ARTIST INFO

MICHAEL YANIS -  Composer and  Guest conductor of the Baltic Symphony Orchestra and State Symphony Orchestra of St.Petersburg. Michael Yanis was conducted at the Winter Olympics in Sochi 2014 and his orchestra played for the Olympic champions in figure skating. 

Michael wrote the Olympic Games hymn «Mark on the Ice» which was performed by a solo artist of La Scala, Benjamin Bernheim during the exhibition gala SOCHI -2014.

In 2022 Michael Yanis performed as conductor and composer of his concert for the piano with the orchestra with world-acclaimed pianist Ekaterina Mechetina and the State Symphony Orchestra of St.Petersburg in the State Hermitage Museum.

 In the United States, he has had the pleasure of working with musicians, producers, and television projects. Recently, he started developing a show with producers of PBS TV concerts and developing a tour in the USA.

Michael Yanis a member of the American Academy of Recording "Grammy"
and the Television Academy «Emmy».

Biography

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During Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014 Michael Yanis's Orchestra
accompanied the Gala Show of the World Figure Skating elite -Tatyana
Volosozhar and Maxim Tranjkov, Adelina Sotnikova, Yulia Lipnitskaya, Elena
Ilyinyh and Nikita Katsalapov, who were performing their programs to
Michael Yanis's composition "The sail", Meryl Davis and Charlie White, Tessa
Virtue and Scott Moyer and many others.
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In the concert in support of the Paralympic Games Michael Yanis conducted a
composition of D. Shostakovich especially for the Paralympic champion Olesya
Vladikina.
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Michael Yanis in collaboration with poet Karen Kavaleryan has composed
the Olympic anthem of the Figure Skating Federation which was performed
by a solo artist of La Scala, Benjamin Bernheim and during the exhibition gala
SOCHI -2014.
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Michael Yanis has released a music video in collaboration with world-famous
ballet dancer of Mariinsky Ballet (Saint-Petersburg ) Farukh Ruzimatov for
one of the music compositions "Lord of the Dance".