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Damien Quintard
Damien Quintard (born 21 June 1991) is an Emmy Award winning French record producer, composer, engineer and entrepreneur known for his work with artists like Brian Eno, Parcels, Gaspard Augé (Justice), Teodor Currentzis, Arca, L’Impératrice, Dimitris PapaioannouCanine Bertrand Chamayou among others. He is also the Founder and CEO of The Mono Company (2018) a production company and SoundX (2019) a firm focused on Research and Innovation. Their first project, ''numéro un'', focuses on bringing music to the Deaf Community, with the first Artificial Intelligence made for and calibrated by institutes around the world and a patented vibration pack that translates sounds in real time. He co-founded with Brad Pitt “Miraval Studios” in 2021, a recording studio inside Chateau Miraval, bought by Pitt and Angelina Jolie in 2009. Bringing back to life the iconic “Studio Miraval”, considered in the 70s till the late 90s as one of the most prestigious studios in the world, re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AC/DC
AC/DC (stylised as ACϟDC) are an Australian Rock music, rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by Scottish-born brothers Malcolm Young, Malcolm and Angus Young. Their music has been variously described as hard rock, blues rock, and Heavy metal music, heavy metal, but the band calls it simply "rock and roll". AC/DC underwent several line-up changes before releasing their first album, 1975's ''High Voltage (1975 album), High Voltage''. Membership subsequently stabilised around the Young brothers, singer Bon Scott, drummer Phil Rudd, and bassist Mark Evans (musician), Mark Evans. Evans was fired from the band in 1977 and replaced by Cliff Williams, who has appeared on every AC/DC album since 1978's ''Powerage''. In February 1980, about seven months after the release of their breakthrough album ''Highway to Hell'', Scott died of acute alcohol poisoning after a night of heavy drinking. AC/DC considered disbanding, but at Scott's family's request, the remaining members opted to conti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gramophone Classical Music Awards
The Gramophone Classical Music Awards, launched in 1977, are one of the most significant honours bestowed on recordings in the classical record industry. They are often viewed as equivalent to or surpassing the American Grammy award, and referred to as the ''Oscars'' for classical music. They are widely regarded as the most influential and prestigious classical music awards in the world. According to Matthew Owen, national sales manager for Harmonia Mundi USA, "ultimately it is ''the'' classical award, especially worldwide." The winners are selected annually by critics for the '' ''Gramophone'''' magazine and various members of the industry, including retailers, broadcasters, arts administrators, and musicians. Awards are usually presented in September each year in London. Gramophone Awards of the 2020s 2021 Source: * Chamber: Beach. Elgar Piano Quintets (Takács Quartet; Garrick Ohlsson) * Choral: Dussek Messe Solemnelle ( Stefanie True, Helen Charlston, Gwilym Bowen, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diapason D'Or
The Diapason d'Or (French for "Golden Tuning Fork") is a recommendation of outstanding (mostly) classical music recordings given by reviewers of '' Diapason'' magazine in France, broadly equivalent to "Editor's Choice", "Disc of the Month" in the British '' Gramophone'' magazine. The Diapason d'Or de l'Année (; en, "Golden Tuning Fork of the Year") is a more prestigious award, decided by a jury comprising critics from ''Diapason'' and broadcasters from France Musique, and is comparable to the United Kingdom's Gramophone Awards, associated with the ''Gramophone'' magazine. __TOC__ Diapason d'Or de l'année 2007 * Philippe Jaroussky: Vivaldi Opera Arias. Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Ensemble Matheus. Virgin Classics Diapason d'Or de l'année 2008 * Marc-André Hamelin: Charles-Valentin Alkan, Concerto for solo piano; Troisième recueil de chants. Hyperion Records * Jean-Guihen Queyras J. S. Bach, Cello Suites. Harmonia Mundi * Masaaki Suzuki: J. S. Bach, Mass in B minor, Peter Kooy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Giovanni
''Don Giovanni'' (; K. 527; Vienna (1788) title: , literally ''The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni'') is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spanish legend about a libertine as told by playwright Tirso de Molina in his 1630 play '' El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra''. It is a ''dramma giocoso'' blending comedy, melodrama and supernatural elements (although the composer entered it into his catalogue simply as ''opera buffa''). It was premiered by the Prague Italian opera at the National Theater (of Bohemia), now called the Estates Theatre, on 29 October 1787. ''Don Giovanni'' is regarded as one of the greatest operas of all time and has proved a fruitful subject for commentary in its own right; critic Fiona Maddocks has described it as one of Mozart's "trio of masterpieces with librettos by Da Ponte". Composition and premiere The opera was commissioned after the succes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symphony No
A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning common today: a work usually consisting of multiple distinct sections or movements, often four, with the first movement in sonata form. Symphonies are almost always scored for an orchestra consisting of a string section (violin, viola, cello, and double bass), brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments which altogether number about 30 to 100 musicians. Symphonies are notated in a musical score, which contains all the instrument parts. Orchestral musicians play from parts which contain just the notated music for their own instrument. Some symphonies also contain vocal parts (e.g., Beethoven's Ninth Symphony). Etymology and origins The word ''symphony'' is derived from the Greek word (), meaning "agreement or concord of sound", "concert of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Petrou
