Given the question: Facts: - instrument: piano , keyboards - website: -lsb- http://www.yanni.com/ official website -rsb- - years active: 1980 -- present - caption: yanni in 2007 - birth name: giannis chrysomallis - origin: kalamata , greece - label: private series music/windham hill/bmg virgin/emi image entertainment yanni wake/disney pearl - genre: contemporary new-age -lrb- disavowed by artist -rrb- instrumental , instrumental , crossover , world , - birth date: 14 november 1954 - name: yanni - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist - image: yannipressphoto.jpg - associated acts: chameleon , shahrdad rohani - occupation: composer , pianist , music producer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of yanni .
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yiannis chryssomallis -lrb- , '' giannis chrysomallis '' ; born november 14 , 1954 -rrb- , known professionally as yanni -lrb- -rrb- , is a greek-american composer , keyboardist , pianist , and music producer who has spent his adult life in the united states .yanni continues to use the musical shorthand that he developed as a child , blending jazz , classical , soft rock , and world music to create predominantly instrumental works .although this genre of music was not well suited for commercial pop radio and music television , yanni received international recognition by producing concerts at historic monuments and by producing videos that were broadcast on public television .his breakthrough concert , '' live at the acropolis , '' yielded the second best-selling music video of all time .additional historic sites for yanni 's concerts have included india 's taj mahal , china 's forbidden city , the united arab emirates ' burj khalifa , russia 's kremlin , puerto rico 's el morro castle , lebanon 's ancient city of byblos , tunisia 's roman theatre of carthage , and india 's laxmi vilas palace .at least fourteen of yanni 's albums have peaked at no. 1 in '' billboard 's '' '' top new age album '' category , and two albums -lrb- '' dare to dream '' and '' in my time '' -rrb- received grammy award nominations .through late 2011 , yanni had performed live in concert before more than two million people in more than 20 countries around the world , and has accumulated more than 35 platinum and gold albums globally , with sales totaling over 20 million copies .a longtime fundraiser for public television , yanni 's compositions have been used on commercial television programs , especially for sporting events .he has written film scores and the music for an award-winning british airways television commercial .yanni popularized the combination of electronic music synthesizers with a full scale symphony orchestra .he has employed musicians of various nationalities and has incorporated a variety of exotic...