Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a painter of figurative art from Georgia. He works in oil painting, with particular emphasis on c

Is a painter of figurative art from Georgia. He works in oil painting, with particular emphasis on colouristic features. His preferred subject is women, who he regards as "the most beautiful creation in the world.

Is an American rapper.Signed to Atlantic Records, taking his stage name from his hustler father's ni

Is an American rapper.Signed to Atlantic Records, taking his stage name from his hustler father's nickname, "Gucci Man"His second album, Hard 2 Kill, was released in 2006, followed by Trap-A-Thon and Back to the Trap House in 2007, all of which sold well as independently released albums.[On May 10, 2005, Gucci Mane was visiting the home of Jenna Talia, a stripper, when five assailants came in the house with the intentions of taking Gucci's signature So Icy chain and began attacking Gucci Mane and his friend. Gucci Mane was armed and fired several shots before the assault ended, later describing the shootings as self-defense

Is a Romanian concert pianist.Lupu was born in Galati, the son of Meyer Lupu and Ana Gabor. He began

Is a Romanian concert pianist.Lupu was born in Galati, the son of Meyer Lupu and Ana Gabor. He began piano as a 6-year old (with Lia Busuioceanu), making his public debut at age 12. After completing high school in Galati, and graduating from the Popular School for the Arts in Brasov, Lupu continued his studies at the Bucharest Conservatory with Florica Musicescu and Cella Delavrancea. In 1961, he was awarded a scholarship to the Moscow P.I. Tchaikovsky State Conservatory, where he studied with Galina Eghyazarova, Heinrich Neuhaus, and Stanislav Neuhaus.

Is a Romanian/Moldovan male soprano. He is gifted with a pure soprano voice in the range of C4 to C6

Is a Romanian/Moldovan male soprano. He is gifted with a pure soprano voice in the range of C4 to C6 considered at present a great talent of Baroque music.

Is a Moldovan singer.He was part of the former boyband O-Zone and currently lives & works in Buchare

Is a Moldovan singer.He was part of the former boyband O-Zone and currently lives & works in Bucharest, Romania.

Was a musician, composer, bandleader and the first Puerto Rican to compose the music score for a Hol

Was a musician, composer, bandleader and the first Puerto Rican to compose the music score for a Hollywood feature film.Upon finishing his musical instruction, Alers went to play for various national and international bands and Symphony Orchestras. Eventually, he formed his own band and recorded the Puerto Rican danzas composed by Juan Morel Campos, Manuel Gregorio Tavarez and Angel Mislan.In 1933, Alers was the conductor of Carmelo Diaz Soler's Orchestra, which had a daily segment in a radio program. Alers took charge of the orchestra upon the death of Diaz Soler and in 1935, he felt the inspiration to compose a danza. He composed, what was to become his greatest danza and named it "Violeta" and the following day he played it on the radio.[2]

Was a Portuguese artist known for his illustration, caricatures, sculpture and ceramics designs, and

Was a Portuguese artist known for his illustration, caricatures, sculpture and ceramics designs, and is considered the first Portuguese comics creator.

Was a Colombian composer and troubadour. He was known for being one of the most prominent vallenato

Was a Colombian composer and troubadour. He was known for being one of the most prominent vallenato music composers and troubadours of the genre and for being the co-founder of the Vallenato Legend Festival, along with Consuelo Araujo and Alfonso Lopez Michelsen.

Was a Hungarian pianist and composer.His youth was spent in Miskolcz, and there, at the age of 8, he

Was a Hungarian pianist and composer.His youth was spent in Miskolcz, and there, at the age of 8, he began his study of the piano. He studied in Budapest with Friedrich Brauer, the teacher of Stephen Heller. In 1866 he went to Leipzig, where his teachers were Ignaz Moscheles and Ernst Ferdinand Wenzel. In 1868 he became a pupil of Carl Tausig in Berlin, remaining with him for two years. Later he spent two summers with Franz Liszt in Weimar.

