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Jean-Marc Padovani
Jean-Marc Padovani (born February 2, 1956) is a French jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger. Career Born in 1956 in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Padovani now lives in Toulouse.Jean-Marc Le Scouarnec"Toulouse. Jean-Marc Padovani, aventurier du jazz" ''La Dépêche du Midi'', August 18, 2010, . After studying classical music he enrolled in the jazz class of Guy Longnon at the Marseille Conservatory. Since 1975 he has participated in several regional jazz ensembles: orchestre du Jazz-Club de Nîmes, pianist Christian Lavigne's quartet, and Michel Marre's ''Cossi Anatz'' group of twelve musicians fusing jazz, Occitan, and African music. Jean-Marc Padovani has worked in theatre, cinema, and song. He has worked with André Jaume, Jean-Louis Chautemps, Claude Barthélemy, Michel Marre, Louis Sclavis, Michel Godard, Bobby Rangell, Mal Waldron, Bennie Wallace, Enrico Rava, Gérard Marais, David Liebman, Jean-Marie Machado, Jean-François Jenny-Clark, and Paul Motian, with who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Marais
Gérard (French: ) is a French masculine given name and surname of Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this case, those constituents are ''gari'' > ''ger-'' (meaning 'spear') and -''hard'' (meaning 'hard/strong/brave'). The English cognate of Gérard is Gerard. As a given name * Gérard Adanhoumé (born 1986), Beninese footballer * Gérard Araud (born 1953), Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations * Gérard Asselin (born 1950), Canadian politician * Gérard Audran (1640-1703), French engraver * Gérard Bailly (born 1940), French politician * Gérard Balanche (born 1968), Swiss ski jumper and Olympian * Gérard Banide (born 1936), French football coach * Gérard Bapt (born 1946), French politician * Gérard Barray (born 1931), French film and television actor * Gérard Barreaux (1948-2010), French a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudia Solal
Claudia may refer to: People Ancient Romans *Any woman from the Roman Claudia gens * Claudia (vestal), a Vestal Virgin who protected her father Appius Claudius Pulcher in 143 BC * Claudia Augusta (63–63 AD), infant daughter of Nero by his second wife *Claudia Capitolina, princess of Commagene originally from Roman Egypt *Claudia Marcella, women of the Claudii Marcelli * Claudia Octavia (died 62 AD), first wife of Nero *Claudia Procula, a name traditionally attributed to Pontius Pilate's wife * Claudia Pulchra, a relative of the imperial family, accused of immorality and treason *Claudia Rufina, a woman of British descent who lived in Rome c. 90 AD and was known to the poet Martial * Claudia Quinta, who helped bring the statue of Cybele from Pessinus to Rome * Claudia Tisamenis, sister of Herodes Atticus *Saint Claudia, mentioned in 2 Timothy Modern people * Claudia (given name) Media Television * ''Claudia'' (American TV series) * ''Claudia'' (telenovela), Mexican T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Sens
Olivier is the French form of the given name Oliver. It may refer to: * Olivier (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Olivier (surname), a list of people * Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery * Olivier, Louisiana, a rural populated place in the United States * Olivier (crater), on the Moon * Olivier salad, a popular dish of Russian cuisine * ''Olivier'' (novel), the first published novel by French author Claire de Duras * The Olivier Theatre (named after the actor Laurence Olivier), one of three auditoria at the Royal National Theatre * The Laurence Olivier Awards The Laurence Olivier Awards, or simply the Olivier Awards, are presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognise excellence in professional theatre in London at an annual ceremony in the capital. The awards were originally known as ..., a theatrical award * Olivier (comics), a foe of The Punisher See also * '' Olivier, Olivier'', a 1992 drama film {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EmpordÃ
Emporda (from the official name in ca, Empordà , , name in es, Ampurdán, ) is a natural and historical region of Catalonia, Spain, divided since 1936 into two ''comarques'', Alt Empordà and Baix Empordà . The city of Figueres, an important urban and economic center of the Empordà , was designated the capital of Alt Empordà , while La Bisbal d'Empordà , following a more geographic and historical criteria, became the capital of Baix Empordà . Empordà has been the cradle for many pictoric schools, with surrealism standing out, including artists such as Salvador DalÃ, Angel Planells, Joan Massanet and Evarist Vallès. Etymology The name ''Empordà '' is a derivative of Empúries (''Empòrion'' in Old Greek or ''Emporiae'' in Latin), which means "the markets". The name Empordà comes from a succession of phonetic derivatives of County of Empúries, a county which had its capital first in Sant Martà d'Empúries and then in Castelló d'Empúries the capital of medieval Empordà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houria Aïchi
