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Bai Ejuan Bai Ejuan Musicians · Republic of Korea

Baek A Yeon (Korean: Baek A-yeon, Romanized: Back A Yeon, March 11, 1993 -) is a Korean female singer who is often transliterated as Baek Yayan. From 2011 to 2012, he participated in South Korea's SBS "K-pop Star Selection Survival Competition", won third place and signed a contract with JYP Entertainment. He officially debuted on September 10, 2012.

Pietro Mascagni Pietro Mascagni Musicians · kingdom of italy

Pietro Antonio Stefano Mascagni (Italian: Pietro Antonio Stefano Mascagni; December 7, 1863 - August 2, 1945) was an Italian composer whose representative works include the opera "Cavalier Rustana" (1890). He studied at the Milan Conservatoire, but dropped out after two years and joined a third-rate touring theater troupe as a conductor. In 1889, he participated in a creative competition sponsored by the publisher E. Sonzonio with his opera "Cavalier Rusticana" and won the first prize. The play was performed in Rome the following year and was a success. In 1935, he created the opera "Nero".

Lu Guanting Lu Guanting Musicians · United States

Lowell Lo Kwun-ting (English: Lowell Lo Kwun-ting, October 12, 1950 -), formerly known as Lo Kwun-fu, nicknamed "LoLo" and "Lulu", is a Hong Kong composer, film scorer, male singer and actor. He once said that the name "Guanting" was changed by his wife Tang Shuchen. On April 24, 2026, Lu Guanting won the "Golden Needle Award", the highest honor of RTHK's 47th Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs.

Lu Kaitong Lu Kaitong Musicians · Canada

Ellen Joyce Loo (English: Ellen Joyce Loo, March 27, 1986 - August 5, 2018), a Hong Kong female singer-songwriter and musician. In 2002, he became a founding member of the singing group At17, serving as lead vocalist, backing vocalist and guitarist. He is also good at piano and has played and sang his own works "Homeless" and "I'd Go Back" at the At17 Concert and Threesome + At17 Live Concert. Songwriting first appeared on At17's debut album "Meow Meow Meow", and he also tried his hand at arranging and producing. In 2010, he and Lin Erwen, another member of At17, announced that they would break up, and Lu Kaitong started anew to start his personal development. In addition to preparing her solo album, she is also active in organizing concerts for other singers. She has served as the guitarist for concerts by Tat Ming Pai, Sammi Cheng, Eason Chan, Miriam Yeung, Joey Yung, Denise Ho and other singers. She has also twice been a guest at The Shining Band's concerts.

I Ishihara Natsori Musicians · Japan

Ishihara Kaori (Japanese: Ishihara Natsuori/Ishihara Kaori, Romanized: Ishihara Kaori, August 6, 1993 -), a Japanese female artist, singer and voice actor, belongs to Style Cube. I studied and gained experience as a member of HAPPY!STYLE Rookies, and graduated from Rookies on September 7, 2009. Now he and Yui Ogura form the Yui Kaori group.

Yoko Ishida Yoko Ishida Musicians · Japan

Yoko Ishida (October 7, 1973 -), whose real name is Yoko Ishida, is a Japanese female singer born in Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture. Height 156 cm, type A Libra. The agency he currently belongs to is HIGHWAY STAR.

Cole Porter Cole Porter Musicians · United States

Cole Porter (June 9, 1891 - October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter.

Colin Turnbull Colin Turnbull Musicians · United States

Colin Macmillan Turnbull (English: Colin Macmillan Turnbull; November 23, 1924 - July 28, 1994) was an anthropologist who was born in London, England and later naturalized in the United States. He is best known for his books "Forest People" and "Mountain People". He was also one of the first anthropologists to work in the field of ethnomusicology.

