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Cândida Francisca Dornelles
Candida, Cândida or Cándida is a feminine given name from Latin ''candidus'' (white). Notable people with the name include: * Cándida Arias (born 1992), Dominican Republic volleyball player * Cândida Branca Flor (1949–2001), Portuguese entertainer and traditional singer * Candida Cave, British artist and writer * Candida Donadio (1929–2001), American literary agent * Candida Doyle (born 1963), Irish keyboard player with the band Pulp * Candida Gertler (born 1966/67), British art collector * Candida Lycett Green (1942–2014), Irish-born British author * Candida Höfer (born 1944), German photographer * Candida Royalle, American pornographic producer-director and actress * Candida Thompson (born 1967), English violinist * Candida Tobin (1926–2008), British author of a music education system * Saint Candida the Elder (died 78 AD), early Christian saint from Naples * Cándida María de Jesús (1845–1912), Spanish nun * Maria Candida of the Eucharist (1884–1949), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cándida Arias
Cándida Estefany Arias Pérez (born March 11, 1992, in Yaguate, San Cristóbal) is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the bronze medal with her native country at the 2008 NORCECA Girls' U18 Volleyball Continental Championship in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico wearing the number 15 jersey. Career She debuted with her senior national team in June 2009, at the 2010 World Championship NORCECA Qualification Pool H, at Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, helping her team to qualify to the world event. With her U-18 team she won the 11th place at the 2009 Girls Youth Volleyball World Championship held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, and shortly afterwards, won the silver medal with the National Junior Team at the 2009 Women's U20 Volleyball World Championship. Arias played in Chiapas, Mexico, with her National Senior Team, helping her team to win the 2010 Final Four Cup gold medal. In June 2011, Arias played with her National Junior Team at the U-2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cândida Branca Flor
Cândida Branca Flor (12 November 1949 – 11 July 2001) was a Portuguese entertainer and traditional singer whose career spanned four decades. Biography Cândida Branca Flor was born on 12 November 1949 in Beringel, Beja municipality, Alentejo region, in southern Portugal, and became one of the most recognized Portuguese singers. She went to song classes with Maria do Rosário Coelho and was a member of Banda do Casaco in the 1970s. She took her artistic name from a song by this group, called "''Romance de Branca Flor''". She was an idol to Portuguese children in the 1970s and 1980s as the conductor, with Júlio Isidro, and the singer of the soundtrack, of the TV program "Fungagá da Bicharada". She participated three times in the Portuguese selection for the Eurovision Song Contest: in 1979 with the song "''A Nossa Serenata''", in 1982 with the song "''Trocas Baldrocas''" and in 1983 with the song "Vinho do Porto (Vinho de Portugal)", a duet with Carlos Paião. Between 1978 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candida Cave
Candida Cave is a practising painter, playwright and art historian. In 1978, she and artist Nicholas Cochrane founded Hampstead Fine Arts College, an independent sixth form college specialising in the study of Arts and Humanities, where she is Principal. Crewe studied painting at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford. She paints in oil and tempera and her work is inspired by medieval miniatures, illuminated manuscripts and Gothic stained glass. Her work has been exhibited at the Mall Galleries, London and the Limetree Kitchen and in the ARTWAVE Visual Arts Festival. Her plays include ''Still Lives'', ''Savonarola'', ''Bonfires and Vanities'' and ''Lotte's Journey'' Her most recent play, about the Mitford sisters, had a rehearsed reading at the Lyric Studio, Hammersmith. Cave’s plays are often set in an historical context and have been performed at the Royal Academy of Arts, the British Museum, Tate Britain, the National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candida Donadio
Candida Donadio (October 22, 1929 – January 20, 2001) was an American literary agent. She represented many writers, including Mario Puzo, John Cheever, Philip Roth and Cormac McCarthy Cormac McCarthy (born Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.; July 20, 1933 – June 13, 2023) was an American author who wrote twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories, spanning the Western, post-apocalyptic, and Southern Got .... Donadio was referred to in the mid-1960s as part of what ''Esquire'' called the "red-hot center" of contemporary literature, after shepherding books such as Joseph Heller's '' Catch-22'' (1961), Jessica Mitford's '' The American Way of Death'' (1963), and Thomas Pynchon's ''V.'' (1963) through successful publishing campaigns. Life Donadio was born on October 22, 1929, in Brooklyn, New York City. Her parents were immigrants from Sicily. In 1953, Donadio worked as a Girl Friday (idiom), girl Friday at McIntosh & Otis, McIntosh & McKee, when J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candida Doyle
Candida Mary Doyle (born 25 August 1963) is an Irish musician who is keyboard player and occasional backing vocalist with the band Pulp, which she joined in 1984. She joined her brother, drummer Magnus Doyle, in the line-up to replace the previous keyboard player, Tim Allcard, who had left the band. Biography Candida Mary Doyle was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 25 August 1963 to Sandra Voe and Rex Doyle. Both of her parents were actors. She has two musician brothers, Magnus Doyle and Daniel Doyle. Her grandfather owned a fishing factory in the Shetland Islands. Doyle attended piano lessons from age 8, but did not practise despite finding the experience enjoyable. Aged 16, Doyle began suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, which was diagnosed when she was 17. She was informed that there was the possibility that her conditions could worsen to point that by the age of 30 she could be in a wheelchair. Depressed by the impact of the rheumatoid arthritis on her body she left ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candida Gertler
