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Ludwig Minkus aka Léon Fyodorovich Minkus (March 23, 1826 — December 7, 1917), was a composer of ballet music and a violin virtuoso. Born Aloisius Ludwig Minkus in Velké Meziříčí (German: Grossmeseritsch), near Brno, Moravia, Austrian Empire, {today the Czech Republic}. He is most noted for the ballets he composed while serving as the First ballet composer to the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres, a post which he occupied from 1871 until its abolition in 1886. He continued composing music regularly for the Imperial Theatres until 1891, when he retired to Vienna.

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Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (La Roncole, Italy, October 10, 1813 – Milano, January 27, 1901) is considered the most influential composer of the 19th century's Italian School of opera. His works are frequently performed in opera houses throughout the world and, transcending the boundaries of the genre, some of his themes have long since taken root in popular culture - such as "La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto.

There are at least 2 Artists called 'Maksim'
(1) A Croation Pianist
(2) A Hip-Hop MC from Britain (1) Maksim is a Croation pianist, for the Russian singer see ???S??. Maksim was born in Croatia, Sibenik, a small, but beautiful medieval town on Croatias Adriatic Coast, the odds seemed stacked against Maksim achieving his dream.
His mother Slavica and father Karmel knew nothing about classical music (even now they still prefer to listen to pop music on the radio).

Jessica Lowndes (born November 8, 1988) is a Canadian actress and aspiring singer. Jessica was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She attended Pacific Academy in Surrey, BC. She was discovered in Vancouver by the producers of Masters of Horror. She recurred as Mandi on the ABC Family hit series Greek. She is also a singer-songwriter and her song "Goodbye" was used prominently in the TV series Moonlight-- in Ep 1.12: "The Mortal Cure", CBS. 2008-01-18. She currently plays Adrianna Tate-Duncan, a pregnant teenager with a serious drug addiction, on the new 90210.