Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Is an American born British singer who first gained attention as part of the New Wave music scene of

Is an American born British singer who first gained attention as part of the New Wave music scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s, mostly due to her high-pitched voice, and quirky style and appearance

A Norwegian musician. She was born Lene Marlin Pedersen in Tromsø, Norway.Marlin made her Norwegian

A Norwegian musician. She was born Lene Marlin Pedersen in Tromsø, Norway.Marlin made her Norwegian debut on October 12, 1998, with the single "Unforgivable Sinner", which proved to be a hit as it reached number one and kept that position for eight weeks. It was also the fastest selling single in Norwegian music history, and appeared in the soundtrack of the Norwegian movie Schpaaa. It was followed by her first album, Playing My Game. She won an MTV Europe award in 1999. Her single "Where I'm Headed", from the French film, Mauvaises fréquentations, topped the charts in France and Italy. Her song "Sitting Down Here" became a top 5 hit in the UK singles chart in 1999/2000.

A native Jiaozhou (now Jiaoxian, Shangdong), is a famed Chinese painter in Qing Dynasty. He excelled

A native Jiaozhou (now Jiaoxian, Shangdong), is a famed Chinese painter in Qing Dynasty. He excelled in painting human figures, especially beauties. His courtesy name was Jichen, and sobriquet Jinmen Waishi, or Jinmen Shushi. He was Jiao Bingzhen's student.

Is an Estonian musician, singer, songwriter, and a member of the girl group Vanilla Ninja. Born to R

Is an Estonian musician, singer, songwriter, and a member of the girl group Vanilla Ninja. Born to Rain and Anne Kuurmaa, she has one brother, Raido, who is 3 years older.

A Canadian singer-songwriter based in France. She started playing piano at just two years of age, an

A Canadian singer-songwriter based in France. She started playing piano at just two years of age, and was subsequently classically trained from the age of three. At 18, she made her debut as a professional musician, playing jazz standards and the occasional Nick Cave or Kate Bush cover in Toronto downtown gay bars.Her self-titled debut album was released in 1996, and became one of the year's top-selling Canadian independent albums. Her current band is The Third Floor.

A singer-songwriter out of Hendersonville, Tennessee, United States.Murphy was born in Ronkonkoma, L

A singer-songwriter out of Hendersonville, Tennessee, United States.Murphy was born in Ronkonkoma, Long Island, New York on March 31, 1982. When she was four years old, Murphy and her mother moved to Hendersonville. Murphy began playing piano at a young a

Is an American guitarist, composer and writer who is best known as a member of the Patti Smith Group

Is an American guitarist, composer and writer who is best known as a member of the Patti Smith Group.He has been nominated three times for Grammy Award for Best Album Notes for boxed sets on the Bleecker & MacDougal, Crossroads and Elektrock.[2]

She has had several hits on the Brazilian charts. In 2007 she shared a Latin Grammy Award with Cesar

She has had several hits on the Brazilian charts. In 2007 she shared a Latin Grammy Award with Cesar Camargo Mariano for Best MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) Album, Ao Vivo.She began her career singing in clubs, lived five years in Mexico and spent a good part of her life living in the United States and Europe. She studied at the Brazilian Conservatory of Music.Leny Andrade has performed with Paquito D'Rivera, Luiz Eça, Dick Farney, João Donato, Eumir Deodato, and Francis Hime. Leny Andrade's eclectic style is a synthesis of samba and jazz. [1]

Was an American sculptor who has made several prominent works. Friedlander studied at the Art Studen

Was an American sculptor who has made several prominent works. Friedlander studied at the Art Students League in New York City, the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Brussels and Paris and the American Academy in Rome. He was an assistant to the sculptor Paul Manship and taught at the American Academy in Rome and at New York University, where he headed the sculpture department. He was also president of the National Sculpture Society

Was a Dutch artist known for his portraits.Many of the rich and famous (such as Raquel Welch, Willia

Was a Dutch artist known for his portraits.Many of the rich and famous (such as Raquel Welch, Willian Holden, Donald Sutherland, Stephanie Powers, and the LA Times Hearst family. ) sought out Jansen for his portraiture skills, Jansen's sitting fee in the 1960 was US$20,000. In addition, he also gained fame for his portraiture of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. His Beatles portraits are among the more collectible memmorabilia by fans. He was in great demand in the Los Angeles galleries, but sold primarily through Aaron Brothers.

Was a German-Israeli painter, born in 1894 in Bruchsal, Germany. He served in the German army in 191

Was a German-Israeli painter, born in 1894 in Bruchsal, Germany. He served in the German army in 1914, then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe between 1919-1920 under the tutelage of Albert Hueinsen. Kahn travelled to Berlin (where he met and befriended Max Lieberman), Holland, and France in search of artistic inspiration. In 1926, he was commissioned for the decoration of an important synagogue in Bruchsal. Kahn exhibited in Karlsruhe, Munich, Ulm, Zurich, and Paris. In 1928, Kahn lived in the south of France where he befriended the important Fauve artist André Derain. He then moved to Paris where he maintained a studio until 1934.

Was an author and illustrator of children's books. Born in Holland, he moved to Italy and lived ther

Was an author and illustrator of children's books. Born in Holland, he moved to Italy and lived there before moving to the United States in 1939, where he worked as an art director for several advertising agencies, and then for Fortune magazine. He returned to Italy in 1962 and started writing and illustrating children's books.[1]

Was an American artist considered part of the École de Paris, although his works span many periods

Was an American artist considered part of the École de Paris, although his works span many periods and styles. Michelson first attended the Imperial Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia, and then the University of Tartu in Tartu, Estonia.

