Aired on 07/13/2014 | CC tv-14 Before he made international headlines as an award-winning pianist, Yanni was best known for his nine-year relationship in the '90s with Dynasty actress Linda Evans. When Yanni was 18 he moved from his native Kalamata to the United States to study at the Univeristy of Minnesota, but decided after graduating in 1976 to devote his life to music instead of his degree in psychology. ", A doting father, Yanni says he and Krystal Ann have a special bond. It was an astonishing success, the television broadcast of the concert alone going out to an audience of half a billion people, before the VHS tape of the show sold over 7 million copies the world over. Info. [97], During Yanni's October 2011 tour of China, Yanni became the first Western artist to be invited to adopt a giant panda (bear) cub at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, a "privilege usually reserved for countries rather than personalities. The Acropolis concert happened in the same month a year before I was born, that concert should be in music history, it was his first album I listened to. / Or Can They? As she takes photographs of Yanni backstage at London's Royal Albert Hall before a concert, he opens up to the cameras. Yanni Live! [2] The self-taught musician continues to use the "musical shorthand" that he developed as a child, rather than employ traditional musical notation. Yanni is known as one of the most inspirational Greek musicians of all time. I would see him again & again I noticed the diversity of the audience. [100] He was named to the same list in 2014 (No. This concert was as good as I could have imagined. Aside from one high-profile relationship with "Dynasty" actress Linda Evans in the '90s, not much has been reported on the Greek-born pianist's personal life. Yanni's Girlfriend + Relationships, Exes & Rumors (2023) - Dating Rumor He is a world class performer who moves between his own piano and his conducting duties through the night with absolute ease and his personally collated orchestra support him throughout the show to an impossibly high standard. Get updates on your favorite shows, the latest from Oprah's world and more! "[74], In early 2017 Yanni began his "An Evening in Conversation with Yanni"[86] or "An intimate Conversation with Yanni"[87] tour in which audience questions and on-stage participation guided the show, and Yanni played a piano without a band. In 1993, during Yanni's live concert at the 'Herodes Atticus Theatre' in Greece, He used the Korg SG-1D. He played at Burj Khalifa in Dubai, Taj Mahal, in India, at the Amman Citadel in Jordan, among other places. An enjoyable, interesting, informative evening of conversation and beautiful music. Yanni's Beachfront Lantana Home Might Have Lost Its Sea Wall Rebecca McBane October 29, 2012 3:15PM There are an bundance of musical celebrities that call South Florida home. YANNI IN CONCERT - LIVE AT THE ACROPOLIS | American Public Television