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Lourdes Mohedano
Lourdes Mohedano Sanchez de Mora (born 17 June 1995, in Córdoba) is a Spanish group rhythmic gymnast. Career Mohedano represents her nation at international competitions. She participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She also competed at world championships, including at the 2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships where she won the bronze medal in the all-around event. In 2016, she got a silver medal in the Rio Olympic Games, as the second best rhythm gymnastics group. Mohedano competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where she was member of the Spanish group (together with Elena López, Artemi Gavezou, Sandra Aguilar Sandra Aguilar Navarro (born 9 August 1992 in Madrid) is a Spanish group rhythmic gymnast. Career Sandra Aguilar represents her nation at international competitions. She participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She competed at world champi ..., Alejandra Quereda) that won silver medal in group-all around. Detail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a beta global city, Rio de Janeiro is the sixth-most populous city in the Americas. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent João VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Births
File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strikes Kobe, Japan, killing 5,000-6,000 people; The Unabomber Manifesto is published in several U.S. newspapers; Gravestone, Gravestones mark the victims of the Srebrenica massacre near the end of the Bosnian War; Windows 95 is launched by Microsoft for Personal computer, PC; The first exoplanet, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered; Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Space station Mir in a display of U.S.-Russian cooperation; The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City is Oklahoma City bombing, bombed by Domestic terrorism in the United States, domestic terrorists, killing 168., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 O. J. Simpson murder case rect 200 0 400 200 Great Hanshin earthquake, Kobe earthquake rect 400 0 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Placido Domingo
Placido may refer to: People Surname *José Plácido de Castro (1873–1908), Brazilian soldier and politician *Michele Placido, (born 1946) Italian actor and director * Plácido Vega y Daza, (1830-1878) 19th century Mexican general and politician * Mike De Placido, (born 1954) English footballer *Violante Placido, actress, singer, and daughter of Michele Placido Given name * Placido (Tonkawa leader) (c.1790—1862) chieftain of the Tonkawa Indians of Texas *Placido Columbani, 18th-century Italian architectural designer, who worked chiefly in England *Placido Costanzi, (1702-1759) Italian painter *Plácido Domingo, (born 1941) Spanish operatic tenor *Placido Falconio, aka "Falconi", 16th-century Italian composer *Plácido Polanco, (born 1975) Dominican Major League Baseball player *Placido Puccinelli, (1609-1685) 17th-century Cassinese monk, historian and scholar *Placido Rizzotto (1914–1948), Italian partisan, socialist peasant and trade union leader *Plácido Rodriguez, (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Black
Stanley Black OBE (14 June 1913 – 27 November 2002) was an English bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and pianist. He wrote and arranged many film scores, recording prolifically for the Decca label (including their subsidiaries ''London'' and ''Phase 4''). Beginning with jazz collaborations with American musicians such as Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter during the 1930s, he moved into arranging and recording in the Latin American music style and also won awards for his classical conducting. Life and career Black was born as Solomon Schwartz on 14 June 1913 in Whitechapel, England. His parents were Polish and Romanian Jews. He began piano lessons at the age of seven and trained in piano and composition under Rae Robertson at the Matthay School of Music. He was aged only 12 when his first classical composition was broadcast on BBC Radio. His first professional job was for a C.B. Cochran 1930 theatrical revue followed by winning a ''Melody Maker'' competition for his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malagueña Salerosa
— also known as — is a well-known Son Huasteco or Huapango song from Mexico, which has been cover version, covered more than 200 times by recording artists. The song is that of a man telling a woman (from Málaga, Spain) how beautiful she is, and how he would love to be her man, but that he understands her rejecting him for being too poor. is attributed to Elpidio Ramírez and Pedro Galindo, Music publisher (popular music), published by Ralph Peer, Peer International in 1947 in music, 1947 (monitored by Broadcast Music Incorporated, BMI), although Mexican composer Nicandro Castillo questions the validity of that authorship. As he mentions: : The issue is controversial because ... [ composer] don Nicandro Castillo wrote that several tunes from la Huasteca which in decades past were known as , composed by Elpidio Ramírez, Roque Ramírez and Pedro Galindo, were actually anonymous songs, as was the case of and , which like or , were in the public domain, written "long befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikuko Kawai