A Ukrainian Canadian artist and sculptor. He was born Leonid Molodozhanyn in Polonne near Shepetivka

A Ukrainian Canadian artist and sculptor. He was born Leonid Molodozhanyn in Polonne near Shepetivka, Ukraine.Mol studied sculpture at the Leningrad Academy of Arts from 1936 to 1940. In 1943, he studied in The Hague, and in December, 1948, he and his wife, Magareth (whom he married in 1943), emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba.Over three hundred of Mol's works are displayed in the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden in Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park. The garden was unveiled in 1992 and has been expanded twice since. It is supported by private donations, and Mol personally donated most of the sculpture. In 2002, his sculpture Lumberjacks was featured on a Canadian postage stamp.

Was a classical pianist and educator.Leo Podolsky had many piano teachers in his youth, but George L

Was a classical pianist and educator.Leo Podolsky had many piano teachers in his youth, but George Lalewicz was credited as the most successful. Podolsky also studied at the Cracow Conservatory, and, eventually, he enrolled in the Vienna Academy of Music, where he won the Liszt and the Anton Rubinstein prizes. Podolsky made his Berlin debut in 1912.Podolsky had reached agreement on an international concert tour at the time of his graduation, but it was canceled at the onset of World War I. He was inducted into the Russian military, and during his service, gave concerts in Russia and Siberia. Stranded in Yokohama, Japan by the [Russian Revolution (1917)|[Russian Revolution]], Podolsky gave 426 performances in a tour of Asia and the Pacific Rim that he organized.

Also known as Lior Roth, was an Israeli painter, born in 1914 in Austria-Hungary. In 1920, Roth move

Also known as Lior Roth, was an Israeli painter, born in 1914 in Austria-Hungary. In 1920, Roth moved to Germany and, in 1933, immigrated to Palestine. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and completed frescoes in Italy and France in the 1950s. Roth first settled in Tel Aviv, then moved to Kvutzat Kinneret, then finally to Kibbutz Afikim where he remained until his death.

Is an English singer-songwriter and musician, now based in Australia, whose singing career has spann

Is an English singer-songwriter and musician, now based in Australia, whose singing career has spanned four decades.In 1977, he had a US number one with "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" (a U.S. Grammy Award winner for the year's best Rhythm and Blues Song), as well as the romantic ballad, "When I Need You" (1977), which reached number one in both the UK and U.S.

Was a pianist born in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Podolskaya Guberniya, Russian Empire, now Ukraine. Leo Si

Was a pianist born in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Podolskaya Guberniya, Russian Empire, now Ukraine. Leo Sirota began studying piano at the age of five. By the age of nine he was already giving concerts and came to the attention of Paderewski, who invited the bo

Was a world-famous tenor. He was associated in particular with German opera as well as the role of V

Was a world-famous tenor. He was associated in particular with German opera as well as the role of Verdi's Otello.Slezak worked as a gardener, an engineer's fitter and served in the army before taking singing lessons with the first-class baritone Adolf Robinson. He made his debut in 1896 in Brno (Brünn) and proceeded to sing leading roles in Bohemia and Germany, appearing at Breslau and, in 1898-99, at Berlin.

Was an Irish painter.Born in Dublin and educated at Belvedere College and the Metropolitan School of

Was an Irish painter.Born in Dublin and educated at Belvedere College and the Metropolitan School of Art, Whelan was a student of William Orpen. He first exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1911, and was awarded the Taylor Art Scholarship five years later in 1916. He exhibited nearly 250 works at the RHA from 1911 until 1956.

Is one of America's leading concert pianists. He has performed all over the United States as well as

Is one of America's leading concert pianists. He has performed all over the United States as well as Europe. He can be seen in the Classic Arts Showcase on PBS. Mr. Bates is also known for his work with children.

Was an American jazz cornetist, jazz pianist, and composer.With Louis Armstrong, Beiderbecke was one

Was an American jazz cornetist, jazz pianist, and composer.With Louis Armstrong, Beiderbecke was one of the two most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s. His turns on "Singin' the Blues" (1927) and "I'm Coming, Virginia" (1927), in particular, demonstr

Was an American jazz cornetist, and composer, as well as a skilled classical and jazz pianist.One of

Was an American jazz cornetist, and composer, as well as a skilled classical and jazz pianist.One of the leading names in '20s jazz, Beiderbecke's career was cut short by chronic poor health, exacerbated by his alcoholism. Critic Scott Yanow describes Beiderbecke as the "possessor of a beautiful, distinctive tone and a strikingly original improvising style, Beiderbecke's only competitor among cornetists in the '20s was Louis Armstrong but (due to their different sounds and styles) one really could not compare them."

Was a Polish avant-garde painter, theoretician of modern art, literary critic, logician, philosopher

Was a Polish avant-garde painter, theoretician of modern art, literary critic, logician, philosopher and mathematician.In the 1920s-30s, many European philosophers attempted to reform traditional philosophy by means of mathematical logic. Leon Chwistek did not believe that such reform could succeed. He thought that reality could not be described in one homogeneous system, based on the principles of formal logic, because there was not one reality but many.

An American pianist and conductor.He was born in San Francisco, California, where he started studyin

An American pianist and conductor.He was born in San Francisco, California, where he started studying the piano at age 4. He made his public debut at age 8 and played with the New York Philharmonic under Pierre Monteux at 16; Monteux famously called him "the pianistic find of the century." He became one of the few child virtuosos to be accepted for study with Artur Schnabel.He made a memorable series of recordings with George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra before losing the use of his right hand due to focal dystonia. He continued performing the left-handed repertoire until he quite recently regained the use of his right hand through a combination of massage and botox injections. He also undertook conducting during this time, serving at one time as Music Director of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra in Maryland. He is particularly well-known for his interpretations of the piano concerti of Brahms and Beethoven