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Artist: Anton Stepanovich Arensky
A Russian composer, prolific in many genres and most successful in smaller forms, whose lyric style is akin to Tchaikovsky's. His four suites for two pianos, subsequently orchestrated, are his most popular works. ~ Mary K. Scanlan, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Bram Tchaikovsky
Bram Tchaikovsky (born Peter Bramall) began playing in local pub rock bands in Lincolnshire, England, in the late '60s. He joined the Motors in 1977 and was relegated to mere sideman status by the nucleus of the band, songwriters Andy McMaster and Nick Garvey. While waiting on pre-production work for the second Motors album, Tchaikovsky took the... [+] Read More
Artist: Gil Shaham
Gil Shaham emerged in the 1990s as one of the most exciting new young violinists.
Although born in the United States, Shaham emigrated with his parents to Israel. He began studying violin with Samuel Bernstein at the Ruben Academy of Music at age seven. Almost immediately he received a scholarship from the American Israel Cultural Foundation,... [+] Read More
Artist: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Internationally known for his romantic music and his melodic gifts, Peter Tchaikovsky is sometimes regarded as the greatest Russian composer. His most noted works include Nutcracker Suite, Swan Lake and Symphony No. 4. Most of his compositions center around opera and theater.
Peter Tchaikovsky was born at Votkinsk to an inspector of mines and a... [+] Read More
Artist: The Cougars
Formed in Bristol, England in the early '60s, the Cougars were a band that specialized in rocked-up versions of pop and classical standards, mostly done as instrumentals. They were signed to Parlophone Records in 1963 (most likely by Ron Richards), and had a modest U.K. hit that year with the single "Saturday Night At The Duckpond," which was... [+] Read More
Artist: Ruth Laredo
A classical pianist, Ruth Laredo is known for her work with pieces by Rachmaninoff. Her piano abilities are remarkable, making all the works sensuous and alive. She brings a livelihood to the works of such composers as Rachmaninoff and Scriabin, a Russian composer. Ruth Laredo performs concerts and recitals at festivals, colleges and... [+] Read More
Artist: Alfredo de la Fe
The violin has been transformed into an important sound of Salsa and Latin music by Cuba-born and Colombia-based violinist Alfredo De La Fe. The first solo violinist to perform with a Salsa orchestra, De La Fe has toured the world more than thirty times, appearing in concert and participating in more than one hundred albums by such top-ranked... [+] Read More
Artist: TheOnlyWiggles
I make mixes on my mac at home with Ableton's Live (V 5.0.1) But I started out by jus putting drum and midi loops together on Garage Band that came with my Apple already installed.I know Garage band inside and out, but im still a noob at opeerating Live 5.0.1. Im inspired by: (in alphabetical order)Aceyalone, THE ALBUM LEAF, Alexisonfire, Andy... [+] Read More
Artist: Van Cliburn
Pianist Van Cliburn was arguably the most celebrated classical performer of the modern era, renowned for his flawless technical prowess and unparalleled romantic sensibility. Born Harvey Lavan Cliburn, Jr. in Shreveport, Louisiana on July 12, 1934, he first took up piano at the age of three, learning the instrument from his mother Rildia Bee... [+] Read More
Artist: Tim Sparks
Guitar virtuoso Tim Sparks was born October 31, 1954 in Winston-Salem, NC, taking his first music lessons from his moonshiner uncle; while attending the North Carolina School of the Arts, he also studied classical guitar with Andres Segovia protege Jesus Silva. Upon graduating in 1973, Sparks went on tour with an R&B band, and during a stop in... [+] Read More
Artist: Motors
After several years in England's pub rock scene, ex-Duck Deluxe members Nick Garvey and Andy McMaster formed the Motors in 1977 with vocalist Bram Tchaikovsky and drummer Ricky Slaughter. Their first album was a splendid piece of guitar-driven pop/rock highlighted by the single "Dancing the Night Away." Approved By was the album that earned them... [+] Read More
Artist: Ferdinand Laub
When Laub was just nine years old his violin playing virtuosity was praised by Ole Bull. He acceeded to the Conservatory of Prague and was accepted immediately into the second year. He studied with Mildner and was brought to the attention of Ernst and Berlioz because of his playing. Laub was a soloist in Vienna for two years, performed in... [+] Read More
Artist: Alexander Nikolayevich Serov
As a Russian composer and critic Serov succeeded in being remembered in the annals of musicology for his ascerbic pen and lasting influence on the music of later composers in his homeland. Though his critiques could be taken seriously, perhaps they should not for if Serov was at odds with someone for anything, their music was rapined with a... [+] Read More
