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Diana Ankudinova
Diana Dmitrievna Ankudinova (, born May 31, 2003) (Russian) is a Russian singer. Much of her initial fame resulted from her winning two consecutive seasons of ''You Are Super!'', a talent competition show on the Russian NTV network for children who have spent some significant part of their childhood without parental care. (Russian) Diana Ankudinova's performances were posted on the NTV web site and the NTV YouTube channel, where they soon gained hundreds of millions of views around the world. Diana Ankudinova sings mostly in Russian, English and French. She has also sung in other languages including Spanish, German and Arabic. Early life Diana Ankudinova was born on May 31, 2003, in the far eastern Primorsky Territory of Russia in an area north of the city of Vladivostok. Diana's biological mother physically abused her. At the age of three, Diana was left at a bus stop in the winter with a broken collarbone. Diana was rescued from the street, but Diana's rescuers were una ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primorsky Krai
Primorsky Krai (russian: Приморский край, r=Primorsky kray, p=prʲɪˈmorskʲɪj kraj), informally known as Primorye (, ), is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia, located in the Far East region of the country and is a part of the Far Eastern Federal District. The city of Vladivostok is the administrative center of the krai, and the second largest city in the Russian Far East, after Khabarovsk. The krai has the largest economy among the federal subjects in the Russian Far East, and a population of 1,956,497 as of the 2010 Census. The krai shares Russia's only border with North Korea, along the Tumen River in Khasansky District in the southwestern corner of the krai. Peter the Great Gulf, the largest gulf in the Sea of Japan, is located along the south coast. Historically part of Manchuria, Primorsky Krai was ceded to the Russian Empire by Qing China in 1860 as part of a region known as Outer Manchuria, forming most of the territory of Primorskaya Oblast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mademoiselle Zhivago
''Mademoiselle Zhivago'' is an album by pop singer Lara Fabian. The whole set of songs composed by Fabian with Igor Krutoy is in English, French, Italian, Spanish and also in Russian. Track listing Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Movie In 2013 the musical feature film "Mademoiselle Zhivago" was published. The 52 minute film, starring Lara Fabian herself in the main role and Max Barskih in the biggest supporting role, features all songs of the Mademoiselle Zhivago album. It was directed by the prize-winning Ukrainian director Alan Badoev Alan Kazbekovich Badoev ( uk, Алан Казбекович Бадоєв; born January 1981) is a Ukrainian movie director, music video director, screenwriter, TV producer, TV presenter and music producer of Ossetian origin. He first gained int .... References {{Authority control Lara Fabian albums 2010 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Peretti
Hugo E. Peretti (December 6, 1916 – May 1, 1986) was an American songwriter, trumpeter, and record producer. Born in New York City to an Italian American family, Peretti began his music career as a teenager, playing the trumpet in the Borscht Belt in upstate New York. He graduated to playing with orchestras, then in the 1950s partnered with his cousin Luigi Creatore to form the Hugo & Luigi songwriting team that evolved to producing records. In 1957 they bought into Roulette Records, where they wrote songs for various artists such as Valerie Carr, and produced major hits for Jimmie Rodgers, including "Honeycomb" (Billboard #1), " Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" (Billboard #3), "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again", and "Secretly". Two years later, Peretti and Creatore signed a contract with RCA Records, where they produced recordings for pop crooner and NBC television personality Perry Como. They also produced recordings for Sam Cooke and Ray Peterson and wrote English lyrics for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Masked Singer (Russian TV Series)
''The Masked Singer'' (russian: Маска; lit. ''Maska'') is a Russian reality singing competition television series based on the '' Masked Singer'' franchise which originated from the South Korean version of the show '' King of Mask Singer''. It premiered on NTV on 1 March 2020. Jury and presenter Jury timeline File:Club4.jpg, Garik Martirosyan (2020) File:Valeriya 2016.jpg, Valeriya (2020―) File:Филипп Киркоров в день своего рождения, 30 апреля 2017 года.jpg, Philipp Kirkorov (2020―) File:Regina Todorenko June 2019.jpg, Regina Todorenko (2020―) File:Тимур Родригез (Белые ночи Санкт-Петербурга — 2021. Григорий Лепс собирает друзей).jpg, Timur Rodriguez Timur Mikailovich Rodriguez (russian: Тимур Микаилович Родригез, born Kerimov, russian: Керимов, October 14, 1979 in Penza), often stylized as T-moor Rodriguez, is a Russi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising money from a large number of people, typically via the internet. Crowdfunding is a form of crowdsourcing and alternative finance. In 2015, over was raised worldwide by crowdfunding. Although similar concepts can also be executed through mail-order subscriptions, benefit events, and other methods, the term crowdfunding refers to internet-mediated registries. This modern crowdfunding model is generally based on three types of actors – the project initiator who proposes the idea or project to be funded, individuals or groups who support the idea, and a moderating organization (the "platform") that brings the parties together to launch the idea. Crowdfunding has been used to fund a wide range of for-profit, entrepreneurial ventures such as artistic and creative projects, medical expenses, travel, and community-oriented social entrepreneurship projects. Although crowdfunding has been suggested to be highly li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Institute Of Theatre Arts
The Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) (russian: Российский институт театрального искусства – ГИТИС) is the largest and oldest independent theatrical arts school in Russia. Located in Moscow, the school was founded on 22 September 1878 as the Shostakovsky Music School. It became the School of Music and Drama of the Moscow Philharmonic Society in 1883, was elevated to the status of a conservatory in 1886, was renamed the Institute of Music and Drama in 1918, and was known as the Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts (GITIS) from 1934 to 1991. Mission and background GITIS trains students in various professions in the theatrical arts (including ballet, acting, etc.) and simultaneously provides a traditional university education in liberal arts and humanities. Approximately 1,500 students, qualification-advancement students, and post-graduate students from various countries study at GITIS. History Nineteenth century The un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Wave (competition)
New Wave (russian: Новая волна, ''Novaya volna'', lv, Jaunais Vilnis) is an international contest for young performers of popular music founded in 2002 by the Russian composer Igor Krutoy and Latvian pianist and composer Raimonds Pauls and later enhanced by the Russian superstar Alla Pugacheva. The contest usually lasts for six days: 3 contest days, 2 special event days and, at the end, the day where the contest's results are announced followed by an ending concert. Location For the first 14 years New Wave was held in the Latvian coastal city of Jūrmala, but in 2015 it moved to Sochi, the Russian Federation (other potential locations included Baku, Kaliningrad, Kazan and Crimea). According to organizer Igor Krutoy, the main reason for relocating was performing Russian singers Valeriya, Iosif Kobzon and Oleg Gazmanov being denied entry into Latvia for the 2014 contest by Minister of Foreign Affairs Edgars Rinkēvičs because of their voiced support for Russia's annex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Hartman
Jamie Hartman (born 1971) is an English songwriter and producer based in Nashville, Tennessee, and the former lead singer of the indie-pop band Ben's Brother. Early life Hartman was born and raised in London. Career Ben's Brother Hartman formed and was the lead singer of the band Ben's Brother, so named because he has an older brother named Ben. Their debut album ''Beta Male Fairytales'', released on EMI Records in 2007, went gold in the UK and reached number 14 on the UK Albums Chart. The single "Let Me Out" earned Hartman a nomination for the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song. In 2009, the band released their second album, ''Battling Giants'', which reached number 56 on the UK Albums Chart. That album's first single, "Apologise", was co-written with Natalie Imbruglia, and released by Island Records. The album also includes appearances by Jason Mraz and Joss Stone. Songwriting Hartman co-wrote the 2016 single "Human" by Rag'n'Bone Man, which reached number 1 on 20 charts in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rag'n'Bone Man
Rory Charles Graham (born 29 January 1985), better known as Rag'n'Bone Man, is an English singer and songwriter. He is known for his deep baritone voice. His first hit single, "Human", was released in 2016, and his debut album of the same name was released in 2017. The album became the fastest selling debut album by a male for the decade and has since achieved 4× Platinum certification. At the 2017 Brit Awards, he was named British Breakthrough Act and received the Critics' Choice Award and went on to receive a further BRIT Award for Best British Single, with the title track in 2018. Following the album's success, Rag'n'Bone Man has performed at headline shows and festivals around the globe and has collaborated with a variety of artists from different genres, including Bugzy Malone (with the track "Run"), Logic (with the song " Broken People" for the soundtrack of Netflix film ''Bright'') and Calvin Harris (with Brit Award nominated and Ivor Novello award-winning single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human (Rag'n'Bone Man Song)
"Human" is a song by British singer and songwriter Rag'n'Bone Man, co-written by Jamie Hartman, and produced by Two Inch Punch. It was released as a digital download on 21 July 2016, through Sony Music and Columbia Records. The song is included on his debut studio album of the same name, released in February 2017. It was later used as a theme song for the American web television series '' Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan'', which was released in 2018. Composition The song is written in the key of B minor (tuned 1/4 step flat, most probably using the scientific pitch where A is set to 432Hz instead of standard pitch of 440Hz) with a common time tempo of 75 beats per minute. The vocals span from A2 to B4 in the song. Critical reception Cameron Adams of ''The Daily Telegraph'' compared the song to "Take Me to Church" by Hozier for both having an "instant impact, honest lyrics and throwback to ‘real’ music in a time of corporate pop." In 2018, the song won a Brit Award for British S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Isaak
Christopher Joseph Isaak (born June 26, 1956) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional actor. He is widely known for his breakthrough hit and signature song "Wicked Game", as well as other songs such as "Blue Hotel", "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing" and "Somebody's Crying". He is known for his reverb-laden rockabilly revivalist style and wide vocal range. His songs generally focus on the themes of love, loss, and heartbreak. With a career spanning four decades, Isaak has released a total of 12 studio albums, toured, and received numerous award nominations. He is often compared to Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson, and Duane Eddy. Isaak is closely associated with film director David Lynch, who has used his music in numerous films. As an actor, he has had supporting roles and bit parts in films such as ''Married to the Mob'', '' The Silence of the Lambs'', ''Little Buddha'', ''That Thing You Do!'' and Lynch's '' Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'', and starred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
