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name | Yanni |
background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
birth name | Yiànnis Hrysomàllis |
born | November 14, 1954 |
origin | Kalamata, Greece |
instrument | Piano, keyboard |
genre | Instrumental, New Age, contemporary classical |
occupation | Composer, pianist |
years active | 1980–present |
label | Private Music/Windham Hill/BMGVirgin/EMI Image EntertainmentYanni Wake/Disney Pearl Series |
associated acts | Chameleon |
website | |
notable instruments | Piano, synthesizer, keyboard }} |
Yanni (pronounced ), born ''Yiannis Hrysomallis'' (pronounced ); ; classical transcription ''Giannis Chrysomallis'') on November 14, 1954, in Kalamata, Greece, is a self-taught pianist, keyboardist, and composer.
He earned Grammy nominations for his 1992 album, ''Dare to Dream'', and the 1993 follow-up, ''In My Time''. His breakthrough success came with the 1994 release of ''Yanni Live at the Acropolis'', deemed to be the second best-selling music video of all time. Yanni has since performed live in concert before in excess of two million people in more than 20 countries around the world. He has accumulated more than 35 platinum and gold albums globally, with sales totaling over 20 million copies. Yanni is considered to be one of the top fundraisers of all time for public television. His compositions have been included in all Olympic Games television broadcasts since 1988, and his music has been used extensively in television and televised sporting events. His music is frequently described as "new age", though he prefers the term "contemporary instrumental".
Yanni's breakthrough commercial success came with the release of his album and video, ''Yanni Live at the Acropolis'', filmed on September 23, 1993 at the 2,000-year-old Herod Atticus Theater in Athens, Greece, and released in 1994. This was Yanni’s first live album and utilized a full orchestra under the supervision of the Iranian conductor, Shahrdad Rohani, in addition to his core band. Subsequently, the concert was broadcast in the US on PBS and quickly became one of their most popular programs ever, having been seen in 65 countries by half a billion people. It has almost continuously remained on the charts since its release and is the second best-selling music video of all time, selling more than 7 million copies worldwide, A composition from this album, "Acroyali/Standing in Motion", was determined to have the "Mozart Effect," by the ''Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine'' because it is similar to Mozart's K 448 in tempo, structure, melodic and harmonic consonance and predictability. He has appeared on several major PBS Pledge TV Specials such as ''A Decade Of Excellence'', including segments from ''Live at the Acropolis'', ''Tribute'', and ''Live at Royal Albert Hall'', London.
In March 1997, Yanni became one of the few Western artists permitted to perform and record at the Taj Mahal in India. Later that year he performed at the Forbidden City in China. From these two events he created his next live album and video, ''Tribute'', which was released in 1997. Armen Anassian, Conductor, concedes that he had some doubts about the artist's plans to perform at India's Taj Mahal and China's Forbidden City for ''Tribute'': "To be honest, a few years ago when he was talking about it, the idea was so amazing. I myself was very skeptical, understandably so. But the truth is, it happened. We did it." Anassian describes Yanni as "very optimistic" and has observed that "nothing really fazes him." That outlook carries over naturally to his music. "I don't think it's a goal, per se. He's very honest with his own feelings. His music really comes from the heart. He writes music with ease, the music comes out with relative ease. The feel-good portion of the music is a by-product. It coincides with what the people love to hear." Lighting Designers Lee Rose and David "Gurn" Kaniski received an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Drama Series, Variety Series, Miniseries or a Special" for both Live at the Acropolis and Tribute .
Yanni toured in 2003 and 2004 following the debut of the ''Ethnicity'' album, extending his "One World, One People" philosophy. This album sparked what would become the fourth largest concert tour of the year ranked by Billboard Magazine.
On May 6, 2004, the University of Minnesota conferred upon Yanni the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters.
He kicked off his 2004–2005 "Yanni Live!" tour at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada, and his next live album and video, ''Yanni Live! The Concert Event'' was released in 2006.
In 2008, in collaboration with producer Ric Wake, Yanni showcased vocal artists singing his songs on the album ''Yanni Voices''. On March 24, 2009, Disney Pearl Imprint released ''Yanni Voices'', the artist's first studio album in six years, and its Buena Vista Concerts division produced the tour that began in April 2009.
