Musicians

John Winston Ono Lennon, formerly known as John Winston Lennon; October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980), a British male singer and songwriter. He is known worldwide as a founding member of The Beatles, the most commercially successful group in the history of pop music. He formed the Lennon-McCartney writing duo with bandmate McCartney.

Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Johann Sebastian Bach, pronounced: [ˈjoːhan zeˈbasti̯a(ː)n ˈbax] ; March 31, 1685 [March 21 in the Julian calendar] - July 28, 1750), a German composer and organ, harpsichord, and violin player. He was also a master of Baroque music and is considered one of the most important composers in the history of Western music. Bach was born into a musical family in Eisenach, the Holy Roman Empire (located in today's Thuringia, Germany), and received music education from an early age. After the death of his parents, Bach moved to Odlov and was raised by his eldest brother. He lived in poverty. At the age of 15, he went to Lüneburg to study and make a living on his own. After graduation, Bach served as organist in Arnstadt and Mühlhausen (1703-1708), and later served as court musician in Weimar (1708-1717) and Köthen (1717-1723), as well as church music director in Leipzig (1723-1750). Bach continued to study composition by himself throughout his life, studying all the works of his predecessors and younger generations. He was extremely prolific throughout his life, and his works were known for their excellent quality and quantity. In addition to operas, he covered almost all genres of music at that time, including oratorios, Passions, oratorios, motets, masses, chants, solos for various instruments, suites, chamber music and concertos, etc. Although Bach did not create a new style, his creations widely incorporated musical techniques from Germany, Italy, France and other countries, and presented them with skillful polyphonic techniques, demonstrating the essence and profound thoughts of Baroque music style. But as music turned to a simpler, lighter style, Bach's polyphony was regarded as obsolete after his death, and his achievements went unappreciated for decades, becoming known only as an organist and teacher. Although great composers such as Mozart and Beethoven highly praised Bach, it was not until the Romantic era, when the composer Mendelssohn adapted and conducted Bach's "Matthew Passion" in Berlin in 1829 that the music world recognized the value of Bach's music. Composers after the early Romantic period were also mostly influenced by Bach. Since then, several generations of musicians have discovered, studied, organized and promoted his works, and Bach has gradually regained his lofty status. In the 2005 German Television Channel 2 poll for the greatest German, he ranked sixth, second only to Martin Luther and Marx among figures before the 20th century.

John Barry (English: John Barry, November 3, 1933 - January 30, 2011) was a British composer who specialized in film scores. His most familiar works are the scores for the "007" series of movies. It has won a Golden Globe Award and four Academy Awards for Best Score.

Johannes Brahms (German: Johannes Brahms, May 7, 1833 - April 3, 1897), a German composer, pianist and conductor, is considered one of the most important representatives of the Romantic music period. Brahms is a musical leader in contemporary Vienna and spent most of his creative period in Vienna (he settled here after 1869). He composed four symphonies, the first of which was completed when he was 40 years old. His music genres include piano music, chamber music, symphony, chorus, and art songs, etc. He is especially good at presenting folk melodies with refined brushwork. In addition, Brahms himself also had outstanding piano playing skills. He premiered his own works with many outstanding musicians. Musicians with whom he worked closely include: pianist Clara Schumann, violinist Joseph Joachim and others. On the creative route, Brahms was an advocate and practitioner of pure music, and he was clearly separated from Liszt, Wagner and other members of the new music school at that time. Brahms was known for his perfectionism, and research shows that creations that did not satisfy him were often destroyed by him. There are also many works that he has not officially published. Brahms's works have become one of the main repertoires of modern concerts. Hans von Bülow called Brahms, Bach and Beethoven the "Three Bs". A traditionalist and innovator, his contributions and talents were admired by several composers, including Antonin Dvořák (whose music he enthusiastically supported) and Edward Elgar. Max Reger and Alexander von Zemlinsky successfully merged the often contrasting styles of Brahms and Wagner. The same was true for Arnold Schoenberg. Both he and Anton Webern were deeply inspired by the complexity and tight structure of Brahms' music, especially the concept of "developing variation" advocated by Schoenberg.

