Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter R

She spent three years living in Germany, performing with her own band. She was professionally traine

She spent three years living in Germany, performing with her own band. She was professionally trained at The Kassel Musik Akademie and studied drama, dancing and singing in Berlin with David Lane (Broadway USA) at the Artist Studio Musical SchoolIt was her participation in "Operação Triunfo" on Portuguese national television in 2003 that drew the attention of songwriter and record producer Mike Myers.

An Australian dance music singer, best known in France.In 1989, Clarke was playing the part of Bomba

An Australian dance music singer, best known in France.In 1989, Clarke was playing the part of Bombalurina in the famous musical Cats. During a performance in Paris she caught the eye of French producer Nicolas Skorsky who was looking for a vocalist for a dance track he had just written. Rozlyne recorded the song in one day and left for London to perform the part of Rizzo in Grease. The song called Eddy Steady Go was released in late 1990 and became an instant club smash reaching #1 on the French club play chart. Skorsky called Rozlyne and asked her to come back to Paris in order to do the promotion of the song and to record a full album.

Was an Azerbaijani opera (mezzo soprano) and folk singer.In 1953, she graduated from the Zeynalli Co

Was an Azerbaijani opera (mezzo soprano) and folk singer.In 1953, she graduated from the Zeynalli College of Music in Baku, where she was taught by prominent khananda Seyid Shushinski. She started working at the Azerbaijan State Opera and Ballet Theatre in 1954.

Was born on November 9, 1922 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. He was self-taught in painting and started

Was born on November 9, 1922 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. He was self-taught in painting and started to paint as a child, doing figure and landscapes for Christmas creches.Valentim graduated in dentistry in 1946, and practiced the profession while continuing to paint. In 1948, he left dentistry to devote himself entirely to plastic arts. He went on to study Journalism and received his Bachelor's Degree from the School of Philosophy of Bahia in 1953. He participated in the renovative movement in the arts, which began in Bahia in 1978-1948.

An Israeli – German painter, sculptor, and photographer.Talberg ranks among the most successful Is

An Israeli – German painter, sculptor, and photographer.Talberg ranks among the most successful Israeli-German contemporary artists. He is reputed to represent Young Jewish Art (YJA). In his oeuvre he deals with antagonistic positions like Nature & Alchemy, Asymmetry & Dynamics or Eros & Thanathos. During the last decade he intensified his interest for Jewish mysticism and magic. On extensive travels as recently to the USA and Spain he created new serials of photography that in turn shape the base for new painting cycles. Likewise the surfaces of his paintings teem with references to aramaic letters, Voodoo or Egyptian symbols, Chinese economic numbers.

Was a Brazilian painter and sculptor. He was heavily influenced by concrete and neoconcrete art[3].M

Was a Brazilian painter and sculptor. He was heavily influenced by concrete and neoconcrete art[3].Many of his works are paintings based on populist themes and his political beliefs which followed those of neoconcrete artists [3]. Meanwhile, Gerchman’s sculptures with letters were stem from concrete poetry[3].In the late 1960s Gerchman devoted his interest to urban isolation and alienation[3]. He produced boxes and containers destined to be opened by spectators and made a series of mixed media collages on wood, broadly titled Caixa de morar (Box to Live In), which reflects this theme. One work in this series is O rei do mau gosto (The King of Bad Taste) was a satire on the bourgeoisie and industrial tycoons set in a monstrous tropical paradise[3].

Was an American composer, pianist, and educator. He studied composition with Robert Fuchs at the Vie

Was an American composer, pianist, and educator. He studied composition with Robert Fuchs at the Vienna Conservatory, and later with Antonín Dvorák at the National Conservatory in New York.Goldmark taught composition at the National Conservatory of New York and at the College Conservatory in Colorado, and spent the last twelve years of his life as head of the composition department at Juilliard. His students included Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Alfred Newman, Paul Nordoff, and Frederick Jacobi, and thus Rubin Goldmark helped link the 19th-century European Romantic music to 20th-century American music.