(born January 19, 1968, Takamatsu), is a classically trained Japanese violinist and composer. Early life and education Among Kawai's favorite childhood memories are going to the cinema with her father Kiyoshi; she was captivated by film's soundtracks. She took music lessons in Marugame City and later attended Tokyo University of the Arts for her Bachelor's and graduate degrees. She also attended the Vienna Conservatory of Music. Career Kawai has performed both in Japan and internationally, including with the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. She performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 2008 and at the Paris Opera House in 2015. In March 2019, she performed '' The Tale of Genji'' to open the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C.. Kawai has appeared alongside and collaborated with musicians and artists such as Tsutomu Sekine, Manami Konishi, Miyu Sakihi, Jun Shibuki, Akinori Nakagawa, Masafumi Akikawa, Myung-whun C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Rhythmic Group All-around
The women's rhythmic group all-around competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held at the Wembley Arena from 9–12 August. Competition format The competition consisted of a qualification round and a final round. The top eight teams in the qualification round advanced to the final. In each round, the teams performed two routines (one with balls, one with ribbons and hoops), with the scores added to give a total. Qualification results Final results References Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics |
Soleá
''Soleares'' (plural of ''soleá'', ) is one of the most basic forms or '' palos'' of Flamenco music, probably originating among the Calé Romani people of Cádiz or Seville in Andalusia, the most southern region of Spain. It is usually accompanied by one guitar only, in phrygian mode "''por arriba''" (fundamental on the 6th string); "'' Bulerías por soleá''" is usually played "''por medio''" (fundamental on the 5th string). Soleares is sometimes called "mother of palos" although it is not the oldest one (e.g. siguiriyas is older than soleares) and not even related to every other palo (e.g. fandangos family is from a different origin) Lyrics When singers sing soleá, as with most palos, they normally choose different "''coplas''" (stanzas), with different melody, and combine them according to the inspiration of the moment or to a previous plan. Even if the singer has a previous plan, it is often altered on the spur of the moment. These stanzas are independent in subject ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlinhos Brown
Antônio Carlos Santos de Freitas, known professionally as Carlinhos Brown (Brazilian Portuguese: /kaʁˈlĩɲus bɾaw̃, -iɲuʃ/, 23 November 1962), is a Brazilian singer, percussionist, and record producer from Salvador, Bahia. His musical style blends funk, latin music, R&B, soul music, reggae, and traditional Brazilian percussion. Early life He was born in Candeal Pequeno, a neighborhood in the Brotas area of Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, to Renato and Madalena. In 1967 he was still a child when Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, two 25-year-old musicians from Bahia, started Tropicália, which would radically change Brazilian music. Osvaldo Alves da Silva, his mentor, introduced him to Brazilian folklore. Musical career Early years Brown learned to play various percussion instruments as he grew up and in the 1980s he began to collaborate with other artists. In 1984 he played with Luís Caldas's band Accordes Verdes, one of the originators of samba-reggae, and in 1985 he fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandra Quereda
Alejandra Quereda Flores (born 24 July 1992 in Alicante) is a former Spanish group rhythmic gymnast. Career Quereda represents her nation at international competitions. She participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics. She also competed at World championships, including at the 2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships where she won the bronze medal in the Group All-around event. Quereda competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where she was member of the Spanish group (together with Elena López, Artemi Gavezou, Sandra Aguilar, Lourdes Mohedano Lourdes Mohedano Sanchez de Mora (born 17 June 1995, in Córdoba) is a Spanish group rhythmic gymnast. Career Mohedano represents her nation at international competitions. She participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She also competed at ...) that won silver medal in group-all around. Detailed Olympic results References External links * * * * * 1992 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Aguilar
Sandra Aguilar Navarro (born 9 August 1992 in Madrid) is a Spanish group rhythmic gymnast. Career Sandra Aguilar represents her nation at international competitions. She participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She competed at world championships, including at the 2013 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships winning the gold medal in the 10 clubs event and the bronze medal in the 3 Balls + 2 Ribbons event. and at the 2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships where she won the bronze medal in the all-around event. Aguilar competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where she was member of the Spanish group (together with Elena López, Artemi Gavezou, Lourdes Mohedano, Alejandra Quereda Alejandra Quereda Flores (born 24 July 1992 in Alicante) is a former Spanish group rhythmic gymnast. Career Quereda represents her nation at international competitions. She participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympi ...) that won silver med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