Candida Gertler (born 1966/1967) is a British/German art collector, philanthropist, and former journalist. Early life She was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Romanian Jewish immigrant parents. She studied journalism and law. Career In 2003 Gertler co-founded the art philanthropy organisation Outset Contemporary Art Fund Outset Contemporary Art Fund is an arts charity established in 2003, and based in London, England. The charity was the first organisation to utilise cross-institution collective patronage to fund artistic projects in the UK. It has raised over £ .... In June 2015, she was given an OBE "for services to Contemporary Visual Arts and Arts Philanthropy". She is a member of the Tate International Council. In November 2024, she announced she would be stepping down from all her voluntary positions in UK art institutions. Personal life She is married to Zak Gertler. They are Jewish, and have two children.https://parkeastsynagogue.org/wp-content/uploads/201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candida Lycett Green
Candida Rose Lycett Green (''née'' Betjeman; 22 September 194219 August 2014) was a British author who wrote sixteen books including ''English Cottages'', ''Goodbye London'', ''The Perfect English House'', ''Over the Hills and Far Away'' and ''The Dangerous Edge of Things''. Her television documentaries included ''The Englishwoman and the Horse'', and ''The Front Garden''. ''Unwrecked England'', based on a regular column of the same name she wrote for ''The Oldie'' from 1992, was published in 2009. Green has been described as "the finest writer of our time on the English countryside". She edited and introduced the letters and prose of her father John Betjeman which were published in three volumes. She was a commissioner of English Heritage for nine years and her proudest achievement was the role she played in the regeneration of Chatterley Whitfield Colliery, Stoke-On-Trent. She was a member of the Performing Rights Society through her writing of lyrics for songs and was a Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candida Höfer
Candida Höfer (born 4 February 1944) is a German photographer. She is a renowned photographer known for her exploration of public spaces and architecture. In her career she transitioned from portraiture to focusing on spaces like libraries and museums. She is a former student of Bernd and Hilla Becher. Like other Becher students, Höfer's work is known for technical perfection and a strictly conceptual approach. Her work explores the ways in which institutional architecture shapes and directs human experience. Höfer's technical approach is reflective of her goals as an artist. From 1997 to 2000, she taught as professor at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design. Höfer is the recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Contribution to Photography award, as part of the Sony World Photography Awards. She is based in Cologne. Early life and education Candida Höfer was born in 1944 in Eberswalde, Province of Brandenburg. Höfer is a daughter of the German journalist Werner Höfer. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candida Royalle
Candida Royalle (born Candice Marion Vadala; October 15, 1950 – September 7, 2015) was an American producer and director of couples-oriented pornography, pornographic actress, sex educator, and sex-positive feminist. She was a member of the XRCO and the AVN Halls of Fame. Early life and education Royalle was born Candice Marion Vadala on October 15, 1950 to a working-class Catholic family in Brooklyn, New York. Her father, Louis, worked as a professional jazz drummer and had a hot temper. Her mother, Peggy Frazier, left the family when Royalle was 18 months old and Royalle never saw her again. Candice and her sister Cinthea were raised by their stepmother, Helen Duffy. Trained in music, dance and art in New York City, she studied at the High School of Art and Design, Parsons School of Design and the City College of New York. Career After graduating from the Parsons School of Design, she moved to California and began performing with the avant-garde theater group The Cock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candida Thompson
Candida Thompson is a British violinist. Biography Thompson was born in Glasgow, Scotland. She has been living in Amsterdam since 1992. She studied with David Takeno at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where she received her soloist's graduation diploma with honour. She developed her qualities further at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada. She also participated in various national and international competitions and received several prizes. Currently she plays a Guarneri 'del Gesù violin on loan from a private collector. Career Ensemble work Thompson has been involved in chamber music and string orchestras most of her playing life. She has directed orchestras in Scandinavia, the Netherlands and the UK such as Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, London Mozart Players, Camerata Salzburg. As a chamber musician, she has collaborated with musicians such as Isaac Stern, Bruno Giuranna, Frans Helmerson, Janine Jansen, Julian Rachli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candida Tobin
Candida Tobin Hon FTCL, LTCL (5 January 1926 – 14 December 2008) was the author of the Tobin Method, a music education system for teaching music theory and practice to students of all ages and abilities. Personal life Tobin was born Doreen E. Pugh in Chingford, Essex on 5 January 1926 and grew up there with elder sisters Phyllis and Barbara. Tobin was married twice, firstly to Derrick Llewelyn Mason (1924-1989) in 1949, and divorced soon after without any issue. She subsequently married John M. Tobin in 1960, and had two children, Penelope A. and David Richard Tobin. Her grandson is Lloyd James Tobin, who is a successful Jungle & UK Hardcore producer under the alias Arkyn. Tobin died at her UK home in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and one of the home counties. It borders Bedfordshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Greater London to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candida The Elder
Candida the Elder () (died ) was a legendary early Christian saint and resident of Naples, Italy, who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church, with a feast day on 4 September. She is one of the patron saints of Naples. Biography According to her legend, Candida was an elderly woman who hospitably welcomed Peter the Apostle, when he was passing through Naples on his way to Rome. The woman was cured of an illness by Peter and converted to Christianity. She was baptized by Peter and later converted Aspren, the first bishop of Naples, to Christianity. Candida Xu Candida Xu or Candida Su ( zh, t=許徐甘弟大, w=Hsü3-Hsü2 Kan1-ti4-ta4, p=Xǔ-Xú Gāndìdà; ; September 4, 1607 – July 24, 1680), was a Chinese Catholic who lived in late Ming and early Qing China. She has been called "arguably the mos ..., an influential Chinese woman from the 17th century, was named after her Existence Basil Watkins says she probably never exist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
