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Ruth Jacott
Ruth Jacott (born 2 September 1960) is a Surinamese-Dutch singer. Jacott transitioned from musical theatre to popular music in 1993, when she represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993. Her song, "Vrede" (Peace), was one of the favorites to win, and ended up ranking sixth out of 25 at Millstreet. She has since released nine Dutch-language albums, four of which made the Top Ten on the Dutch music charts. Biography Ruth Jacott was born in Suriname and at nine, moved with her family to The Netherlands, where at 17 she took part in a talent contest, after which she received many offers to perform. She dropped out of the Hilversum Conservatory and began her career with The Vips and bands like The Skymasters, the VARA-Dansorkest and the Metropole Orkest. Breakthrough In 1988, Jacott won the Knokke Festival in Belgium. After this success, she had many offers to work in the musical world. She landed key roles in Dutch and German-language productions of ''Cats'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Het Grote Songfestivalfeest
''Het Grote Songfestivalfeest'' () is a Dutch television concert programme starring artists of the Eurovision Song Contest, produced by PilotStudio in collaboration with the Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS and held at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam. The first edition of the show took place on 15 December 2019 and was broadcast on 1 January 2020 as a pre-event prior to the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, which was to be held in Rotterdam prior to its cancellation. ''Het Grote Songfestivalfeest'' returned for a second edition on 17 November 2022, having been pushed back from an initial date of 9 December 2021 due to restrictions imposed in light of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, COVID-19 Omicron variant. The 2022 edition was broadcast in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2023 as a pre-event prior to the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, followed by the Netherlands on 4 January. Presenters The first edition of the show in 2019 was originally planned to be hosted by Dutch Eurovision c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul De Leeuw
Paul Henri de Leeuw (born 26 March 1962) is a Dutch television comedian, singer and actor. De Leeuw gained national fame in the late eighties and early nineties with television shows for broadcasting company VARA. Though satire was only a part of these shows and much of its humour was essentially harmless, he came into publicity with satire about Dutch show business personalities who were often ridiculed. Many obscure musical acts were featured in his shows, many of which managed to gain national fame after they had been in De Leeuw's show (e.g. Twarres and René Klijn, a former boyband member who contracted HIV). VARA has since continued his shows apart from a few interruptions, often with considerable success. In the early nineties, De Leeuw also had some shows celebrating the new year. In the 1993–1994 show he satirized the new commercial television station RTL 5 by announcing another new station, "RTL 6" (''RTL six, beter dan niks'' it. RTL six, better than nothing. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amsterdam ArenA
The Johan Cruyff Arena ( nl, Johan Cruijff Arena ; officially stylised as Johan Cruijff ArenA) is the main stadium of the Dutch capital city of Amsterdam and the home stadium of football club AFC Ajax since its opening. Built from 1993 to 1996 at a cost equivalent to €140 million, it is the largest stadium in the country. The stadium was previously known as the Amsterdam Arena (stylised as ''Amsterdam ArenA'') until the 2018–19 football season, when it was officially renamed in honor of legendary Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff (1947–2016) who died in March 2016. It was one of the stadiums used during UEFA Euro 2000, and also held the 1998 UEFA Champions League Final and 2013 UEFA Europa League Final. The stadium also hosted three group stage matches and one match in the round of 16 of the UEFA Euro 2020. Both international and Dutch artists have given concerts in the stadium, including Tina Turner, Coldplay, U2, Take That, Celine Dion, Madonna, Michael Jackson, An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Americans
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of enslaved Africans who are from the United States. While some Black immigrants or their children may also come to identify as African-American, the majority of first generation immigrants do not, preferring to identify with their nation of origin. African Americans constitute the second largest racial group in the U.S. after White Americans, as well as the third largest ethnic group after Hispanic and Latino Americans. Most African Americans are descendants of enslaved people within the boundaries of the present United States. On average, African Americans are of West/ Central African with some European descent; some also have Native American and other ancestry. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, African immigrants generally do not se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills. After a turbulent childhood, Holiday began singing in nightclubs in Harlem, where she was heard by producer John Hammond, who liked her voice. She signed a recording contract with Brunswick in 1935. Collaborations with Teddy Wilson produced the hit "What a Little Moonlight Can Do", which became a jazz standard. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Holiday had mainstream success on labels such as Columbia and Decca. By the late 1940s, however, she was beset with legal troubles and drug abuse. After a short prison sentence, she performed at a sold-out conce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Re-Play