Was an American opera singer active during the early 1900s.Gordon was born in Wallaceburg, Ontario,

Was an American opera singer active during the early 1900s.Gordon was born in Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada in 1884 and died in Macon on 22 February 1952. Ruby got her big break in July 1919. She was called to New York and offered a three year Metropolitan Opera contract by Giulio Gatti-Casazza. Shortly after signing her contract she changed her name to "Jeanne" Gordon. Her debut performance was as Azucena in Il trovatore.[1] In 1919 she created roles in L'oiseau bleu by Albert Wolff. She made guest appearances with the Opéra de Monte-Carlo in 1928.

Was an actress, singer, and dancer most famous for her on-screen coupling with Dick Powell in a stri

Was an actress, singer, and dancer most famous for her on-screen coupling with Dick Powell in a string of successful early musicals at Warner Brothers, particularly 42nd Street. She was briefly married to legendary singer Al Jolson. She retired from show business in the 1940s but made a widely publicized comeback on Broadway in 1971.

Was one of the most popular singers in the United Kingdom in the 1950s.[2] In the year of 1955 alone

Was one of the most popular singers in the United Kingdom in the 1950s.[2] In the year of 1955 alone, she secured seven Top 10 UK hit singles.[3]Again spotted by Afton, she was signed to Columbia and her first single, "Heartbeat", reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1954.[3] Afton had offered her the position of resident singer on the BBC's Quite Contrary television show, to replace Joan Regan.[6] "Softly, Softly", her second single, reached number one the following year.[3] That song was one of five of hers in the Top 20 in the same week in March 1955 — a record which still stands to this day.[7][1]

Is a sculptor, painter, and former street artist from San Francisco and Los Angeles, California, kno

Is a sculptor, painter, and former street artist from San Francisco and Los Angeles, California, known for her evocative portrayal of horses.Meanwhile, she also had a parallel career as a gallery artist and muralist, receiving a BFA in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1994.[5] Her painting during this time is described as being influenced by Nicole Eisenmann, Raymond Pettibon, and Mike Kelley.[6] During this time, Neri contributed mural work to such sites as the Clarion Alley Mural Project and the Redstone Building.[7][8] A founding member of what later came to be known as the Mission School,[9] she was a close collaborator with other notable graffiti artists such as Twist and KR, as well as Mission School painter Alicia McCarthy.[9][10]

Was born Constance Henrietta Mierzwiak in Toledo, Ohio. Starr started performing at the age of nine

Was born Constance Henrietta Mierzwiak in Toledo, Ohio. Starr started performing at the age of nine under the stage name Connie Little and was later billed as Ruby Jones during the 1960s. In 1971 she was signed to Curtom Records and recorded her first alb

A British soul singer, songwriter and actress. Turner moved to Handsworth, Birmingham, England when

A British soul singer, songwriter and actress. Turner moved to Handsworth, Birmingham, England when she was nine years old, in 1967. Her major break came in the mid 1980s, when she joined Culture Club and a solo recording contract with Jive Records followed.Turner has performed with Bryan Ferry, UB40, Steve Winwood, Jools Holland and Mick Jagger, as well as writing songs that have been covered by many artists including Lulu, Yazz and Maxi Priest. Between 1986 and 1995, eight of her singles appeared in the UK Singles Chart with "I'd Rather Go Blind" being the most successful reaching number 24 in 1987.[1] Turner sang in Jools Holland's Hootenanny, an annual New Year's music programme for BBC TV, the 2007/08 and 2008/09 editions.

Was an American singer and song writer. Though not very successful in the United States she had two

Was an American singer and song writer. Though not very successful in the United States she had two hits in the United Kingdom. The first, Bimbo made number 7 in April 1954, whilst in May 1959, her version of Three Little Stars hit the charts at number 19

Was a Dutch entertainer.He worked as a television entertainer and hosted his own show. The Rudi Carr

Was a Dutch entertainer.He worked as a television entertainer and hosted his own show. The Rudi Carrell Show ran first in the Netherlands, then in Germany for many years.

An Austrian classical pianist.Buchbinder studied with Bruno Seidlhofer at the Vienna Academy of Musi

An Austrian classical pianist.Buchbinder studied with Bruno Seidlhofer at the Vienna Academy of Music. In 1965 he made a tour of North and South America. In 1966 he won a special prize awarded at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Subsequently he has toured with the Vienna Philharmonic and appeared as soloist around the world. He also has taught piano at the Basel Academy of Music. He has recorded the complete Beethoven piano sonatas and variations for the Teldec label as well as both Brahms piano concertos with Harnoncourt and the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam.

