. > They would remain > a couple until 1998, when conflicts over the > directions of their > respective careers compelled them to end the > relationship. > > Indeed, much of Yanni's success has been attributed > to his appeal to > women. But the New Age superstar has bristled at the > suggestion that > his cover-of-a-romance-novel appearance drove his > record sales. He > claimed the bulk of his fan mail comes not from > sex-starved housewives > but from the homebound and the infirm, who find his > music soothing. > Some have even ascribed healing powers to Yanni's > compositions, a > claim the composer modestly deflected away. > > "I don't see myself as a peacemaker at all or > anything like that," he > told the Orange County Register in 1998, "I'm merely > standing in one > place saying it's possible for us to do this, for > people of the world > to share in my music. If I can play even a minute > role in something > like that in my lifetime, then I will have > accomplished something > special." > > Yanni's earthly mission continued to draw adherents > throughout the > 1990s. In early 1999, he sold out ten dates at New > York's Radio City > Music Hall. Other performers have even followed his > path to success, > the critics be damned. The composer and former > Entertainment Tonight > host John Tesh appeared to have schooled on Yanni's > PBS-driven > marketing plan, replete with extravagantly produced > performances at > such notable sites as Red Rocks, Nevada. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "parimi > sreekar" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > guys, > > anybody tell me who is this yanni most of u r > talking about.let me know > > about that person. > > > > > > > > > > > Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The > Music, The Magic. > Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman > e-community. > > Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com > Admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To Unsubscribe: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. 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