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J'Nai Bridges
J’Nai Bridges is a two time Grammy-Award winning American mezzo-soprano. She is a winner of the Marian Anderson Award and has performed for the Metropolitan Opera, Washington National Opera, and San Francisco Opera. BET has described her as ''The Beyoncé of opera''. Early life and education Bridges grew up in Lakewood, Washington, and attended high school at the Charles Wright Academy in Tacoma. Her focus was originally on basketball, but she became interested in singing after taking choir as an elective. After deciding to focus on music, she attended the Manhattan School of Music and then the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia for graduate school. While participating in a young artists' program at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, she was mentored by Renée Fleming. Career She names Black opera stars Denyce Graves, Shirley Verrett, Kathleen Battle, and Jessye Norman, at whose funeral she sang, as inspirations. Bridges sang at the Kennedy Center for the first tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Georges International Music Festival
The Saint-Georges International Music Festival (French: Festival International de Musique Saint-Georges) is a prominent music festival held in Guadeloupe, celebrating the life and works of Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Joseph Bologne, Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges. It had its inaugural launch in 2011 and has since become one of the largest List of classical music festivals, classical music festivals in the Caribbean. Purpose According to the festival's website and press releases, the festival has three goals: * Celebrate the life and music of Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Joseph Bologne, Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges, a contemporary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart and one of the earliest known composers of African origin. * Promote diversity in classical music by bringing together exceptional artists from a variety of backgrounds and ethnicity. * Provide opportunities for under-represented artists (performers, composers, educators and students) to develop their talent and receive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |