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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." [81] Yanni popularized the combination of electronic music synthesizers with a full scale symphony orchestra. [30]
It was Yanni's 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.
In July 1998, Yanni completed his 1997–1998 world tour, staged in support of his 1997 live album Tribute. [5] The tour's schedule left Yanni exhausted and marked a period of decline in his life and career, stemmed by his separation from a decade-long relationship with actress Linda Evans and the depression that followed.
In 1991 Briggs auditioned with contemporary instrumental musician Yanni. She was able to secure a role in his upcoming tour by playing over a performance of his piece Within Attraction. Linda Evans, then in a relationship with Yanni, pushed for Briggs to be a featured soloist in Yanni's Live at the Acropolis tour. Briggs' performances during ...
Truth of Touch was Yanni's first album of new studio material since 2003's Ethnicity, with Yanni said to be "returning to his instrumental roots". In contrast to the vocal-centric of Yanni Voices (2009), Truth of Touch is a largely instrumental album, and was said to constitute a "return to form" for Yanni, referring to his mid-1990s musical style.
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Yanni Live! The Concert Event is the third live album by Yanni . It was recorded live at the Mandalay Bay Events Center , Las Vegas on November 6, 2004, and released in August 2006 as a CD and concert film on DVD.
Seattle Kraken center Yanni Gourde is expected to be out five to seven weeks after undergoing surgery to repair a sports hernia. General manager Ron Francis provided the medical update on Gourde ...