Re-Play is a Dutch R&B group from Rotterdam. The group is composed of singers Alwin Burke, Mark Dakriet, Henk Waarde and Samuel de Wit. In the Netherlands they scored hits like ''Ala day (Ik leef alleen voor jou)'' en ''Never nooit meer''. History Re-Play was founded in 1990 by Surinamese-Dutch singers Alwin Burke, Henk Waarde and Samuel de Wit. In 1992, they participated in the Soundmixshow as The Pasadenas, and they also released two singles in Germany. At first, the group only sang in English, but after they heard Spanish-language versions of songs by Toni Braxton and Boyz II Men in Gran Canaria, they decided to sing in their native Dutch language. In 1995, Mark Dakriet joined the group.MuziekencyclopediRe-Play/ref> In 1996, Re-Play released their first Dutch-language single "Ik denk aan jou". They followed up with the singles "Kijk om je heen", which became their first Dutch Top 40 hit in 1998, and their top ten hit "Ala day (Ik leef alleen voor jou)". In the same year th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fluitsma & Van Tijn
Fluitsma & Van Tijn () is a Dutch writing duo made up of Jochem Fluitsma (born in Amsterdam on 1 June 1958) and Eric van Tijn (born in Amsterdam on 2 November 1956) They won the Golden Harp The Golden Harp ''(Dutch: Gouden Harp)'' is awarded annually to Dutch musicians for their entire oeuvre. Golden Harps have been awarded 42 times. 149 different persons or (musical) groups have had the honour of receiving the award which is conside ... Dutch music award in 1997. References External linksEric van Tijn and Jochem Fluitsma page on Discogs {{DEFAULTSORT:Fluitsma and Van Tijn Dutch record producers Dutch songwriters 1950s births Living people Writers from Amsterdam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carré Theatre
Carré is a French language, French word, which means "wikt:square, square". ''Carré'' may also refer to: People *Carré (surname) *Carré Otis, American model and actress Places *Fort Carré, sixteenth-century fort in France *French Quarter, Vieux Carré, French Quarter of New Orleans *Chapeau Carré, second highest peak on the island of Carriacou in the Grenada Grenadines *Chapeau Carré, populated place near Boucan-Carré, Haiti *Bonnet Carré Spillway, a flood control structure near New Orleans, Louisiana Other *Carré Theatre, one of the leading theatres in the Netherlands, founded by Oscar Carré *Carré (Stockhausen), ''Carré'' (Stockhausen), composition for four orchestras and four choirs by Karlheinz Stockhausen *Carré, an infantry battle formation, more usually known as the infantry square *A type of bet in Roulette See also Carrè *Carle (other) *Carrè, town in Italy Carrée *Equirectangular projection, also known as ''plate carrée'' *Maison Carrà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kruimeltje (film)
''Little Crumb'' ( nl, Kruimeltje) is a 1999 Dutch film directed by Maria Peters, based on the novel by Chris van Abkoude. It was the most popular Dutch film of the year and in the top 20 most popular Dutch films of all time. It was the Netherlands' submission to the 73rd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. Cast *Ruud Feltkamp as Kruimeltje *Hugo Haenen as Wilkes, Harry's best friend *Rick Engelkes as Harry Folker, Kruimeltje's father *Thekla Reuten as Lize van Dien, Kruimeltje's mother *Yannick van de Velde as Keesie, Kruimeltje's friend *Sacha Bulthuis as Mrs Koster *Ingeborg Uyt den Boogaard as Vera di Borboni, maid *Jaap Maarleveld as old neighbour *Joop Doderer as Koster *Bert Geurkink as policeman *Jan Decleir as Father Keyzer Sequel In February 2020, a second film by Kruimeltje was released: '' Kruimeltje en de strijd om de goudmijn''. See also *Cinema of the Netherlands *List of submissions t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is highly elevated, giving it the soubriquet "land of a thousand hills", with its geography dominated by mountains in the west and savanna to the southeast, with numerous lakes throughout the country. The climate is temperate to subtropical, with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year. Rwanda has a population of over 12.6 million living on of land, and is the most densely populated mainland African country; among countries larger than 10,000 km2, it is the fifth most densely populated country in the world. One million people live in the Capital city, capital and largest city Kigali. Hunter-gatherers settled the territory in the St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxfam
Oxfam is a British-founded confederation of 21 independent charitable organizations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International. History Founded at 17 Broad Street, Oxford, as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief by a group of Quakers, social activists, and Oxford academics in 1942 and registered in accordance with UK law in 1943, the original committee was a group of concerned citizens, including Henry Gillett (a prominent local Quaker), Theodore Richard Milford, Gilbert Murray and his wife Mary, Cecil Jackson-Cole, and Alan Pim. The committee met in the Old Library of University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, for the first time in 1942, and its aim was to help starving citizens of occupied Greece, a famine caused by the Axis occupation of Greece and Allied naval blockades and to persuade the British government to allow food relief through the blockade. The Oxford committee was one of several local committees for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UNICEF
UNICEF (), originally called the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in full, now officially United Nations Children's Fund, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing Humanitarianism, humanitarian and Development aid, developmental aid to children worldwide. The agency is among the most widespread and recognizable social welfare organizations in the world, with a presence in 192 countries and territories. UNICEF's activities include providing immunizations and disease prevention, administering Antiretroviral drug, treatment for children and mothers with HIV, enhancing childhood and maternal nutrition, improving sanitation, promoting education, and providing emergency relief in response to disasters. UNICEF is the successor of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, created on 11 December 1946, in New York, by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, U.N. Relief Rehabilitation Administration to provide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
