Yanni is a Greek keyboardist, composer, and record producer. He developed an interest in music at an early age and taught himself the piano, learning his own style of musical notation. In 1972, Yanni relocated to the US to study psychology at the University of Minnesota. Yanni gained national exposure in 1989 with his relationship with actress Linda Evans which saw an increase in album sales in the early 1990s, including the Grammy Award-nominated Dare to Dream (1992) and In My Time (1993).
