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Edith Volckaert
Edith Volckaert (August 27, 1949 – July 2, 1992) was a Belgian violinist and music educator. She was born in Ghent. By the age of four, she had already given a public performance of a Vivaldi concerto. Volckaert received private lessons from Carlo Van Neste, who was to be her only teacher. Volckaert won a number of international awards including the International Tibor Varga Violin Competition, the Mozart Competition, the UNESCO competition and the prize from the Taormina Festival in Sicily. In 1967, she placed first for violin in the Maria Canals International Music Competition. At the age of 19, she received a scholarship from the Belgian National Pro Civitate competition. In 1971, she was a prize winner in the Queen Elisabeth Competition, placing fifth in the final standings. She became a jury member for the competition in 1976. She performed in Berlin, Moscow, Salzburg, Paris, London and the United States as a soloist and with chamber music groups. She played a violin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dido Souriante
Dido ( ; , ), also known as Elissa ( , ), was the legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Ancient Carthage, Carthage (located in Tunisia), in 814 BC. In most accounts, she was the queen of the Phoenician city-state of Tyre, Lebanon, Tyre (located in Lebanon) who fled tyranny to found her own city in northwest Africa. Known only through ancient Greece, ancient Greek and ancient Rome, Roman sources, all of which were written well after Carthage's founding, her historicity remains uncertain. The oldest references to Dido are attributed to Timaeus (historian), Timaeus, who lived in Taormina in Sicily, and died around 260 BC, which is about five centuries after the date given for the foundation of Carthage. Timaeus told the legends surrounding the founding of Carthage by Dido in his Sicilian ''History''. By his account, Dido founded Carthage in 814 BC, around the same time as the foundation of Rome, and he alluded to the growing conflict between the two c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