A Mexican-Canadian electronic artist who works with ideas from architecture, technological theater a

A Mexican-Canadian electronic artist who works with ideas from architecture, technological theater and performance. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Physical Chemistry from Concordia University in Montreal. Currently, Lozano-Hemmer lives and works in Montréal and Madrid.Rafael Lozano-Hemmer is best known for creating theatrical interactive installations in public spaces across Europe, Asia and America. Using robotics, real-time computer graphics, film projections, positional sound, internet links, cell phone interfaces, video and ultrasonic sensors, LED screens and other devices, his installations seek to interrupt the increasingly homogenized urban condition by providing critical platforms for participation. Lozano-Hemmer’s smaller-scaled sculptural and video installations explore themes of perception, deception and surveillance

Is a copla and flamenco singer from Spain.His father is a member of the musical group Cantores de Híspalis, and he made his debut in the Teatro Lope de Vega in Seville when he was 17 years old, dedicating his performance to La Chunga.

Was a Spanish classical pianist. Orozco is acclaimed as one of the great Spanish concert pianists.Ra

Was a Spanish classical pianist. Orozco is acclaimed as one of the great Spanish concert pianists.Rafael Orozco came from a musical family in Córdoba and studied with José Cubiles[2] and Alexis Weissenberg.[3] His professional career began after he won first prize in the 1966 Leeds International Piano Competition in the UK.His large repertoire included works by Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert, Manuel de Falla, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Isaac Albéniz. He gave recitals on five continents and participated as soloist with the world's great orchestras, including Cleveland, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Berlin, Vienna, Paris, and London. Orozco also participated in music festivals at Osaka, Praga, Berlin, Santander, Edimburg, Spoleto, and Aldeburgh.

Was a Colombian singer of vallenato music. He was one of the major representatives of that Colombian

Was a Colombian singer of vallenato music. He was one of the major representatives of that Colombian popular folk music and lead singer and owner, along fellow accordionist Israel Romero, of the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de América, very popular in Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela.

Is an Israeli artist and photographer best known for his breakthrough photography project Bereshit -

Is an Israeli artist and photographer best known for his breakthrough photography project Bereshit - Genesis. Recalling the Genesis Creation story, this photography research project, of Israeli desert Negev trees, marked for the first time in photography history, a nocturnes photos that looks like taken in day light, using just the "moon-light", with no electronic or digital manipulation. The night, like never seen before, with monochromatic but full colored of its "colors of the night".

Was a Polish historical painter.In 1834 he went to Kraków and painted icons for several Orthodox ch

Was a Polish historical painter.In 1834 he went to Kraków and painted icons for several Orthodox churches there. In 1839 he left for Moscow, where he served in the Department of Fine Art and Mathematics until 1844. In 1844 he moved back to Warsaw, where he served as a professor in the Warsaw School of Art. In 1871, near the end of his life, he was transferred to a university in Kielce, where he died.

Is an Italian popular singer.Riefoli lived the few first years of the 1980s in London, England, befo

Is an Italian popular singer.Riefoli lived the few first years of the 1980s in London, England, before starting out his musical career in 1984, landing mostly in the New Wave scene with his English language album Raf. His first single, "Self Control", which he co-wrote with Giancarlo Bigazzi and Steve Piccolo, was a huge hit not only in his native Italy but also in Austria, Switzerland and Germany, where the single climbed as high as no. 2 in the Media Control single chart.