Johan Marius Nicolaas Heesters (Dutch: Johan Marius Nicolaas Heesters; December 5, 1903 – December 24, 2011), whose stage name was Johannes Heesters, was born in the Netherlands. He was a stage, television, and film actor, as well as a voice actor and concert performer in many works. His career can be traced back to 1921. Since the mid-1930s, Heisst has only been active in the German-speaking world, causing great controversy due to various actions during World War II and its great success in Nazi Germany. Hester's career as an actor continued until his death, making him one of the oldest stage actors in history.

Guillaume de Machaut (French: Guillaume de Machaut, approximately 1300-April 1377) was a French medieval composer and poet. He served in the courts of many nobles. He was one of the cultural celebrities of the Middle Ages and one of the main practitioners of "Ars Nova". He was known as "the last great poet who was also a composer."

Guillaume Dufay (French: Guillaume Dufay, pronounced: [ɡijom dyfa(j)i]; Dufay may also be known as Du Fay, Du Fayt; August 5, 1397 - November 27, 1474), a French-Flemish composer, a representative composer during the transitional period between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

Robert Schumann (German: Robert Schumann, German pronunciation: [ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈʃuːman]; June 8, 1810 – July 29, 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic who was active in the early Romantic period. He composed in all the major musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber music groups, orchestra, choir, and opera. His works embody and represent the romantic zeitgeist in German music. Schumann was born in Zwickau, Saxony, to a wealthy, middle-class family, but had no connection with music. He was initially unsure whether he should pursue a career in law or make a living as a pianist and composer. He studied law at the universities of Leipzig and Heidelberg, but his main interests were always music and Romantic literature. Starting in 1829, he studied piano with Friedrich Wieck, but as the condition of his right hand worsened, his hopes of becoming a master of piano technique were dashed, and he instead focused on composition. His early works were mainly piano pieces, including the large-scale suite "Carnival", "Dances of the David League", "Fantasia", "Kreisler's Notes", and "Scenes from Childhood" (1834-1838). In 1834, he co-founded the "New Music Magazine" and served as editor for ten years. In magazine articles and music compositions, he distinguished two opposite sides of his personality, naming the two alter egos the impulsive Florestan and the gentle and poetic Eusebius. Although Schumann's teacher Vik strongly believed that he was not the right match for his daughter Clara, Schumann still married her in 1840. In the years after his wedding, Schumann was extremely prolific in composition. He first wrote a large number of songs and vocal suites, including "Woman's Love and Life" and "The Poet's Love". In 1841, he turned his attention to orchestral music and completed the first of four symphonies. The following year, he focused on chamber music and wrote three string quartets, a piano quintet, and a piano quartet. During the remainder of the 1840s, in between bouts of mental and physical health problems, he composed various piano solos and other works, and toured Europe with his wife. His only opera, Gnolfeva (1850), was not a success and has rarely been staged since. In 1850, the Schumann family moved to Dusseldorf, hoping that his position as music director of the city would lead to

Rabindranath Tagore (Bengali: রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; May 7, 1861 - August 7, 1941), a Bengali writer, musician, philosopher and anti-modern nationalist. In 1913, he became the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature with "Gitanjali". In Western countries, Tagore is generally regarded as a poet and rarely as a philosopher, but in India he is both because his poems contain profound religious and philosophical insights. For Tagore, his poetry was his gift to God, and he himself was God's suitor. His poems enjoy epic status in India. He himself is considered a saint by many Hindus.

Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (Portuguese: Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, March 21, 1980 -), usually called Ronaldinho (Ronaldinho, Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁonawˈdʒĩɲu], meaning "Little Ronaldo") or Ronaldinho Gaucho (Ronaldinho) Gaúcho (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁonawˈdʒĩɲu gaˈuʃu]) was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil. He is one of the legendary superstars in world football. He currently plays for Ravenna FC in Serie C and serves as the global ambassador of Barcelona. Since there was already a famous player named Ronaldo in Brazil before he became famous [Note 1], he is often called Ronaldinho Gaúcho ("Ronaldinho Gaucho") in foreign language circles (especially in Brazil). In the Chinese-speaking circle, Ronaldinho's nickname is "Ronaldo" to distinguish him from another Brazilian star "Ronaldo" - Ronaldo. Ronaldinho is good at attacking midfield and wing positions. He was one of the members of the Brazilian team that won the 2002 World Cup. He reached the pinnacle of his career while playing for Barcelona, ​​where he was widely regarded as one of the most technical players in football history. He won the honor of World Footballer for two consecutive years in 2004 and 2005; he was elected European Footballer of the Year in 2005 and became the best player of the first International Professional Footballers Association in the same year. In 2013, at the age of 33, he defeated Brazilian star Nima, who won the award in 2011 and 2012, to win the South American Footballer of the Year. This was the first time Ronaldinho won this honor, and he also became the first player to win the European Footballer of the Year and the South American Footballer of the Year. Ronaldinho is one of the very few players who has achieved iconic achievements in both European and South American football. In 2006, he led Barcelona to win the second UEFA Champions League title in the club's history, and Barcelona also admitted that they bought Ronaldinho to reform the team. In South America, after Ronaldinho joined Minneiro, Minneiro also made rapid progress, first winning the runner-up of the Brazilian Football League in 2012, and the following year they won the first South American Liberty Cup championship in the club's history and the third place in the World Champions Club Cup. After leaving professional football in 2015, Ronaldinho announced at the end of 2017 that he would officially retire in 2018. Ronaldinho has excellent ball control and dribbling skills

Luo Dayou (July 20, 1954 -), Taiwanese male singer-songwriter, arranger, music producer, writer and physician. Luo Dayou entered the music scene in 1976 and released his first solo album "Zhi Hu Zhe Ye" in 1982. When it was released, it shocked Taiwanese society, which still had publishing censorship at the time. Some people said that the critical thoughts he created among young intellectuals were like a "black whirlwind." This album raised Chinese music to a whole new level and sounded the death knell of campus folk songs. The album was also ranked first among the "Top 100 Taiwanese Pop Music Albums of 1975-1993". In 1985, Luo Dayou composed a charity song "Tomorrow Will Be Better" that echoed "We Are One World", but it was used by the then one-party government of the Republic of China for election propaganda. Due to pressure from all walks of life and self-confusion, Luo Dayou left Taiwan for New York. In 1986, Luo Dayou moved the center of his work to Hong Kong and founded the production company "Music Factory", which influenced and collaborated with Hong Kong musicians such as Lin Xi, Anita Mui, and Huang Zhan. In 1988, Luo Dayou released "Comrade Lover". The album sold a total of 530,000 copies in Hong Kong and Taiwan, making it Luo Dayou's most commercially successful album. "Love Song 1990" in "Comrade Lover" is the most famous piece in Luo Dayou's love song series. The song has meaningful lyrics and melodious melody. It is one of the most classic love songs in Chinese pop music. While at the Music Factory, Luo Dayou composed "Pearl of the Orient" for Hong Kong, which is considered one of the songs that best represents Hong Kong. From the late 1990s to the 2000s, Luo Dayou's creative pace began to slow down. In 2009, he formed a one-year band "Zongtong Line" with Li Zongsheng, Zhou Huajian, and Zhang Chenyue, and participated in the creation of two albums. In 2017, "Home III" was released. On August 21, 2021, Luo Dayou was awarded the Special Contribution Award at the 32nd Golden Melody Awards.

Johann Baptist Strauss I (German: Johann Baptist Strauß I, March 14, 1804 - September 25, 1849), often called Johann Strauss the Elder, was an Austrian composer who popularized the waltz with Joseph Lanner and laid the foundation for the outstanding achievements of his son, Johann Strauss Jr., and is known as the "Father of the Waltz". His most famous waltz is "Loreley the Rhine" (Opus 154), while his most famous work is the "Radetzky March" (Opus 228). With the efforts of him and other composers, the waltz (waltz) developed from a country dance in four or three beats to a new musical form with great influence, consisting of five small waltzes that follow each other, a short conclusion and an exciting ending. However, his son Johann Strauss the Younger further developed this musical form, and his use of orchestration in waltzes was bolder and more extensive than that of his father.

Nie Anda, born in the United States, is a Swedish-American of Swedish descent. Famous Hong Kong musician, actor and film scorer. He has been active in Hong Kong's music scene since the 1960s and actively revived Hong Kong's band trend in the 1990s. He is a well-known behind-the-scenes person behind the music. Later, he got the nickname "Stock God" because he played the role of Seth, the stock god, in the 2000 Asian Television TV series "The Battle of the Century".

