Music Under The Stars

This is my friend Yannaki.  He joined our astronomy club about a year and a half ago, and he was so excited to be among others who loved astronomy and the night sky.  Then we found out that he is a musician.  He makes electronic music with a synthesizer and other instruments. He a self-taught Latin new age guitarist and multi-instrumental artist who was exposed in his formative years to the haunting and exotic sounds of Spanish flamenco music.  Since becoming more involved in astronomy he has produced two new albums “Electronic Dreams” and “Astronomia,” which are astronomical and space themed. He performed a live program in the Vanderbilt Planetarium, called “Arrizza - Under the Stars" and so I offered to do some portraits during a rehearsal for the show.  This is one of the portraits from that session. His music is thought provoking, hopeful, mysterious, and moody, and a joy to listen to!