Was an Italian sculptor, born in Florence, Italy. He studied with his father Pasquale Romanelli (181

Was an Italian sculptor, born in Florence, Italy. He studied with his father Pasquale Romanelli (1812 - 1887), who in turn had studied with the sculptor Bartolini. He continued his studies at the Florence Academy with Augusto Rivalta and Emilio Zocchi, bo

An Armenian Concert Pianist and is assistant professor of piano at the University of Wisconsin-Steve

An Armenian Concert Pianist and is assistant professor of piano at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. He was formerly a member of the faculty of Rowan University in New Jersey, U.S.A.[1] Besalyan received Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from Yerevan State Musical Conservatory, Master's Degree from Rowan University where he studied with Veda Zuponcic, and studied at the Manhattan School of Music with Byron Janis and Sara Davis Buechner.[2]

Is a Canadian children's singer. Known to fans by his first name only, Raffi began his career as a c

Is a Canadian children's singer. Known to fans by his first name only, Raffi began his career as a children's entertainer in 1974. He has developed his career as a "global troubadour", to become a music producer, author, entrepreneur, systems thinker, and

Was an Armenian sculptor. He was a direct descendant of the house of Daniel-Bek of Sassun (province

Was an Armenian sculptor. He was a direct descendant of the house of Daniel-Bek of Sassun (province Sassun or Sason of Western Armenia) (second half of the 18th century) and Khachatur-Bek of Mush (town Mush of Western Armenia) (first half of the 19th cent

Is a professional watercolor painter. Karas graduated in 1961 with a degree in fine arts and is now

Is a professional watercolor painter. Karas graduated in 1961 with a degree in fine arts and is now living in Montreal, Canada. His work can be found in many public and private collections, in Egypt, the USA, and Canada. Karas is an associate member of AWS, and Member of Syndicate of plastic Arts, and the Egyptian National Committee International Association Of Art.

An Iraqi American oud musician and composer.AlHaj was born in Baghdad, Iraq and began playing the ou

An Iraqi American oud musician and composer.AlHaj was born in Baghdad, Iraq and began playing the oud (an Arabic lute) at age nine. Early on, it was evident that he had a remarkable talent for playing the oud. AlHaj studied under the renowned Munir Bashir, considered by many to be the greatest oud player ever, and Salim Abdul Kareem, at the Institute of Music in Baghdad, Iraq. AlHaj won various awards at the Conservatory and graduated in 1990 with a diploma in composition. He also holds a degree in Arabic literature from Mustansiriya University in Baghdad.

A Singaporean student and singer. She became widely known after her appearance on Singapore Idol, a

A Singaporean student and singer. She became widely known after her appearance on Singapore Idol, a TV singing competition modelled after the TV shows Pop Idol and American Idol. Singapore Idol is a production of MediaCorp TV, a television and radio production company in Singapore which also produces the news station, Channel NewsAsia. She is of ethnic Malay descent has two younger brothers and is named after Rahima Rahim, another Singaporean singer who happened to be a distant aunt.

An Iraqi singer who rose to popularity after participating in Super Star 2, the pan-Arabic version o

An Iraqi singer who rose to popularity after participating in Super Star 2, the pan-Arabic version of Pop Idol. Rahma got to the last episode but did not win. However, this did not affect her ambitions of becoming a successful artist, as she continued on with her singing and took part in a Dubai TV channel called, "Najm El Khaleej"; in which she came 2nd.Rahma, who is the daughter of a well known Iraqi singer Riyadh Ahmad, was born in Iraq in 1987 on 19 January. She loves singing, swimming, shopping, and her favorite sport is walking. Rahma says that she’s a very optimistic person, and she believes in true friendships.

An Indian classical music singer.Rahul is the grandson of noted singer Pandit Vasantrao Deshpande of

An Indian classical music singer.Rahul is the grandson of noted singer Pandit Vasantrao Deshpande of Patiala Gharana.Rahul developed his interest in vocal music by studying the music of Pandit Kumar Gandharva. Initially, he sought guidance from Ushatai Chipalkatti and Pandit Kumar Gandharva's son Mukul Shivputra. He further learned music under the tutelage of Pandit Gangadharbuva Pimpalkhare and Dr. Madhusudhan Patwardhan. He also learned playing tabla from Pandit Suresh Samant.