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Nikoletta Szőke
Nikoletta Szőke is a Hungarian jazz vocalist who won international acclaim as winner of the 2005 Shure Montreux Jazz Voice Competition. Since then, she has been pursuing an increasingly successful performing career. Biography Nikoletta Szőke is a Hungarian jazz singer, born 8 May 1983 in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary. She moved to the capital of Budapest at age four and began her studies there. Nikoletta, whose father is a professional dulcimer player, showed musical talent at early age, attending musical kindergarten, but then broke off her music career for fourteen years. After graduating from high school, she decided to study singing. She met her future husband on her first significant performance, József Barcza Horváth bass player, who introduces her to the jazz genre and celebrated jazz musician and teacher Gábor Winan After gaining a degree at Technical College of Economy and External Trade Administration Department, she devotes herself solely to singing, rather than to pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, hymns, marches, vaudeville song, and dance music. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. However, jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikoletta Szoke
Nikoletta is a Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish feminine given name derived from the Greek Nikolaos. Notable people with this name include the following: * Nikoletta Kiss (born 1997), Hungarian swimmer * Nikoletta Lakos (born 1978), Hungarian chess grandmaster * Nikoletta Nagy (born 1994), Hungarian model * Nikoletta Samonas (born 1985), Ghanaian actress known as Nikki Samonas *Nikoletta Szőke (born 1978), Hungarian jazz vocalist * Nikoletta Tsagari (born 1990), Greek rhythmic gymnast See also *Nicolette (other) *Nicoletta (other) *Nikoleta (other) Nikoleta is a feminine given name. Nikoleta is the female version of the Greek name Nikolaos meaning "victory" or "winner of the people". People *Nikoleta Boycheva (born 1994), Bulgarian footballer * Nikoleta Celárová (born 1983), Slovakian ic ... References {{given name Danish feminine given names Finnish feminine given names Feminine given names German f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zalaegerszeg
Zalaegerszeg (; ; ; ) is the administrative center of Zala County, Zala county in western Hungary. Location Zalaegerszeg lies on the banks of the Zala River, close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders, and west-southwest of Budapest by road. History The area was already inhabited in the Upper Paleolithic, according to archaeological findings (the oldest ones in Zala county). Later, the area was inhabited by Celts. The first written mentions of the town are as ''Egerscug'' (1247) and ''Egerszeg'' (1293); the name means "alder-tree corner" and is probably a reference to the town's situation in the angle where two rivers meet. King Béla IV of Hungary, Béla IV donated the town to the diocese of Veszprém in 1266, so that it became Church property. As Egerszeg lay somewhat distant from Veszprém, however, the taxes paid by the town often ended up in the pockets of such local oligarchs as the Kőszegi family. In the 14th century, Egerszeg was the largest town of the area. Between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eötvös Loránd University
Eötvös Loránd University (, ELTE, also known as ''University of Budapest'') is a Hungarian public research university based in Budapest. Founded in 1635, ELTE is one of the largest and most prestigious public higher education institutions in Hungary. The 28,000 students at ELTE are organized into nine faculties, and into research institutes located throughout Budapest and on the scenic banks of the Danube. ELTE is affiliated with 5 Nobel laureates, as well as winners of the Wolf Prize, Fulkerson Prize and Abel Prize, the latest of which was Abel Prize winner László Lovász in 2021. The predecessor of Eötvös Loránd University was founded in 1635 by Cardinal Péter Pázmány in Nagyszombat, Kingdom of Hungary (today Trnava, Slovakia) as a Catholic university for teaching theology and philosophy. In 1770, the university was transferred to Buda. It was named Royal University of Pest until 1873, then University of Budapest until 1921, when it was renamed Royal Hungarian Pá ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreux Jazz Festival
The Montreux Jazz Festival (formerly Festival de Jazz Montreux and Festival International de Jazz Montreux) is a music festival in Switzerland, held annually in early July in Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline. It is the second-largest annual jazz festival in the world after Canada's Montreal International Jazz Festival. Initiator and head organizer Claude Nobs brought an array of artists to Montreux. Mathieu Jaton has organised the festival since Nobs' death in 2013. History The Montreux Jazz Festival opened was founded in 1967 by Claude Nobs, Géo Voumard and René Langel with considerable help from Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegun of Atlantic Records. The festival was first held at Montreux Casino. The driving force is the tourism office under the direction of Raymond Jaussi. It lasted for three days and featured almost exclusively jazz artists. The highlights of this era were Charles Lloyd, Miles Davis, Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, Bill Evans, Soft Machine, Weather ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Hilton
