雅尼（Yanni），当今世界著名的新世纪音乐作曲家和演奏家；但在他的自传里，他更倾向于称自己的音乐为现代器乐（Contemporary Instrumental）。

雅尼（Yanni），“世界一流的键盘奇才 ”，电子音乐的奠基人之一。

英文：
　　He is a an artist ,he is a famous composer, many melodious light music are composed by him.
 　　His name is Yanni.
 　　“I like music very much and I like playing .I refused to accept the formal piano exercise. I usually play as I like” said by Yanni.

　　Yanni was born in 1954,and his hometown locates in a seaside village--- a very beautiful rural village in Athens. He loves his hometown very much , the inspiration of his many songs come from his love for hometown.
 　　When he was young ,he used to want to be a psychologist. He received the Psychology bachelor's degree when he graduated from university of Minnesota in USA.

 　　However, he chose music as his career. May be it is a pity for the Psychology area, it is a fortune for the music area.
 　　Yanni has held many concerts all around the world .such as Acropolis Concert, Taj Mahal Concert, Forbidden City Concert and so on .He is the first western musician who has personal concert in China. The famous song Nightingale is composed specially for Chinese people. The song Originates in a Chinese legend which tells about an emperor that called Wang Di became a nightingale at last.

　　From 1980 to 2006,Yanni has promoted six special editions, about 100 songs have been spreading in the world . Such as With an Orchid ,If I Could Tell You ,Nightingale ,Until the Last Moment, Santorini and so on . The last song has been used in Olympic Games many times.

参考作文地带整理翻译：
　　他是一个大师，是一个著名的古典音乐作曲家，他写过很多美妙的轻音乐，他叫雅尼!
 　　“我喜欢音乐，因为我喜欢演奏，我不喜欢正式的钢琴练习，我常常按照我自己所喜欢的方式演奏。”雅尼说。
 　　雅尼出生于1954年，他的家乡坐落在一个海边的小村子里，那是在雅典的一个很漂亮的乡村，他喜欢他的家乡，他的很多音乐灵感都来源于他对家乡的热爱。
 　　当他还年轻的时候，他想成为一名心理学家，并从美国的明尼苏达大学获得了心理学学士学位。
 　　然而，他选择音乐作为他的事业，这或许是心理学领域的一大遗憾，是音乐界的一大财富。
 　　雅尼在全球举办过多次音乐会，像希腊卫城音乐会，印度泰姬陵音乐会，故宫音乐会等等。
 　　他是第一个在中国开音乐会的西方音乐家。著名的乐曲 Nightingale（《夜莺》）是他专门为中国人作的。歌曲来源于中国的一个神话，在这个神话中，一个叫望帝的皇帝最后变成了夜莺。
　（西方文学里的“夜莺”意象，是悲伤的象征，相当于中国文学里的杜鹃。李商隐有诗云：“望帝春心托杜鹃”。)