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Mike Massy
Mike Massy ( ar, مايك ماسي) (born 31 March 1982) is a Lebanese-born singer, songwriter, film score composer, arranger, pianist, actor and celebrity vocal coach whose musical register fluctuates between Arabic lyrical singing, the repertoire of world music and French Chansons. He began his career in 2003 by releasing his debut album ''Anta Houriyati''. In 2011, Massy released ''Ya Zaman'' (Ô Good Old Days), to critical acclaim, peaking atop of the Lebanese charts, earning him the Murex d'Or (Golden Murex award) for "Innovation in Music". In 2015, he founded "Voice Matters Workshop" the first vocal coaching and oratory communication hub in the MENA region. During his long years of experience, he has collaborated with big names in the international music scene such as Dominick Farinacci, Tommy LiPuma, The Sofia Metropolitan Philharmonic Orchestra, Fadia Tomb El Hage, Jahida Wehbe, Sary and Ayad Khalifeh, etc.. In 2017, Mike Massy released his first EP in French, entitle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anfeh
Enfeh ( ar, انفه), or Enfe, Anfeh, Anfe, is a town in the Koura district of the North Governorate of Lebanon at Latitude 34°21'0"N and Longitude 35°44'0"E. Enfeh borders the towns of Chekka, Al-Qalamoun, Barghoun and Zakroun. It is located north of Beirut and south of Tripoli. Its total area is , and its population is around 6,500. The people are primarily Greek Orthodox with a minority of Maronite Christians and Sunni Muslim. History Remains from at least 3,000 years of human occupation lie tangled among the myrtle and brambles of this 400 meter long and 120m wide peninsula. It is partially separated from the land by two great trenches-dug into the bedrock during the Crusader period. While Enfeh has witnessed only minor excavation, Phoenician and Roman walls, wine presses, mosaic floors, and two seventh-century-A.D. chapels lie bare beneath the intense sun and wind. This lovely seaside fishing town is known for its ancient churches and caves. Today Enfeh is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominick Farinacci
Dominick Farinacci (born March 3, 1983) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and big band leader. He is currently signed to the Mack Avenue label. Farinacci was one of eighteen artists worldwide invited to be a part of the inaugural class of the Jazz Studies Program at The Juilliard School. Farinacci has won the "International New Star Award", Disney's "New Star Award", and topped the charts as one of Japan's No. 1 jazz musicians. Early life Farinacci is from Cleveland, Ohio, and began playing trumpet in sixth grade at age eleven in Solon, Ohio. When asked why he picked the trumpet to play, he said, "I really wanted to play drums like my uncle, who was a professional drummer in Cleveland. So my aunt bought me a set of drums and my uncle assembled them for me, but I failed the drum auditions for the band! And the director said he really needed trumpet players, and asked if I would give that instrument a try." Shortly after he began playing trumpet, Farinacci started to listen to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Births
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haifa Kamal
Haifa Kamal (Arabic: هيفاء كمال) (born December 1983) is a Jordanian singer and record producer of Palestinian descent. Early life and career Kamal started at the age of six to learn Arabic singing, under the supervision of her father, Palestinian musician and composer Kamal Khalil, as the youngest member of his musical band (Baladna). After graduating from high school, she studied mathematics at AZ'zarqa University, and graduated with BA degree in mathematics. To pursue her professional musical career, she enrolled herself in the Bachelor of Arabic music program at the National Music Conservatory - Jordan and graduated in 2011 with a sub-branch of Arabic Singing. After Earning her bachelor's degree in Arabic music and Arabic singing, Kamal, continued to participate in concerts with her father's musical group (Baladna), in addition to the regular Arabic music concerts in the National music conservatory, alongside Amman Symphony Orchestra. Kamal has performed as a s ... [...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] |
Zouk Mikael
Zouk Mikael ( ar, زوق مكايل, also spelled Zuq Mikha'il or Zouk Mkayel) is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate in Lebanon. Its inhabitants are predominantly Melkite and Maronite Catholics. The town is well known for its Ottoman-era '' souk'' (open-air market), a pedestrian market with arcades and shops cafés. It is also home to several monasteries and historic churches, such as the Saint George Church, the open-air Roman-era amphitheatre, which hosts live summer concerts. In 1999, the UNESCO declared Zouk Mikael a "City of Peace". History In 1838, Eli Smith noted ''Zuk Mekayil'' as a village located in ''Aklim el-Kesrawan, Northeast of Beirut; the chief seat of the Maronites''. On 27 February 1994 an IED exploded inside the Maronite Notre Dame de La Deliverance Church killing ten worshippers and wounding 60. Sports Zouk Mikael is known as the Lebanese city of basketball, as it has the Stade Nouhad Naufal which was complet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merkin Concert Hall