Kurt Cobain Kurt Cobain Musicians · United States

Kurt Donald Cobain (English: Kurt Donald Cobain, February 20, 1967 - April 5, 1994) was an American musician, famous for being the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the grunge rock band Nirvana. With the lead single "Like a Teenage Breath" from their second album "Nevermind", the band successfully entered the mainstream market and promoted an extended genre of alternative rock: grunge rock. Other Seattle grunge rock bands such as Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden also attracted a wider audience, and alternative rock became the dominant music genre on American radio and music channels in the early to mid-1990s. Transcendence has become the "flagship band" of "Generation Uncomfortable with the harassment, Cobain instead focused on the band's music, believing that the band's artistic philosophy and message had been misunderstood by the public, and identified the band's true fans with the band's third studio album, The Matrix (1993). In the last year of his life, Cobain struggled with a heroin addiction, chronic health problems, and depression, and struggled to cope with maintaining his reputation and public image. On April 5, 1994, Cobain was found dead in his home in Seattle. Officials ruled that the cause of death was suicide. Kurt Cobain's death has become a hotly debated topic. Since their self-titled debut album, Transcendence has sold 25 million albums in the United States alone and more than 50 million worldwide.

Komitas Komitas Musicians · ottoman empire

Komitas (Armenian: տոմիտաս; September 26, 1869 – October 22, 1935), whose real name was Soghomon Soghomonyan, was an Armenian Apostolic Church priest, musician, composer, arranger, singer and choir director. He is also widely regarded as the founder of the Armenian National Music School. Komitas is recognized as one of the pioneers of ethnomusicology.

Dou Wei Dou Wei Musicians · People's Republic of China

Dou Wei (October 14, 1969 -), also known as Mu Liang, is a native of Beijing, a musician, singer, and music producer in mainland China. He is also known as the "Three Masters of Magic Rock" together with his Magic Rock Records peers Zhang Chu and He Yong. In 1988, he succeeded Ding Wu as the lead singer of the Black Panther Band. In 1991, he released the album "Black Panther", which achieved commercial success in mainland China. In the same year, he left Black Panther and formed the Dreaming Band (1991-1992), the Translation Band (1999-; Dou Wei quit in 2000), and the Mu Liangwen King Band (2002-). Since 2002, Dou Wei has been cooperating with the band Not necessarily, and later reorganized the band Not the Same (2006-). Starting from 2020, Dou Wei will cooperate with Chaojian Band.

Dou Jingtong Dou Jingtong Musicians · People's Republic of China

Leah Dou (English: Leah Dou, January 3, 1997 -), born in Beijing, is a Chinese female singer and actress. She is the daughter of Chinese diva singer Faye Wong and mainland Chinese rock singer Dou Wei.

Maria Takeuchi Maria Takeuchi Musicians · Japan

Takeuchi Mariya (Japanese: Takeuchi Mariya/Takeuchi Mariya, Romanized: Takeuchi Mariya, March 20, 1955 -), was born in Taisha Town, Tosukawa County, Shimane Prefecture (today's Izumo City). She is a famous pop music singer-songwriter in Japan. When she debuted, she was positioned as an idol singer.

Zezhar Antonovich Guy Zezhar Antonovich Guy Musicians · russian empire

Tsezar Antonovich Guy (Russian: Цезарь Антонович Кюи, January 18, 1835 [January 6 in the Julian calendar] - March 13, 1918) was a Russian military officer, composer, and music critic of French-Lithuanian descent. Together with Balakirev, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Borodin, Guy formed a powerful group that promoted the development of Russian national music.

Mick Jagger Mick Jagger Musicians · U.K.

Sir Michael Phillip "Mick" Jagger (English: Sir Michael Phillip "Mick" Jagger, born July 26, 1943) is a British rock musician and one of the founding members of the Rolling Stones. He has been the lead singer of the band since 1962 and plays guitar, harmonica and piano. Participated in the production of many films as an actor, producer and composer. His stage name is "Mick" Jagger. Jagger was born into a middle-class family in Kent. Jagger's career spanned 50 years and he is known as "one of the most popular and influential frontmen in rock history." His unique voice and stage moves, along with Keith Richards' guitar playing style, became the signature of the Rolling Stones. In addition, the band Maroon 5 wrote a song "Moves like Jagger" to express their respect for him.