Artist: Guido Cantelli
Guido Cantelli should have been one of the conducting giants of the 20th century. After emerging as a talent to be watched amid the turmoil of wartime Italy, he was acknowledged as a great conductor following his 1945 debut at La Scala in Milan, and Arturo Toscanini came to refer to Cantelli, more than a generation younger than the celebrated... [+] Read More
Artist: Tutti Camarata
A trumpet player for bands led by Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman, Maestro Camarata (born Salvador Tutti Camarata) made his greatest mark as an arranger. In addition to orchestrating numerous big band hits for Jimmy Dorsey, including "Green Eyes" and Tangerine," Camarata orchestrated and/or produpced historic recordings by Louis... [+] Read More
Artist: Peter Dawson
Australian Peter Dawson held a prominent place in the music-loving public's heart in the 1920s and 1930s that was equivalent to the fame garnered by later artists such as the Beatles, Elvis, and Frank Sinatra. Forget "the King" or "the Chairman of the Board"; Dawson, a bass baritone, was the emperor of his day's recording industry. In his era,... [+] Read More
Artist: Toots Camarata
A trumpet player for bands led by Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman, Toots Camarata (born Salvador Tutti Camarata) made his greatest mark as an arranger. In addition to orchestrating numerous big band hits for Jimmy Dorsey, including "Green Eyes" and Tangerine," Camarata orchestrated and/or produced historic recordings by Louis Armstrong,... [+] Read More
Artist: Dave Golub
Pianist/harpsichordist David Golub was an acclaimed chamber music conductor who performed before enthusiastic audiences as a member of the Golub Kaplan Carr Trio. He also appeared with the London Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, as well as other orchestras the world over. A Chicago native, Golub grew up in Dallas,TX. His father was a... [+] Read More
Artist: Bobby McFerrin
Vocal virtuoso Bobby McFerrin ranks among the most distinctive and original singers in contemporary music -- equally adept in jazz, pop and classical settings, his octave-jumping trademark style, with its rhythmic inhalations and stop-on-a-dime shifts from falsetto to deep bass notes, often sounds like the work of at least two or three singers... [+] Read More
Artist: Evgeny Kissin
Although the USSR's system of identifying and training musically talented youngsters produced amazingly precocious pianists on a regular basis, Evgeny Kissin stood out from them as a talent far surpassing that of the usual Wunderkind. He has moved seemingly without difficulty to become one of the finest adult pianists on the world's concert... [+] Read More
Artist: Nathaniel Rosen
Nathaniel Kent Rosen was born in the Los Angeles Area and was brought up in Pasadena, one of the many suburbs that make up greater Los Angeles. There were no professional musicians in his family, but they were music-loving: He father was an amateur violist and his brother plays violin.
He was taken for music lessons as a matter of course and at... [+] Read More
Artist: Alexey Nikolayevic Verstovsky
The only success of this Russian composer's career was his opera "Askold's Grave." It had nearly four hundred performances in the nineteenth century alone including two hundred in Moscow. It was the first Russian opera to play in the United States. His operas were often set for horrific texts in which the heroine was soft, demur and in need of... [+] Read More
Artist: Charles Gounod
Gounod took private music lessons with Reicha and studied with Halevy and Le Sueur at the University of Paris. Being moved by the music of Palestrina, among the polyphony he heard at the Sistine Chapel, Gounod almost joined the clergy. He wrote an extremely ornamented mass after other masses that were quite ascetic. Next he composed two operas,... [+] Read More
Artist: Fred Jung
Entertainment Editor - Korea Times, 93.5 FM
Staff Writer - JazzUSA, All About Jazz, LA Jazz Scene, Bird Jazz Magazine ~ Fred Jung
Desert Island List
1. B. B. King - Live at the Regal
2. John Lee Hooker - Plays and Sings the Blues
3. Roomful of Blues - Dance All Night
4. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
5. Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus... [+] Read More
Artist: The Lewis Sisters
Helen and Kay Lewis', two sisters from Michigan, names cropped up on Motown albums and some single releases in the '60s, such as Gladys Knight & the Pips' "Just Walk in My Shoes." But their careers didn't begin at Motown, rather, in the '50s as jazz singers and songwriters. After high school, Kay attended Michigan State University and earned a... [+] Read More