Merkin Hall is a 449-seat concert hall in Manhattan, New York City. The hall, named in honor of Hermann and Ursula Merkin, is part of the Kaufman Music Center, a complex that includes the Lucy Moses School, a community arts school, and the Special Music School (P.S. 859), a New York City public school for musically gifted children. Merkin Hall hosts 70,000 concertgoers a year. Overview Merkin Hall opened in Kaufman Music Center's (then The Hebrew Art School's) Abraham Goodman House in 1978, and soon after distinguished itself as an important New York City venue, featuring innovative classical and new music programming (it is the recipient of three awards in Adventurous Programming by ASCAP/Chamber Music America). Located in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, it is near the Lincoln Center campus but is not affiliated with it. Merkin Hall hosts over 200 concerts a year, many of them Kaufman Music Center presentations. It has several long-running series, presenting established and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tannoura Maxi
Tannoura Maxi - Taking Away the Community's Virginity - is a Lebanese movie, directed by Joe Bou Eid. It has been released on May 3, 2012. The movie participated in more than 20 international film festival, and won 11 awards. Starring * Joy Karam * Chady El Tineh * Carole Abboud * Tamara Abou Jaoudeh * Siham Haddad * Antoine Balabane * Joseph Sessin * Nawal Kamel * Dory Moukarzel * Sarah Haidar * Daniel Balaban * Diamand Bou Abboud * Andree Nakkouzi * Rita Choueiri External links * Lebanese drama films 2012 films {{Lebanon-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebanese University
The Lebanese University (LU) (, ) is the only public university in Beirut, Lebanon. It is ranked #701–750 worldwide in terms of education. The creation of the Lebanese University was an idea first mentioned in the speech of the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Hamid Frangieh, during the closing ceremony of the Third UNESCO Conference in Beirut held on 11 December 1948, during which he said: "Lebanon hopes to see the creation of a Lebanese university having the spirit of UNESCO." University presidents Since its inception, the Lebanese University has been headed by: and it is headed by Dr. Bassam Badran since 2021. Faculties and campuses The university issued successive decrees since its inception, establishing faculties and institutes, which contributed to its expansion and development until reaching 16 faculties: In addition to three Doctoral Schools: The university is also affiliated with thInstitute of Applied Sciences and Economics(CNAM-ISAE), which operates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christophe Barratier
Christophe Barratier (born 17 June 1963) is a French film producer, director and screenwriter, and lyricist. Early life and education Barratier is the son of the actress Eva Simonet and M. Barratier. He is the nephew of the film director Jacques Perrin, who was an influence on his choice of career. Before being a filmmaker, Barratier studied a university course in classical music and guitar lessons. He graduated from the prestigious French public school ''École normale de Paris'' and won several international competition prizes. Career In 1991, Barratier got into his uncle Jacques Perrin's production firm, Galatée Films, where he learned the profession of producer. As line producer, he participated in making the films ''Microcosmos'' (1995), ''Himalaya'' (1999) and ''Winged Migration'' (2001). In 2001, he directed his first short film, ''Les tombales'', adapted from the Guy de Maupassant novel. Starring Lambert Wilson and Carole Weiss, the film, whose soundtrack was composed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascal Obispo
Pascal Michel Obispo (; born 8 January 1965) is a French singer-songwriter. Biography Pascal Obispo, son of Max Obispo (a former Bordeaux Girondins football player of Basque origin) and Nicole Guérin (originally from Angers), was born on 8 January 1965 in Bergerac. In 1978, at the age of 13, after the divorce of his parents, he was raised by his mother who decided to settle in Rennes. His father Max will have a small notoriety by publishing two books, one on football, shortly after having been international, and Le Sable d'Ararat, in 2010, a novel born from a meeting with the Armenian Minister of Culture Hasmik Boghossian when he discovers the similarities between the Armenian language and Basque. Career Pascal Obispo started singing in 1980. He got his first record deal in 1990. The record deal was ''Le long du fleuve''. Some of his most famous songs are "Plus que tout au monde", "Laurelenn", "Tombé pour elle", "L'important c'est d'aimer", "Personne" and " Fan". With h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy LiPuma
Tommy LiPuma (July 5, 1936 – March 13, 2017) was an American music producer. He received 33 Grammy nominations, 5 Grammy wins, and his productions sold over 75 million albums. LiPuma worked with many musicians, including Barbra Streisand, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, George Benson, Phil Upchurch, Al Jarreau, Anita Baker, Natalie Cole, Gábor Szabó, Claudine Longet, Dave Mason, the Yellowjackets, the Sandpipers, Michael Franks, Diana Krall, Paul McCartney, Ben Sidran, The Crusaders, Joe Sample, Randy Crawford and Dr. John. In 2020, his biography, The Ballad of Tommy LiPuma, written by Ben Sidran, was published by Nardis books ("The music biography of the year" according to The New York City Jazz Record.) Career When LiPuma was a child, an extended bone infection caused him to find solace with a bedside radio, where he discovered rhythm-and-blues and jazz artists of that time – Little Jimmy Scott, Ruth Brown, Big Maybelle, Charles Brown and Nat Cole. Inspired by the music, he beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