Xiao Jun (English: Xiaojun, Korean: xiaojun, August 8, 1999 -), whose real name is Xiao Dejun, was born in Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China. He is a male artist developing in China and South Korea and a member of the Korean men's group NCT under SM Entertainment. In January 2019, he officially debuted as a member of the Chinese sub-group WayV. In September 2020, he officially joined the NCT team.

Shaun White (English: Shaun White, September 3, 1986 -), American snowboarder, skateboarder and musician. He is a three-time Winter Olympics gold medalist in the men's halfpipe snowboarding. He also holds the record for most World X Games gold medals and most Winter Olympic snowboarding gold medals, and has won ten ESPY Awards. His nickname is "Flying Tomato". Shaun White announced that he will retire after the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Ye (English: Ye, /jeɪ/ YAY; June 8, 1977 -), formerly known as Kanye Omari West (/ˈkɑːnjeɪ/ KAHN-yay), is an American rapper, songwriter and music producer. His first five albums were The College Dropout (2004), Late Registration (2005), Graduation (2007), 808s & Heartbreak (2008) and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, 2010) not only won many awards and critical acclaim, but was also a commercial success. "Heartbreak Beat" became his third album to debut at the top of the U.S. charts in its first week and continue to top the US charts, while his fifth album "My Bizarre Fantasy" received widespread acclaim and was selected into multiple year-end best album lists. Yay also runs his own record label "GOOD Music". His iconic mascot and trademark is the Dropout Bear, a teddy bear that has appeared on three albums, several single covers, and in music videos. Jay established his reputation as a producer at Roc-A-Fella Records, where he produced Jay Z's album "The Blueprint" as well as singles for hit artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and Jenna Jackson. His production style began with using high-pitched vocal samples (sampling) from soul songs, plus his own drum beats and instrumentation. However, on subsequent albums, Yay displayed more influences ranging from 1970s rhythm and blues to synth pop and classical music. "About.com" owned by the New York Times ranked Ye eighth on its list of "Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers." On May 16, 2008, Ye was selected as the "Hottest Rapper" of the year by MTV. Ye also announced at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards that he would run for the 2020 U.S. presidential election. After losing the 2020 election, he announced his candidacy

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (English: Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, June 17, 1987 -), American rapper, songwriter and music producer, was born in Compton, California, United States. Nama came to prominence in 2003 with the mixtape "Youngest Head Nigga In Charge". In 2004, Nama signed with Top Dawg Entertainment, a record company based in Carson, California. In 2012, Nama signed a joint venture agreement with Aftermath Entertainment and New Vision Records. Naama is also a member of West Coast hip-hop supergroup Black Hippies. In 2018, Lamarr was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music, becoming the first musician outside the classical and jazz genres to win this honor. Lamar won the Grammy Awards for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song in 2015 for his song "I", which are also the two highest awards he won in rap music in 2015. On March 16 of the same year, he released his third studio album "American Butterfly Dream", which topped the Billboard album chart for two weeks with sales of more than 300,000. In 2015, Lamarr collaborated with American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift to release a remixed version of "Hostile". The video became the video with the highest single-day views in the history of VEVO. As a result, Lamarr reached the peak of her career and won a Grammy Award. At the same time, the lyrics in this video are also alluding to American singer Katy Perry. The original version of the music is included in Taylor Swift's fifth album "1989". In 2023, the remixed version of "Hostile" was included in "1989 (Remastered Edition) (Deluxe Edition)". In 2024, his public feud with Drake spawned the hit singles "Like That" and "Not Like Us." The latter became the most awarded song in Grammy Awards history, winning five awards, including Song of the Year and Production of the Year. The sixth album "GNX", released without warning, sold 319,000 copies in its first week and topped the Billboard album chart. In 2025, he became the first hip-hop artist to headline the Super Bowl halftime show and the first hip-hop artist to perform in the Super Bowl halftime show twice.

