Artists/performer Famous Names

A Brazilian singer/composer. Her melancholic songs are most often categorized as belonging to the MP

A Brazilian singer/composer. Her melancholic songs are most often categorized as belonging to the MPB genre. She started her professional career in 1984 and released her first studio album in 1990.Adriana's first album, called Enguiço, was released in 1990 and consisted mostly of covers of well known MPB songs, part of the repertoire she used to perform as a singer in restaurants and bars in Porto Alegre. It included only one original composition, the title track. It spawned her first hit, a cover of Caetano Veloso's Naquela Estação, which became successful thanks to it being included in the soundtrack of the primetime soap Rainha da Sucata, one of the most watched in history of Brazilian television.

Was an American actress and singer. She was the voice of Snow White in Walt Disney's Snow White and

Was an American actress and singer. She was the voice of Snow White in Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.In the mid-1930s, Adriana Caselotti was hired by Walt Disney to help cast parts in his new film. She was blacklisted by Disney after the f

Was an Italian operatic soprano, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.Guerrini studied

Was an Italian operatic soprano, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.Guerrini studied at the Music Conservatory in Florence and at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. She made her debut on Italian Radio (RAI) in 1940, singing in Giordan

Is a female Argentine tango singer, with a successful career that encompasses seven records, as well

Is a female Argentine tango singer, with a successful career that encompasses seven records, as well as minor movie roles.Adriana Varela is regarded as one of the main Argentine tango singers of recent times, with a prominent singing career that begun in 1991 with a cassette named "Tangos". Two years later she launched her second record, "Maquillaje", where she also included her previous works. This record would prove very successful, with the special participation of renowned artists such as singer Roberto Goyeneche and pianist Virgilio Expósito. For this album she was awarded the ACE award two years in a row.

Is an American Emmy award-nominated singer-songwriter, actress and guitarist. She is the co-founder

Is an American Emmy award-nominated singer-songwriter, actress and guitarist. She is the co-founder and lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Caught Crimson.[3] Leon began writing songs for the Emmy award-winning soap opera General Hospital. Leon wen

A Canadian soprano opera singer.She grew up near Toronto in Burlington, and graduated from the Opera

A Canadian soprano opera singer.She grew up near Toronto in Burlington, and graduated from the Opera School of the University of Toronto. Her professional debut occurred with the Canadian Opera Company in 1988 in Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtensk. She

Is a Cuban artist specializing in painting, drawing and installations.Buergo was member of the artis

Is a Cuban artist specializing in painting, drawing and installations.Buergo was member of the artistic group Grupo Vindicación from (1983-1984) and then formed part of the artistic group Grupo Puré from (1986-1987) with Ana Albertina Delgado, Ermy Taño, Lázaro Saavedra, and Ciro Quintana,in Havana, Cuba.

Was a Portuguese musician, born to a conservative Roman Catholic family in Porto. His family moved t

Was a Portuguese musician, born to a conservative Roman Catholic family in Porto. His family moved to Avintes after his birth. He went to Coimbra for study at the University of Coimbra, and eventually dropped out, albeit has involved himself in the studen

Was a Portuguese musician, born to a conservative Roman Catholic family in Porto. His family moved t

Was a Portuguese musician, born to a conservative Roman Catholic family in Porto. His family moved to Avintes after his birth. He went to Coimbra for study at the University of Coimbra, and eventually dropped out, albeit has involved himself in the student activism and Coimbra fado music.

Was a French genre and historical painter, sculptor and illustrator. He began his artistic training

Was a French genre and historical painter, sculptor and illustrator. He began his artistic training as an apprentice glassmaker, but left for Paris to study at the École des Beaux-Arts under Léon Cogniet and Isidore Pils. He first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1868, being described by fellow artist and critic,

A French actress and pop-rock singer, born in Clamart, France.She joined the Conservatoire National

A French actress and pop-rock singer, born in Clamart, France.She joined the Conservatoire National Superieur d'Art Dramatique in 1996, where she studied drama, and acted in films until 2002, when she discovered the piano through Camille Bazbaz. After, sh

Was one of the leading Dutch landscape painters of the 17th century. The most famous of a family of

Was one of the leading Dutch landscape painters of the 17th century. The most famous of a family of painters, the pupil of his father Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp

A British singer-songwriter, who now lives in Los Angeles, California. Her music has been classified

A British singer-songwriter, who now lives in Los Angeles, California. Her music has been classified as new age, folk or world music. She has released four albums, one of which was an internet only release. Early in her career, as Vikki, she represented the United Kingdom in the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest.Shortly after her birth the family moved to Emsworth, Hampshire - her family still runs an antique shop in Petworth, Sussex, where she grew up. As a child she took song and dance lessons, and then went on to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She wanted to become an opera singer, but soon realized that her voice was more suited to popular music.