George Petrou ( el, Γιώργος Πέτρου) is a Greek conductor, pianist and stage-director. Biography George Petrou was born in Greece. He studied at the Athens Conservatoire, the Royal College and the Royal Academy of Music in London. He started an early career as a concert pianist, but quickly turned into conducting developing a parallel interest in historical keyboard instruments and their practices. Since 2012 he is the artistic director of the renowned Athens based orchestra Armonia Atenea (former Athens Camerata) with which he tours and records extensively, performing both on period or modern instruments. From the season 2021–22 he will be the new artistic director of the historical Internationale Händel-Festspiele Göttingen. Additionally, he has developed a vivid interest in stage-directing and has recently signed several successful opera and musical theater productions, including Handel's ''Alcina'', C. Porter's ''Kiss Me Kate'', L. Bernstein's ''West Side Stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lise Berthaud
Lise Berthaud (born 1982) is a French violist. Early life She was born in Bourg-en-Bresse in the Ain department in south-east France on the Swiss border, in the Rhône-Alpes region. She grew up in Sainte-Euphémie. Her father is the headmaster of a school in Jassans-Riottier, and her mother is a teacher in Trévoux. She started learning the violin aged 5 at a music school at Villefranche-sur-Saône. She changed to viola at age 12. She attended Lycée du Val de Saone in Trévoux. She studied with Pierre-Henri Xuereb at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris (Paris Conservatory) in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. She won a prize in the Eurovision Young Musicians 2000 (''Concours Eurovision des jeunes musiciens''). In the Victoires de la musique classique (a category of the Victoires de la Musique) in January 2009, she was nominated for Revelation Instrumental Soloist of the Year (''Révélation instrumentale de l’Année''), which was broadcast on France Inter and Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Institut National Des Jeunes Aveugles
Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles (''National Institute for Blind Children'' or ''Royal Institution for Blind Youth''), in Paris, was the first special school for blind students in the world, and served as a model for many subsequent schools for blind students. History It was not until the late 18th century that society began to take an interest in the education of the blind. Until that time they were considered mostly uneducable and untrainable. In 1784, Valentin Haüy undertook to teach François Lesueur to read, with the help of the '' Société philanthropique''. It enabled him to prove the efficiency of his method. In 1785, he founded, on his own funds, what was then called the Institute for Blind Youth (''Institution des jeunes aveugles''), in Coquillère street. In 1786, this school move to a building in Notre-Dame-des-Victoires street, rented by the ''Société philantropique'', a group of benefactors. On December 26, Haüy presents his methods and some of his pupils ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbes 30 Under 30
''Forbes'' 30 Under 30 is a set of lists of people under 30 years old issued annually by ''Forbes'' magazine and some of its regional editions. The American lists recognize 600 business and industry figures, with 30 selected in twenty industries each. Asia and Europe also each have ten categories for a total of 300 each, while Africa has a single list of 30 people. ''Forbes'' hosts associated conferences and a section of its website called 30 Under 30. History ''Forbes'' launched its 30 Under 30 list in 2011 under the direction of Randall Lane. By 2016, the nominations for the list had reached more than 15,000, with ''Forbes'' editors selecting 30 winners for each of 20 categories. Over time, ''Forbes'' has expanded the feature to establish continental lists for Asia, Europe (launched in 2016), and Africa. ''Forbes'' also uses the Under 30 name for a dedicated channel on its website, associated with a 30 Under 30 social media app. ''The Washington Post'' reports the channel aim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renzo Piano
Renzo Piano (; born 14 September 1937) is an Italian architect. His notable buildings include the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (with Richard Rogers, 1977), The Shard in London (2012), the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City (2015), İstanbul Modern in Istanbul (2022) and Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens (2016). He won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1998. Piano has been a Senator for Life in the Italian Senate since 2013. Early life and first buildings Piano was born and raised in Genoa, Italy, into a family of builders. His grandfather had created a masonry enterprise, which had been expanded by his father, Carlo Piano, and his father's three brothers, into the firm Fratelli Piano. The firm prospered after World War II, constructing houses and factories and selling construction materials. When his father retired, the enterprise was led by Renzo's older brother, Ermanno, who studied engineering at the University of Genoa. Renzo stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GES-2 (Moscow)
GES-2 ( rus, ГЭС-2), also known as MGES-2 and Tramvaynaya ( rus, Трамвайная, or ''Tram power station'') – is a decommissioned power station on the Bolotnaya Embankment, in the Yakimanka District of Moscow. Originally launched in 1907, it was the second major power station built in Moscow. GES-2 operated from 1907 to 2014. After its closure, GES-2 was sold to the V-A-C Foundation, who initiated a restoration and renovation project to convert the main building and surrounding area into a new cultural venue for the city of Moscow. GES-2 is being redesigned by Renzo Piano Building Workshop. History Russian Empire Built between 1904 and 1907, GES-2 was originally called Tramvaynaya ( rus, Трамвайная, or ''Tram power station'') as it was built to power the city tram system. It was the second major power station built in Moscow. The first Moscow tramline appeared in 1889, having replaced the horse-drawn city railway. At the end of the XIX century, the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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