Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter O

An American R&B singer.In 2000, she became the first artist signed to Clive Davis' J Records. Her se

An American R&B singer.In 2000, she became the first artist signed to Clive Davis' J Records. Her self-titled debut album Olivia was released in 2001 and featured the singles "Bizounce" which made #15 on the charts, and "R U Capable". The album debuted at

Is a Belgian artist. From 1991-1995, he studied at the Institut Saint-Luc, Brussels; from 1995–199

Is a Belgian artist. From 1991-1995, he studied at the Institut Saint-Luc, Brussels; from 1995–1999, he studied at the Ecole de Recherche Graphique, Brussels; from 2001–2002, he studied at the Jan van Eyck Academie. In 2005-2006, he was artist in residence, Projekt-Just, Düsseldorf.[1][2]

Was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. He entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of

Was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. He entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 11, and numbered Paul Dukas, Maurice Emmanuel, Charles-Marie Widor and Marcel Dupré among his teachers. He was appointed organist at the church of La Trinité in Paris in 1931, a post he held until his death. On the fall of France in 1940 Messiaen was made a prisoner of war, and while incarcerated he composed his Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the end of time") for the four available instruments, piano, violin, cello, and clarinet. The piece was first performed by Messiaen and fellow prisoners to an audience of inmates and prison guards. Messiaen was appointed professor of harmony soon after his release in 1941, and professor of composition in 1966 at the Paris Conservatoire, positions he held until his retirement in 1978. His many distinguished pupils included Pierre Boulez, Yvonne Loriod (who later became Messiaen's second wife), Karlheinz Stockhausen, Iannis Xenakis and George Benjamin.

Is an Italian artist and photographer of urban environments. He is recognized for his innovative tec

Is an Italian artist and photographer of urban environments. He is recognized for his innovative technique creating miniature still photography from actual landscapes by simulating shallow depth of field via the use of tilt-shift lens photography. Barbier

A Finnish pianist, conductor and composer.He learnt harpsichord and piano from the age of five with

A Finnish pianist, conductor and composer.He learnt harpsichord and piano from the age of five with Ralf Gothóni and then Eero Heinonen. He studied composition with Einojuhani Rautavaara from 1975. He won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1987 which led to his New York City recital debut at Carnegie Hall.He has been artistic director of the Korsholm Music Festival in 1988 and the Turku Music Festival from 1990-1992. He is co-founder and director of the Helsinki Festival Orchestra, and has conducted the chamber orchestra Tapiola Sinfonietta since 2003.

Is an American country music singer-songwriter, who was one of the first female Country music stars

Is an American country music singer-songwriter, who was one of the first female Country music stars and had a series of hits between the 1950s and 1970s.After the breakthrough of Kitty Wells in 1952, Shepard entered Country music and became only the secon

A Spanish - Mexican singer, dj, and TV personality famous in Spain and Latin America. She was of the

A Spanish - Mexican singer, dj, and TV personality famous in Spain and Latin America. She was of the main characters in the so called Movida the cultural movement following the Franco dictatorship in Spain. This movement in which music, arts, cinema and fashion erupted and collided to confirm the actual society Spain had become under Franco. She has participated since the last part of the seventies in several groups of different success: Kaka de Luxe 1977, Alaska y los Pegamoides 1980, Alaska y Dinarama 1983 and since 1989 the duet Fangoria. She is also one of Spain's main gay icons.

Is a Cuban singer and dancer whose career has spanned over half a century. She was one of the origin

Is a Cuban singer and dancer whose career has spanned over half a century. She was one of the original members of the Cuarteto d'Aida, and has performed with Ignacio Piñeiro, Orquesta Anacaona, Orquesta Aragón, Nat King Cole, Adalberto Álvarez, Los Van Van, the Buena Vista ensemble, Pupy Pedroso, Chucho Valdés and Juan Formell.

Is a contemporary video artist. He received his BFA from Tufts University, School of the Museum of F

Is a contemporary video artist. He received his BFA from Tufts University, School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 1995 and an MFA from Hunter College in 2000.[1] Fast uses his films to explore the various possibilities offered by cinematic medium. His piece The Casting (2007) was featured in the 2008 Whitney Biennial.[2]

Is a setar and daf player. He is classical Persian ensemble musicians and he also tours the world wi

Is a setar and daf player. He is classical Persian ensemble musicians and he also tours the world with The Kamkars, an Iranian Kurdish group composed of Omid, his six brothers, and sister. He has also toured with his musician father, Mohammad Reza Lotfi.

Was a Japanese Rinzai Roshi, a successor in the Tenryu-ji line of Rinzai Zen, a teacher of Jikishink

Was a Japanese Rinzai Roshi, a successor in the Tenryu-ji line of Rinzai Zen, a teacher of Jikishinkage Ryu swordsmanship, and a calligrapher in the Taishi school of Yamaoka Tesshu. He became well-known for his unique approach to Zen practice integrating insights from his martial and fine arts training with traditional Zen methods. The author of more than 20 books in the Japanese language, he founded Seitaiji monastery in Japan and Daihonzan Chozen-ji in Honolulu, Hawaii, the only Rinzai headquarters temple established outside of Japan according to canon law. He also served as president of Hanazono University, the Rinzai university in Kyoto, Japan. Omori was well-known for his influence in government circles prior to the outbreak of the Second World War.