Was an Austrian tenor concert and opera singer.Christ began his career in 1939 as chorister in the V

Was an Austrian tenor concert and opera singer.Christ began his career in 1939 as chorister in the Vienna Volksoper. He then studied for three years with Adolf Vogel in Vienna. In 1941 he made his debut as soloist at the Landestheater in Innsbruck, and he worked from 1946-49 at the Zürich City Theatre as lyric tenor and operetta singer. In 1949 he went back to the Vienna Volksoper, where he remained a member of the Company until his retirement in 1976.

Was a Czech-born Jewish pianist.Firkušný started his musical studies with the composers Leoš Janácek and Josef Suk, and the pianist Vilém Kurz. Later he studied with Alfred Cortot and Artur Schnabel. He began performing on the continent of Europe in the 1920s, and made his debuts in London in 1933 and New York in 1938. He escaped the Nazis in 1939, fled to Paris, later settled in New York and became a US citizen.

A Dutch pianist, who studied piano, organ and harpsichord simultaneously at the Conservatoire of Ams

A Dutch pianist, who studied piano, organ and harpsichord simultaneously at the Conservatoire of Amsterdam. His teachers were Nelly Wagenaar, his father Simon C. Jansen, Felix de Nobel and Gustav Leonhardt. His studies were crowned by two Prix d'Excellence, one for piano and one for organ.In 1965 he was awarded the Toonkunst Jubileumprijs, in 1966 the "Zilveren Vriendenkrans" by the Friends of the Concertgebouw. He won the Edison Award twice: in 1973 with Han de Vries (oboe), and 1987 with Dorothy Dorrow.

German theologian of Lutheran background, who was for three decades professor of New Testament studi

German theologian of Lutheran background, who was for three decades professor of New Testament studies at the University of Marburg. He defined an almost complete split between history and faith, writing that only the bare fact of Christ crucified was necessary for Christian faith.[1]

Was a dancer, primarily known for his work in ballet.

Was a dancer, primarily known for his work in ballet.

Was a Finnish illustrator and painter, best known for illustrating books of fairytales for children,

Was a Finnish illustrator and painter, best known for illustrating books of fairytales for children, which are enduringly and timelessly popular.

Was an Austrian landscape and architectural painter. Borne as Rudolf Alt, he could call himself von

Was an Austrian landscape and architectural painter. Borne as Rudolf Alt, he could call himself von Alt and bear the title of a Ritter (knight) after he gained nobility in 1882.He was the son of the famous lithographer Jakob Alt (1789-1872). He studied at the Akademie der bildenden Künste in Vienna. Hiking-trips through the Austrian Alps and northern Italy awoke a love for landscapes, and he painted with his brush using watercolors in a very realistic and detailed style. In 1833, inspired by a visit to Venice and neighbouring cities, he also made a number of architectural paintings.

Was a Bohemian-born pianist.He was born in Cheb (Eger), Bohemia (now Czech Republic) to a Russian-Je

Was a Bohemian-born pianist.He was born in Cheb (Eger), Bohemia (now Czech Republic) to a Russian-Jewish family. Hailed as a child prodigy, Serkin was sent to Vienna at the age of nine, where he studied piano with Richard Robert and, later, composition with Joseph Marx making his public debut with the Vienna Philharmonic at 12. From 1918 to 1920 he studied composition with Arnold Schoenberg and participated actively in Schoenberg's Society for the Private Performance of Music. He began a regular concert career in 1920, living in Berlin with violinist Adolf Busch and his family, which included a then three-year-old daughter Irene, whom Serkin would marry 15 years later. Throughout the 1920s and early 1930s, Serkin performed throughout Europe both as soloist and with Busch and the Busch Quartet. With the rise of the Nazi party in Germany, Serkin and the Busches left Berlin for Switzerland.

A Swiss-born artist who came to Canada in 1967 to attend Carlton University. Stussi also studied and

A Swiss-born artist who came to Canada in 1967 to attend Carlton University. Stussi also studied and taught at the Ontario College of Art, graduating in 1978. From 1988 to 1991 he was president of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour (CSPWC).Rudolf was involved in animation with Toronto based Nelvana. He illustrated in the award winning series "Little Bear" and "Rolie-Polie-Olie" and the film "Heidi".