The New York Hilton Midtown is the largest hotel in New York City. The hotel is owned by Park Hotels & Resorts and managed by Hilton Worldwide. It has approximately 2,000 rooms and over of meeting space. The 47-floor building, north of Rockefeller Center at Sixth Avenue and 53rd Street, has hosted every U.S. president since John F. Kennedy. The world's first handheld cell phone call was made in 1973 by hotel guest Martin Cooper, an engineer, to another electrical engineer while Cooper was in front of the hotel. Donald Trump delivered his 2016 United States presidential election victory speech at the hotel. History The hotel was developed by Hilton Hotels Corporation, Rockefeller Center Incorporated, and the Uris Buildings Corporation. The original architect, Morris Lapidus, proposed to build a curved Fontainebleau Hotel-style building; however, he had to withdraw since he was also designing the competing Americana of New York hotel a block away. William B. Tabler wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Dal 2018
Hungary was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The local MTVA (Hungary), Media Services and Support Trust Fund (MTVA) and the Hungarian broadcaster Duna Media Service organised the national final ''A Dal 2018'' in order to select the Hungarian entry for the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal. Background Prior to the 2018 contest, Hungary had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fourteen times since its first entry in . Hungary's best placing in the contest was fourth, which they achieved with their début entry in Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, 1994 with the song "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" performed by Friderika Bayer. Hungary had attempted participate in the contest in Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, 1993, however, their entry was eliminated in the preselection show ''Kvalifikacija za Millstreet''. Hungary withdrew from the contest for six years between 1999 and 2004 and also missed the 2006 and 2010 contests. In Hungary in the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 2018
The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Lisbon, Portugal, following the country's victory at the with the song "" by Salvador Sobral. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (RTP), the contest was held at the MEO Arena, and consisted of two semi-finals on 8 and 10 May, and a final on 12 May 2018. The three live shows were presented by Portuguese television presenters Filomena Cautela, Sílvia Alberto and Catarina Furtado, and Portuguese-American actress Daniela Ruah, marking the first time that the contest was presented by four hosts. Forty-three countries participated in the contest, equalling the record of the and editions. returned after their absence from the previous edition, and for the first time since , no country that participated in the previous edition withdrew. The winner was with the song "Toy (song), Toy", performed by Netta Barzilai, Netta and written by Doron Meda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attila Kökény
Attila Kökény (born 20 April 1975, Budapest) is a Hungarian singer, most notable for coming second in the fifth season of Megasztár and for his participation in A Dal. Career Kökény began singing in 2000. He has been playing on boats and in night bars for years. He has been playing piano for 20 years. He writes his songs. He was in a band with Kálmán Nyári named ''FAIN''. He came second in the fifth season of Megasztár, only behind winner Reni Tolvai. In 2012, Kökény was the first ever participant in A Dal, the Hungarian national selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest, performing first in the first semi-final of A Dal 2012, in a duet with Tamara Bencsik with the song ''Állítsd Meg Az Időt!''. They ranked 8th in the semi-final and did not advance to the final. On 6 December 2017, it was announced that he will compete in the 2018 edition of A Dal, for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal with the song ''Életre kel'', in a trio with Nikole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M1 Híradó
M1, M01 or M-1 may refer to: Arts, entertainment & media * M-1 (rapper), one half of hip hop duo Dead Prez * Korg M1, a keyboard synthesizer * Leica M1, a 1959 35 mm camera model * Olympus OM-1, a 1972 manually operated 35mm single-lens reflex camera * M1 (TV channel), news channel of the Hungarian MTVA * M-1 (Lithuanian radio station) * M1 (Ukraine), a television channel * M1 (Russian TV channel) Economics and finance * M1 (money supply measure), in economics, a measure of the money supply * M1 Finance, an online financial services company Military equipment Vehicles US Armed Forces * M1 Abrams, a main battle tank * M1 armored car * M1 combat car, an early tank * M1 light tractor * M1 medium tractor * M1 heavy tractor Other * Bristol M.1, a 1916 British fighter aircraft * (M1), a WWI Royal Navy monitor * (1919), an early British submarine * , a Swedish Navy mine sweeper * , a Swedish Royal Navy mine layer Weapons US Armed Forces * 120 mm gun M1, an anti-air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Births
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 6 – Pope John Paul II appoints a bishop over the Czechoslovak exile community, which the ''Rudé právo'' newspaper calls a "provocation." This begins a year-long disagreement between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Vatican City, Vatican, leading to the eventual restoration of diplomatic relations between the two states. * January 14 – The head of Bangladesh's military dictatorship, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, announces his intentions to "turn Bangladesh into an Islamic state." * January 18 – United States Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt makes controversial remarks blaming poor living conditions on Indian reservation, Native American re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