Is a Japanese conceptual artist living in New York City since 1965. He has shown in many solo and gr

Is a Japanese conceptual artist living in New York City since 1965. He has shown in many solo and group exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale in 1976.Since 1966 he has made a long series of "date paintings" (the Today series), which consist entirely of the date on which the painting was executed in simple white lettering set against a solid background. If Kawara is unable to complete the painting on the day it was started he immediately destroys it. Other series of works include the I Went and I Met series of postcards sent to his friends detailing aspects of his life, another series of postcards, I Got Up At, rubber-stamped with the time he got up that morning, and a series of telegrams sent to various people bearing the message "I AM STILL ALIVE".

Was a leading Turkish-Armenian musician, working mainly as a composer and an arranger. Tunç also pl

Was a leading Turkish-Armenian musician, working mainly as a composer and an arranger. Tunç also played bass guitar and occasionally double bass, contributing to the albums of several musicians. He was the older brother of musician Arto Tunçboyaciyan.

A member of the Japanese idol group AKB48 Team B. She is the youngest member in Team B.

A member of the Japanese idol group AKB48 Team B. She is the youngest member in Team B.

Was an Indian author and cartoonist, who was an important figure in modern Malayalam literature. Bes

Was an Indian author and cartoonist, who was an important figure in modern Malayalam literature. Best known for his first novel Khasakkinte Itihasam, Vijayan has six novels, nine short-story collections, and nine collections of essays, memoirs and reflections.

Professionally known as Kutiman, is a musician, composer, producer and animator from Israel. He is b

Professionally known as Kutiman, is a musician, composer, producer and animator from Israel. He is best known for creating the online music video project ThruYOU, as well as his self-titled album and collaboration with many other Israeli artists including Hadag Nahash.

A Mexican operatic mezzo-soprano who has performed at many of the world's leading opera houses.She w

A Mexican operatic mezzo-soprano who has performed at many of the world's leading opera houses.She was born in the city of San Luis Potosí in northern Mexico and studied at the National Conservatory of Music where she made the acquaintance of the composer Carlos Chavez who championed her career. She made her professional stage debut at the Mexico City Opera in 1950.In 1951 she sang the role of Amneris in Aida for the first time at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City with Maria Callas, Mario del Monaco and Giuseppe Taddei under the direction of Italian conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis. A recording of this performance has circulated since that time and is still regarded as one of the most exciting performances of this very popular opera on record.

Jazz trumpeter, singer, bandleader born in Dallas, Texas, better known as Hot Lips Page by the publi

Jazz trumpeter, singer, bandleader born in Dallas, Texas, better known as Hot Lips Page by the public, and Lips Page by his fellow musicians. He was known as a scorching soloist and powerful vocalist.

A Thai luk grung singer who has successfully delved into luk thung. Sujjajon is the daughter of a Th

A Thai luk grung singer who has successfully delved into luk thung. Sujjajon is the daughter of a Thai father and a Chinese mother. [1][2]

Is a singer, songwriter, playwright, and theatre director. His music video of "Her Morning Elegance"

Is a singer, songwriter, playwright, and theatre director. His music video of "Her Morning Elegance" has come in to recent popularity [

Is a musician on Saddle Creek Records.Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Fink was half of the Southern dre

Is a musician on Saddle Creek Records.Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Fink was half of the Southern dream pop duo Azure Ray from 2001 to 2004. Fink is also a former member of Now It's Overhead, another Saddle Creek band. She released her full first full-leng

Was a leading Russian portraitist in the Age of Romanticism. His most familiar work is probably Alex

Was a leading Russian portraitist in the Age of Romanticism. His most familiar work is probably Alexander Pushkin's portrait (1827), which prompted the poet to remark that "the mirror flatters me"

Was a Cuban musician and bandleader, often credited with popularizing the musical form Mambo, alongs

Was a Cuban musician and bandleader, often credited with popularizing the musical form Mambo, alongside his brother Israel "Cachao" Lopez.In the late 1930s, the danzón had three movements: First, the introduction; second, el paseo, the walk in a circle; and third, la comparsa, the main theme in which dancers faced each other and danced. López's "Danzón de nuevo ritmo" changed the third movement when he substituted a montuno (based on the syncopated beat of the son-playing treseros from Oriente). López's montuno of two to four beats took on a special syncopated character and was given the generic name of mambo."

Was an Italian sculptor working in Rome. As with most Roman sculptors of the sixteenth through the e

Was an Italian sculptor working in Rome. As with most Roman sculptors of the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries, a great part of his commissioned work was in restoring and completing fragmentary ancient Roman sculptures. A pupil of François Duques

Is a Turkish musician, baglama virtuoso, composer, singer, arranger, music producer, music director,

Is a Turkish musician, baglama virtuoso, composer, singer, arranger, music producer, music director, and actor.