Hu Xia is a Chinese singer and actor. He won the sixth season of Taiwan's One Million Star in 2010 and released his debut album, Hu Love Xia, later that year. He has sung a great number of soundtracks for Chinese TV series, movies and games, the most famous ones being, "Those Years" (those years), for You Are the Apple of My Eye in 2011 and "Don't You Know" (Do you know? Do you know?) for The Story of Minglan in 2018.

Hu Yanbin (July 4, 1983 -) is a singer-songwriter, music producer and founder of Niuban Music School in Mainland China. He was born in Shanghai and his ancestral home is Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province.

Hu Hao (August 14, 1989 -), Chinese tenor singer and opera singer. He studied at the Central Conservatory of Music for his undergraduate degree. After graduation, he went to the United States to study and received a master's degree from Mannes Conservatory of Music. Currently pursuing a PhD at the University of North Texas, studying under Lucini Amara. In 2019, he participated in the second season of the Hunan Satellite TV variety show "Sound into the Heart" as a singing member.

Frederick II (German: Friedrich II; January 24, 1712 - August 17, 1786) was the King of Prussia who reigned from 1740 to 1786. His major achievements include military victory in the Silesian War, the reorganization of the Prussian army, participation in the partition of Polish territory, and support for the arts and the Enlightenment. Frederick was the last Hohenzollern monarch to be crowned "King in Prussia" (König in Preußen). After annexing Royal Prussia, he began to call himself "King of Prussia" (König von Preußen). Under his rule, Prussia successfully expanded its territory and became a major power in Europe. Frederick II was therefore known as Frederick the Great (German: Friedrich der Große), or his nickname was Old Fritz (German: der Alte Fritz). As a young man, Frederick was more interested in music and philosophy than in the art of war, which brought him into conflict with his father, Frederick William I; but after ascending to the Prussian throne, he attacked and annexed the wealthy Austrian province of Silesia in 1742, gaining military prestige for himself and Prussia. He was an influential military theorist whose analysis was informed by extensive personal battlefield experience and covered issues of strategy, tactics, mobility, and logistics. Frederick was a supporter of enlightened despotism, saying that the ruler should be the first servant of the state. He modernized the Prussian bureaucracy and civil service and implemented religious policies ranging from tolerance to segregation throughout the kingdom; he reformed the judicial system so that lower-status men could become judges and high-ranking bureaucrats. Frederick encouraged immigrants of all nationalities and creeds to come to Prussia, supported the arts and philosophers, and allowed freedom of the press and literature. Frederick was almost certainly gay, and his sexual orientation has been the subject of much research. He was buried in his favorite residence, Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam. Because he died childless, his nephew Frederick William II succeeded to the throne. Almost all 19th-century German historians portrayed Frederick as a romantic and great warrior, praising his leadership, administrative efficiency, devotion to duty, and success in making Prussia a European power. After Germany's defeat in World War I, Frederick was still a highly respected historical figure. The Nazi German Ministry of National Education and Propaganda praised him as a "great leader"; after World War II, his popularity dropped sharply in Germany, partly due to

Tengger (Mongolian: ᠲᠩᠷᠢ, Bao Pei: Tengri, Cyrillic: Сайнбаярын Тэнгэр, January 15, 1960 -) is a Chinese Mongolian male singer who was born in Otok Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China.

Ahmet Ertegün (Turkish: Ahmet Ertegün, English pronunciation: /ˈɑːmɛtˈɛrtəɡən/, Turkish pronunciation: [ahˈmet eɾteˈɟyn]; July 31, 1923 – December 14, 2006), Turkish musician, composer, and philanthropist.

Edward Christopher Sheeran, MBE, is a British singer-songwriter, music producer and actor. Ed was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and grew up in Frillingham, Suffolk. At the age of 18, he attended college at Guildford College of Contemporary Music. In early 2011, Ed independently released the mini album "No. 5 Collaborations Project". In the same year, he signed with Shelter Records and released his debut studio album "Infinite Extension" on September 9, 2011. The album was certified 8 platinum sales in the UK, and its single "A Coffee" was nominated for the 55th Grammy Award for Song of the Year, and Ed won the Ivor Novello Award for "Best Song Lyrics". In 2012, Ed won the BRIT Awards for "Best British Solo Artist" and "Best British Breakthrough Artist".