Houria Aïchi (born in Batna) is an Algerian Berber singer of chaoui music. Aïchi sings songs that she learnt in her childhood, accompanied by bendir. Biography Born in Aurès, Houria Aïchi went to study psychology in Paris in the 1970s. While teaching sociology, she started to perform in 1985, singing traditional songs of her childhood (lullabies, love songs), accompanied by traditional instruments ( gasbâ , bendir), Her first two released albums did not open doors. Houria Aïchi also participated in the music for the film ''The Sheltering Sky'' by Bernardo Bertolucci (1990). Her third album, ''Khalwa'' (meaning ''A Mystical Retreat'') was a collaboration with which was devoted to the sacred songs of Algeria, including those of dhikr and soufi. Houria Aïchi performed both in 2008 and 2013 at the festival ''Au fil des voix'' ( fr). She performed regularly in Paris from the 1990s. After the winter season of 2017–18 in France, Houria Aïchi was invited to the "Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mônica Passos
Monica ( Portuguese: ''Mônica'') is a Brazilian fictional character and Mauricio de Sousa's best-known creation. Introduced in 1963, she serves as the main protagonist and title character of the ''Monica and Friends'' (''Turma da Mônica'') comic book series and media franchise. De Sousa based the character on his second daughter, also named Monica, with whom the fictional character shares some physical characteristics. In her first appearances, she was a supporting character to Jimmy Five, but was gradually made the principal character. An eponymous comic book series began publication from 1970. Concept and creation Monica was based on Mauricio de Sousa's daughter in childhood. The reason for her creation was due to a complaint of the lack of female characters in Mauricio comics. At that time, newspaper strips of Blu and Jimmy Five were produced. When Monica made her first appearance was in a strip of Jimmy Five in 1963, at first as a secondary rival of main character. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nivernais
Nivernais (, ) was a province of France, around the city of Nevers, which forms the modern department of Nièvre. It roughly coincides with the former Duchy of Nevers. at the Larousse online encyclopedia The raw climate and soils cause the area to be heavily wooded. Culture ''À la nivernaise'' refers to a cooking style involving a glaze, usually of butter and sugar, although sometimes involving butter and some other ingredient.References * ''Chambers's Encyclopaedia
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Enzo Cormann
Enzo Cormann (born April 25, 1953 in Sos, Lot-et-Garonne) is a French writer, playwright, theater director and composer. He is the author of around forty plays. Until 2019 he worked as a lecturer at several international theater schools. In 2020 he was awarded with the Grand prix du théâtre. Career Cormann has worked as a playwright and theater director since the early 1980s. His works are translated and performed in many countries. In France his plays are most commonly published by the publishing house Editions de Minuit. As an in-house writer, he was initially engaged at the National Theatre of Strasbourg, then at the Center Dramatique de Valence, before becoming dramaturgical advisor at the Théâtre des Céléstins in Lyon. Cormann was also a writer and narrator for radio plays. Since the early 1990s he has also published many musical works. He released several records with saxophonist Jean-Marc Padovani as part of their collaboration "La Grande Ritournelle". Most of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libération
''Libération'' (), popularly known as ''Libé'' (), is a daily newspaper in France, founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. Initially positioned on the far-left of France's political spectrum, the editorial line evolved towards a more centre-left stance at the end of the 1970s. Its editorial stance was centre-left as of 2012. The publication describes its "DNA" as being "liberal libertarian". It aims to act as a common platform for the diverse tendencies within the French Left, with its "compass" being "the defence of freedoms and of minorities". Edouard de Rothschild's acquisition of a 37% capital interest in 2005, and editor Serge July's campaign for the "yes" vote in the referendum establishing a Constitution for Europe the same year, alienated it from a number of its left-wing readers. In its early days, it was noted for its irreverent and humorous style and unorthodox journalistic culture. All employ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Motian
Stephen Paul Motian (March 25, 1931 – November 22, 2011) was an American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer. Motian played an important role in freeing jazz drummers from strict time-keeping duties. He first came to prominence in the late 1950s in the piano trio of Bill Evans, and later was a regular in pianist Keith Jarrett's band for about a decade (c. 1967–1976). Motian began his career as a bandleader in the early 1970s. Perhaps his two most notable groups were a longstanding trio of guitarist Bill Frisell and saxophonist Joe Lovano, and the Electric Bebop Band where he worked mostly with younger musicians on interpretations of bebop standards. Biography Motian was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in Providence, Rhode Island. He was of Armenian descent. After playing guitar in his childhood, Motian began playing the drums at age 12, eventually touring New England in a swing band. During the Korean War he joined the Navy. Motian became a professiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
