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Giardini is a surname of Italian origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Anne Giardini (born 1959), Canadian lawyer and an author * Eliane Giardini (born 1952), Brazilian actress * Felice Giardini (1716–1796), Italian composer and violinist * Giuliano Giardini Giuliano Giardini (born 1 January 1960) is a retired Italian alpine skier who competed in the 1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international mult ... (born 1955), retired Italian alpine skier {{surname, Giardini Italian-language surnames ...
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Anne Giardini
Anne Giardini, , , , is a Canadian business executive, journalist, lawyer and writer. She is the oldest daughter of late Canadian novelist Carol Shields. Giardini is licensed to practice law in British Columbia (and formerly in Ontario and Washington State). As a journalist, Giardini has contributed to the ''National Post'' as a columnist. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia with her husband of more than 30 years. They have three grown children. She has written two novels, ''The Sad Truth about Happiness'' (2005) and ''Advice for Italian Boys'' (2009), both published by HarperCollins. Giardini and her son, Nicholas Giardini, edited ''Startle and Illuminate'' (Random House Canada, 2016), a book of Carol Shields' thoughts and advice on writing. Giardini served as the 11th chancellor of Simon Fraser University from 2014 to 2020. From 2008 to 2014, Giardini was president of Weyerhaeuser Company Limited, a subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser Company, in the forestry industry. She joined W ...
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Eliane Giardini
Eliane Teresinha Giardini (born 20 October 1952) is a Brazilian actress. Although she had little career success until the age of forty, she is now considered one of Brazil's foremost actresses. Biography Giardini was born in Sorocaba, São Paulo. Formerly married to actor Paulo Betti, she is the mother of two girls, Juliana and Mariana Betti, both actresses themselves. Appearances TV * Ninho da Serpente (as Lídia) * Campeão (as Cristina) * Vida Roubada (as Hilda) * Meus Filhos, Minha Vida * Uma Esperança no Ar (as Débora) * Helena (as Joana) * Caso Verdade * Desejo (as Lucinda) * Felicidade (as Isaura) * Renascer (as Dona Patroa/Yolanda) * Incidente em Antares (as Eleutéria) * A Comédia da Vida Privada (as Helena) * Irmãos Coragem (as Estela) * Engraçadinha (as Maria Aparecida) * Você Decide * Explode Coração (as Lola) * A Indomada (as Santa Maria) * Você Decide (as Sílvia) * Mulher (as Anita) * Hilda Furacão (as Berta) * Torre de Babel (as Wandona) * Anda ...
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Felice Giardini
Felice de Giardini (12 April 1716 – 8 June 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. Early life Felice Giardini was born in Turin. When it became clear that he was a child prodigy, his father sent him to Milan. There he studied singing, harpsichord and violin, but it was on the latter that he became a famous virtuoso. By the age of 12, he was already playing in theatre orchestras. In a famous incident about this time, Giardini, who was serving as assistant concertmaster (i.e., leader of the orchestra) during an opera, played a solo passage for violin which the composer Niccolò Jommelli had written. He decided to show off his skills and improvised several bravura variations that Jommelli had not written. Although the audience applauded loudly, Jommelli, who happened to be there, was not pleased and suddenly stood up and slapped the young man in the face. Giardini, years later, remarked: "It was the most instructive lesson I ever received from a great artist.Christopher Hogw ...
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Giuliano Giardini
Giuliano Giardini (born 1 January 1960) is a retired Italian alpine skier who competed in the 1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Lake Placid was elected .... References External links * 1960 births Living people Italian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Italy Alpine skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{italy-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ...
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