Mili Alexeevich Balakirev Mili Alexeevich Balakirev Musicians · russian empire

Mili Alexeevich Balakirev ; January 2, 1837 [December 21, 1836 in the Julian calendar] - May 29, 1910 [May 16 in the Julian calendar]), Russian pianist, conductor and composer, famous for actively promoting Russian nationalist music. Balakirev, Guy, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Borodin formed a powerful group that promoted the development of Russian national music.

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka Musicians · russian empire

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (Russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Гли́нка, Romanized: Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (June 1, 1804 - February 15, 1857), also translated as Glinka, was the first Russian composer to gain widespread reputation. He had an important influence on subsequent Russian music creation, especially on the powerful group of Russian Romantic music. He is known as the founder of the Russian symphony. The former Russian national anthem "Patriotic Anthem" was Glinka's work.

K Kenshi Yonezu Musicians · Japan

Yonezu Kenshi (Japanese: Yonezu Kenshi/Yonezu , Romanized: Yonezu Kenshi; March 10, 1991 -) is a Japanese male singer-songwriter, musician, illustrator, and video writer. He was born in Tokushima Prefecture and is one of the representative singers of Japanese pop music in recent years. Around 2009, he began to release music produced with VOCALOID vocal synthesis software on the Internet under the VOCALOID craftsman stage name "Hachi (Hachi)", and then debuted with the album "diorama" in 2012. In 2016, he switched from Universal Music to Sony Music Japan. The album "BOOTLEG" released subsequently was a huge success. It not only won the Outstanding Album Award at the Japan Record Awards, but also achieved good commercial results. The eighth single "Lemon" released in 2018 is the theme song of the Japanese drama "Forensic Queen". The global physical and digital copies have exceeded 3 million, and it has topped the Japanese Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive years. It is Kenshi Yonezu's masterpiece. The music video for this song has been viewed more than 900 million times on Youtube, making it one of the most viewed videos in Japan. The fifth album "STRAY SHEEP" released in 2020 ranked 7th on the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry's global sales list, the highest record for a Japanese singer.

Johnny Cash Johnny Cash Musicians · United States

Johnny Cash (English: Johnny Cash, February 26, 1932 - September 12, 2003), whose birth name was J. R. Cash, was an American musician, country music singer-songwriter, and television music host. He wrote and performed songs including country, rock, blues, gospel, folk, and rap. His diverse genres are admirable. He has won multiple Grammy Awards, received the Kennedy Center Honors Certificate in 1996, and received the National Medal of Arts in 2001. He has been inducted into five concert hall halls of fame, the Nashville Songwriting Hall of Fame in 1997, the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2010, and the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2013. His wife is Jane Carter Cash, another famous American country music writer and singer. Johnny Cash was known for his deep, distinctive singing voice, and the unique boom-chick-a-boom and "freight train" style of his Tennessee trio, as well as his black attire and idiosyncratic style, which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black." His concerts often began with this simple introduction - "Hi, I'm Johnny Cash." Much of Johnny Cash's work, especially his later works, often echoes themes of grief, spiritual distress, and redemption. His signature songs include "I Walk the Line," "Folsom Prison Blues," "Hurt," "Ring of Fire," and "That Old Wheel." He also recorded several humorous songs, such as "One Piece at a Time," "The One on the Right Is on the Left," "Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog," and "A Boy Named Sue"; rock songs such as "Get Rhythm"; and various railroad songs, including "Rock Island Line" and "Orange Blossom Special." close to johnny cash

S Sorya Heik Musicians · U.K.

Sophiya Haque (June 14, 1971 - January 17, 2013) was a British woman of Jewish and Bengali descent. She was originally a ballet dancer and later became a model. Later, MTV Asia recruited VJs in India, and she went to apply and was hired by MTV. He immediately became a popular music program host on MTV. She speaks English and Bengali. Later, he moved to Channel V to host the show. Now she not only hosts shows, but also records more than ten albums. In recent years, he has entered the film industry and starred in many movies in Bollywood.

