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The live concerts are everything and I’m very grateful that most of my career, I’m a live artist, I’ve been doing this. So I’ve traveled quite a lot, played in - I never stopped playing.

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Yanni
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Composer
Pianist
Giannis Chrysomallis
Quite
Traveled
Artist
Concerts
Live
Stopped
Everything
Played
Never
Grateful
Career
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Playing

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