Tan Dun (Dun Tan, 譚盾; born August 18, 1957) is best known as the Grammy and Oscar award winning composer for the soundtracks of the movies Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero. Tan Dun was born in the village of Simao, Changsha in the Hunan province of China. As a child, he was fascinated by the role in his village of the shaman, who conducted rituals and ceremonies, often set to music made with organic objects like rocks and water.
Born in Beijing China, Cheng Yu is well-known pipa soloist. At 13, she won the Chinese National Youth Competition of Traditional Music Instrument Performances and, in 1981, was admitted the Xian Conservatory of Music to continue her pipa studies and also to study the guqin. She moved to the UK in 1988 where she has performed with many organizations and co-founded the UK Chinese Ensemble. In 2004, she completed her PhD on the ancient music of Xi'an at the University of London.
There are three artists named Lara; one is Taiwanese, one Turkish and the other German: 1. - A talented artist of just 18 years, she is the lead female vocalist of the popular Taiwanese band Nan Quan Ma Ma (Nan Quan Ma Ma), whose second album reached no. 4 on the Taiwanese charts. Californian born and raised, with both Russian and Taiwanese heritage, she is well exposed to both western and Asian cultures, and is proficient in English and Mandarin.
Two artists that use the name Los:
1.Los is from Liberty Heights and Garrison in Baltimore, Maryland, a city known for hustlers who get it in the streets. The city has been well publicized on shows like "The Wire" and "The Corner". Now Baltimore has another conduit to catapult the city to national visibility. LOS has been on his grind since 1999 and showed his hunger in the battles he dominated.
'Jay' can refer to one of seven artists: 1. Young, beast rapper from the Killadelphia suburbs, Jay C 2. Jay is a Rapper from Stuttgart (Germany)! 3. Jay is a famous Taiwanese RNB singer. 4. Jay (birthname Jørn) is a rapper from the northern parts of Norway, also a part of the rap-group Nordlys, in which he write and perform songs along with his friends Morex (birthname Espen) and Ron, the producer of their group.
The solo project Mindkiller was started in 1998 in Novi Sad (now Serbia) by Gaspar Baksa, ex-member of these musical projects: Disrespect Death (1994), Pure Impact (1995), Signum (1996); who was searching the possibilities of expression through music and graphics, by the use of various mediums. The conception and evolvement of the musical part of the project was greatly inspired and supported by CyberfArts label and the releases are available through them.
Guo Yue (simplified Chinese: 郭跃; traditional Chinese: 郭躍; pinyin: Guō Yuè; born 1958 in Beijing, China) is a renowned virtuoso of the dizi (Chinese bamboo flute) and bawu (Chinese free reed pipe). He was born in Beijing, China and as a young boy experienced the Cultural Revolution. In 1982 Yue left China and, with the help of his third sister Yan who was living in England, he studied the silver flute at the Guildhall School of Music.
There are 6 artists named Jones:
1. Singaporean singer
2. Baltimore rapper
3. Pseudonym for the artist also known as Thought Jones
4. Hip Hop artist from Frederick, MD.
5. Swiss soul singer
6. Rapper, singer and producer from Florida
7. Musician from the UK 1. Jones Shi (石康軍, Shi Kang Jun) is a rising Singaporean artist whose music can best be described as soft rock or rock/pop. Offical HP: http://avex.com.tw/jones
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Indie-pop duo from Hong Kong. Members: Peter and Edine.
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