Joseph Haydn Joseph Haydn Musicians · Grand Duchy of Austria

Franz Joseph Haydn (German: Franz Joseph Haydn, March 31, 1732 - May 31, 1809), 77 years old, also translated as Haydn, was an Austrian composer.Haydn was another great instrumental composer after Bach,An outstanding representative of classical music,known as「father of symphony」、「father of string quartet」and "Haydn's father". Haydn was born in Rolau, a small village on the border of Austria and Hungary.,Born into a poor carmaker's family,27When he was young, he was hired as the musical director of Prince Esterházy of Hungary.,Served up30years,He wrote all his life108symphony,two divine dramas《Genesis》and《four seasons》,He also wrote a large number of string quartets,piano sonata,and some operas、operetta、12Masses and vocal works。 Haydn's musical humor、Bright,Religious detachment,He developed the sonata form from keyboard music to string ensemble,He is the founder of instrumental music,Completely assimilates the independent voices of traditional counterpoint,Develop the theme on its own。Later he visited England,Accepts a doctorate in music from the University of Oxford,Influenced by Handel,Also influenced by Mozart,Produce melodious lyrical color,A baroque-like style appears。 He replaced the piano with a string quartet and replaced the organ with an orchestra, creating two new forms of harmonious performance. Together with Mozart and Beethoven, he is an outstanding representative of the Viennese classical music school. Joseph's brother Michel Haydn is also a composer.

John Denver John Denver Musicians · United States

John Denver (English: John Denver, December 31, 1943 - October 12, 1997), formerly known as Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. Jr., is an American country music singer and songwriter who became popular in the 1970s with many popular songs. He recorded and released more than 300 songs, about half of which were composed by him. In 1977, he was called the "Poet Laureate of Colorado." After China's reform and opening up in 1979, when Deng Xiaoping visited the United States, Denver performed a welcome performance wearing a cowboy hat at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. Soon John Denver also visited mainland China and held a concert tour. After his trip to mainland China, he composed the song "Shanghai Breezes" (Shanghai Breezes). John Denver is also one of the most familiar American country music singers to mainland Chinese audiences. Denver loves nature very much. He is a member of the Wildlife Conservation Society and has held many charity concerts to raise funds for it. He also established the Tree Planting Until 2000 Foundation (PLANT-IT 2000). By the year 2000 AD, participants had planted at least 20 million native plants around the world. On the other hand, Denver's songs are full of a deep and unchanging love for nature, such as the single "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and other popular pop songs. On October 12, 1997, Denver died in a plane crash at the age of 53.

Johann Christian Bach Johann Christian Bach Musicians · Elector of Saxony

Johann Christian Bach (German: Johann Christian Bach; September 5, 1735 - January 1, 1782) was born in Leipzig, Germany and died in London, England. Johann Sebastian Bach's youngest son (eleventh), born to his second wife Wilke. J.C. Bach is the only important opera composer in the Bach family and a great keyboard player. He is one of the earliest piano concerto writers. His works are in a typical classical style, with rigorous structure and elegant melody. He also made a significant contribution to the development of symphonies. Because he has lived in London for a long time, J.C. Bach is often called "British Bach" or "London Bach". He and Carl Friedrich Abel formed the "Abel and Bach Concert", which also had a profound influence on the formation of Mozart's music style.

John Cage John Cage Musicians · United States

John Milton Cage Jr. (English: John Milton Cage Jr., September 5, 1912 - August 12, 1992) was an American avant-garde classical music composer and a student of Arnold Schoenberg. His most famous work is "4'33", composed in 1952, which has three movements without a single note. He is a pioneer of aleatory music (or "chance music"), extended technique (non-standard use of instruments), and electronic music. Although a controversial figure, he is generally considered one of the most important composers of his generation. He is also a mushroom expert with a hobby of picking and studying fungi. He collaborated with mycologist Alexander H. Smith and artist Lois Lang to publish the Mushroom Book (1972), which contains recipes, poems, observation notes, diaries and illustrations. The book is now in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.