The album ''Yanni Mexicanisimo'', released in October 2010, was dedicated as a tribute to Mexico, a combination of Mexican music with Yanni’s style.
Yanni released the album, ''Truth of Touch'', early in February 2011. Yanni is also working to expand his tour to Eastern Europe, Asia and South American countries including Chile, Argentina, and Brazil.
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season name | Frasier Season 3 |
bgcolor | #FF6600 |
dvd release date | May 25, 2005 |
country | United States |
network | NBC |
first aired | September 19, 1995 |
last aired | May 21, 1996 |
num episodes | 24 |
prev season | 2 |
next season | 4 }} |
The third season of ''Frasier'' originally aired between September 1995 and May 1996, beginning on September 19, 1995.
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Name | Tank |
Background | solo_singer |
Birth name | Durrell Babbs |
Born | January 01, 1976Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US |
Origin | Washington, DC, US |
Genre | R&B;, pop, hip hop, dance, crunk&B;, reggae |
Occupation(s) | Singer, dancer, actor, model, musician |
Instruments | Vocals, keyboard, piano, drums |
Years active | 1996–present |
Label | Blackground (2000-2009), Atlantic (2010-Present) |
Associated acts | TGT, Tyrese, Ginuwine, The Underdogs, Aaliyah, Omarion |
Website | www.TheRealTank.com }} |
In 2002, Tank released his second album ''One Man'' and a single of the same name.
Tank released his third solo album entitled "Sex, Love & Pain" on May 15, 2007. The lead single was intended to be "I Luv Dem Girls", but for unknown reasons the song was given to Marques Houston who renamed it "Strip Club" (intending to place it on his third solo album "Veteran"). However, "Strip Club" did not make "Veteran," and "Sex, Love & Pain"'s last track is the Timbaland remix to "I Luv Dem Girls". The first single from Tank's third album was "Please Don't Go". Later in the year Tank, Ginuwine and Tyrese Gibson formed a group called TGT. Their first single was a remix of "Please Don't Go" with an international tour entitled "The Shirts Off Tour" and search for a fourth member to follow. Tank released his fourth studio album, ''Now or Never'', on December 14, 2010. Tank collaborated with other artists on this project like Chris Brown, Drake, Letoya Luckett and many other artists.
Tank's song writing and production credits include working with Dave Hollister, Marques Houston, Omarion, Jamie Foxx, Donell Jones and Monica amongst others. As an associate of production team The Underdogs, also Harvey Mason and with his team, Song Dynasty. He has worked with many different artists over the years and was also a contributor to the score of the film adaptation of the musical ''Dreamgirls'', in which he also had a cameo. He was also featured in the movie "The Preacher's Kid."
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Paul Collier, CBE is a Professor of Economics, Director for the Centre for the Study of African Economies at The University of Oxford and Fellow of St Antony's College. From 1998 – 2003 he was the director of the Development Research Group of the World Bank.
''The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It'' (ISBN 0195311450), has been compared to Jeffrey Sachs's ''The End of Poverty'' and William Easterly's ''The White Man's Burden'', two influential books, which like Collier's book, discuss the pros and cons of developmental aid to developing countries.
His 2010 book ''The Plundered Planet'' is encapsulated in his formulas: Nature - Technology + Regulation = Starvation, Nature + Technology - Regulation = Plunder, and Nature + Technology + Regulation (Good governance) = Prosperity. The book describes itself as an attempt at a middle way between the extremism of "Ostriches" (Denialism, particularly climate change denial) and "Environmental Romanticism" (for example, anti-genetically modified organisms movements in Europe). The book is about sustainable management in relation with the geo-politics of global warming, with an attempt to avoid a global tragedy of the commons, with prime example of overfishing. In it he builds upon a legacy of the economic psychology of greed and fear, from early Utilitarianism (Jeremy Bentham) to more recently the Stern Review.
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours. He is a patron of the Media Legal Defence Initiative.
In 2010, he was named by Foreign Policy magazine to its list of top global thinkers.
He is currently working for the Copenhagen Consensus, where he is the expert on conflict.
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