Was the contemporary of Albert Cuyp and Meindert Hobbema, and so far like the latter that he lived a

Was the contemporary of Albert Cuyp and Meindert Hobbema, and so far like the latter that he lived and died in comparative obscurity.

Was one of Rembrandt’s last pupils while in Amsterdam, studying in his studio from 1661 to 1663. H

Was one of Rembrandt’s last pupils while in Amsterdam, studying in his studio from 1661 to 1663. He was not only one of the most talented of Rembrandt’s pupils, but also one of his most devoted followers, for he was the only Dutch artist to paint in the tradition of Rembrandt's late style into the 18th century

Was a prolific and versatile Dutch painter, glass engraver, printmaker, collector and dealer, who pr

Was a prolific and versatile Dutch painter, glass engraver, printmaker, collector and dealer, who produced still lifes, biblical and mythological themes, natural history studies, genre, historical works, portraits, sketches, etchings and mezzotints. He designed tapestries, painted wall-hangings and decorated objects such as fans, snuffboxes and even the glass windows of a magic lantern.

Was an ancient Greek sculptor of Amphipolis,[1] mentioned by Callimachus[2] and Theocritus,[3] from

Was an ancient Greek sculptor of Amphipolis,[1] mentioned by Callimachus[2] and Theocritus,[3] from whom we learn that at the request of Nicias, a famous physician of Miletus, he executed a statue of Asclepius in cedar wood. He flourished about the middle of the 3rd century BC. There was an engraver of the same name; but when he lived is not known.[4]

Was an Italian painter. He was generally known by the single name Afro.Dore Ashton wrote about Afro

Was an Italian painter. He was generally known by the single name Afro.Dore Ashton wrote about Afro in 1955 in Art Digest: “Like most Italians, Afro knows how to celebrate. The fanciful, ebullient side of his nature emerges in the high-keyed recent paintings - those in which he allowed himself the most freedom and spontaneity to date. In these, he celebrates the delights of senses”.

Was a French Art Nouveau sculptor. Belgian by birth, Léonard moved to Paris when quite young and st

Was a French Art Nouveau sculptor. Belgian by birth, Léonard moved to Paris when quite young and studied sculpture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris under Eugène Delaplanche. He became a member of the Société des Artistes Français in 1887 and a member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1897. He regularly exhibited across France

is an Azerbaijani khananda (folk singer), often called "Guardian" of the Mugham.He graduated from h

is an Azerbaijani khananda (folk singer), often called "Guardian" of the Mugham.He graduated from his secondary school in 1968. He then continued his education in A.Zeynally Music College during 1969-1973. He become mugham teacher in 1973 at Abilov Culture House in Baku.

Was an American musician, best known for her involvement as a performer and publicist of folk music

Was an American musician, best known for her involvement as a performer and publicist of folk music and protest songs. She was the founding editor of Broadside Magazine, which she published with her husband Gordon Friesen and their daughters.

Is a leading Greek mezzo-soprano.

Is a leading Greek mezzo-soprano.

Was an actress and singer based in the United Kingdom for much of her career, though she later settl

Was an actress and singer based in the United Kingdom for much of her career, though she later settled in the Republic of Ireland. Her family fled from Berlin in 1936. She appeared in over 20 films and also made theatre and television appearances.Bernelle

A Norwegian folk singer from the county of Telemark. She comes from a famous musical family from the

A Norwegian folk singer from the county of Telemark. She comes from a famous musical family from the town of Jondalen, and is known particularly for her singing of ancient unaccompanied Norwegian ballads, as well as her updated arrangements of these songs in collaboration with the Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek on the ECM album Rosensfole.From 1975 to 1977, she studied at the Telemark University College.

She decided to start ballet when she saw her first ballet on TV (Swan Lake). Then she had the opport

She decided to start ballet when she saw her first ballet on TV (Swan Lake). Then she had the opportunity to start ballet as a hobby, and her teacher, Mr. Bertin, persuaded her to audition for the Opéra Ballet School which she joined when she was 10. She was a shy but graceful pupil and was destined to be at the top of the company. Agnes entered the Paris Opera Ballet company in 1987 at the age of 16, became Coryphée in 1988, Sujet in 1989 and première danseuse in 1993. She demonstrated her talents to this major ballet company and was named étoile after a representation of Swan Lake in October 1997.