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Jamshied Sharifi
Jamshied Sharifi (born October 17, 1960) is a Tony Award-winning American composer, conductor, musician, and record producer. Born in Topeka, Kansas to an Iranian father and an American mother, Sharifi was exposed to music at an early age, learning Jazz and Middle Eastern music through his father and European classical and church music through his mother. He began to study classical piano at age five and quickly developed a thirst for musical instruction and a desire to improvise. At age nine he began studying guitar and drums, and at age ten added flute. Biography After graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in humanities, Sharifi went on to further his musical education at Berklee College of Music in Boston. At Berklee, he studied Jazz Piano and Composition as well as Film Scoring, and in 1983, he received the Outstanding Jazz Pianist award at the Collegiate Jazz Festival held at the University of Notre Dame. He studied with noted trumpeter a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topeka
Topeka ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County, Kansas, Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeastern Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 126,587. The city, laid out in 1854, was one of the Free-Stater (Kansas), Free-State towns founded by Eli Thayer, Eastern antislavery men immediately after the passage of the Kansas–Nebraska Act, Kansas–Nebraska Bill. In 1857, Topeka was chartered as a city. The city is well known for the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case ''Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka'', which overturned ''Plessy v. Ferguson'' and declared Racial segregation in the United States, racial segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional. History Name The name "Topeka" is a Kansa-Osage word that means "place where we dig potatoes", or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nickelodeon Movies
Nickelodeon Movies Inc. is an American Filmmaking, film production company based in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California and owned by Paramount Global. Originally founded in 1995, it serves as both the film production division of Nickelodeon Productions and the family film distribution label of Paramount Pictures. The division has earned numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Award, over 13 Saturn Awards nominations, a People's Choice Award and four in-house honors via the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. Since its launch, over 40 feature films have been produced for theatrical release and starting in October 2021, the studio has been producing films for streaming on Paramount+ and Netflix. History 1993–95: Nickelodeon/20th Century Fox deal In 1993, Nickelodeon agreed to a two-year contract with 20th Century Fox to make feature films. The joint venture would mostly produce new material, though a Nickelodeon executive did not rule o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchestration
Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra (or, more loosely, for any musical ensemble, such as a concert band) or of adapting music composed for another medium for an orchestra. Also called "instrumentation", orchestration is the assignment of different instruments to play the different parts (e.g., melody, bassline, etc.) of a musical work. For example, a work for solo piano could be adapted and orchestrated so that an orchestra could perform the piece, or a concert band piece could be orchestrated for a symphony orchestra. In classical music, composers have historically orchestrated their own music. Only gradually over the course of music history did orchestration come to be regarded as a separate compositional art and profession in itself. In modern classical music, composers almost invariably orchestrate their own work. Two notable exceptions to this are Ravel's orchestration of Mussorgsky's solo piano work Pictures at an Exhibition and Malco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Score (Dream Theater Album)
''Score'' is the fifth live album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater. It was recorded on April 1, 2006, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The concert was the last of their 20th Anniversary Tour, labeled "A Very Special Evening with Dream Theater". The entire second half of the concert features a complete symphonic orchestra, dubbed "The Octavarium Orchestra", conducted by Jamshied Sharifi. The album was released on August 29, 2006, and contains the entire concert setlist, including the encore. A condensed version of the concert was aired on VH1 Classic on August 25, 2006, 4 days before the release of the album and DVD. It was released on September 2, 2006, in Australia. The title of the album comes from the word "score", meaning the number twenty, in reference to the band's 20th anniversary. It can also refer to a conductor's musical score, which is seen on the album cover. Two of the songs recorded on this album were previously unreleased: "Another Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio City Music Hall
Radio City Music Hall (also known as Radio City) is an entertainment venue and Theater (structure), theater at 1260 Sixth Avenue (Manhattan), Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Nicknamed "The Showplace of the Nation", it is the headquarters for the Rockettes. Radio City Music Hall was designed by Edward Durell Stone and Donald Deskey in the Art Deco style. Radio City Music Hall was built on a plot of land that was originally intended for a Metropolitan Opera House, although plans for the opera house were canceled in 1929. It opened on December 27, 1932, as part of the construction of Rockefeller Center. The 5,960-seat Music Hall was the larger of two venues built for Rockefeller Center's "Radio City" section, the other being the RKO Roxy Theatre (later the Center Theatre (New York City), Center Theatre); the "Radio City" name came to apply only to Radio City Music Hall. It was largely successful until the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octavarium (album)
''Octavarium'' is the eighth studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater. Released on June 7, 2005, it was the band's final release with Atlantic Records. Recorded between September 2004 and February 2005, it was the last album recorded at The Hit Factory in New York City. With it, the band decided to create "a classic Dream Theater album", drawing upon their various stylistic influences while trying to make the music less complex. The album takes its creative concept from the musical octave. ''Octavarium'' peaked in the top five in the Finnish, Italian, and Swedish charts, and in the top ten in the Dutch, Japanese, and Norwegian charts. Critical reception of the album was generally positive; the diversity of the music was praised, although critics found some of the songwriting to be inconsistent. Dream Theater promoted the album on a year-long world tour, with the majority of concerts lasting almost three hours and featuring a different setlist each night. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mo Boma
''Mo Boma'' was an ambient music ensemble from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1989 by Skúli Sverrisson and Carsten Tiedemann. Their name comes from a pygmy lullaby for girls. In 1990, Jamshied Sharifi joined the group as well. Their second album ''Myths of the Near Future Part One'' was released in 1994 and was the first in a trilogy of works based on '' Myths of the Near Future'' by J. G. Ballard. Discography ;Studio albums *''Jijimuge'' (1992, Extreme) *''Myths of the Near Future Part One ''Myths of the Near Future Part One'' is the second album by Mo Boma, released in 1994 through Extreme Records. Track listing Personnel ;Mo Boma *Jamshied Sharifi – synthesizer, percussion, engineering *Skúli Sverrisson – b ...'' (1994, Extreme) *'' Myths of the Near Future Part Two'' (1995, Extreme) *'' Myths of the Near Future Part Three'' (1996, Extreme) References External links * * American ambient music groups Extreme Records artists Musica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamak Khadem
Mamak Khadem (مامک خادم) is an Iranian-American world trance music singer. Called by Sandra Hughes "a nomad who uses her art to bridge cultural traditions”, Khadem is one of the few women singers in world trance music, a discipline normally dominated by men. She was the lead singer for the band Axiom of Choice, has sung for various soundtracks, and currently works as a solo artist. Personal life Khadem was born in Tehran, Iran in 1961. She immigrated to the United States in 1977. By nature, she is a nomad, one who thrives on open spaces. By occupation, she is a bridge, one that connects geography to lore. In music, she is open to cultural influences, but she has chosen the classical Persian style as her base. Formerly of the sensational cross-cultural fusion ensemble AXIOM OF CHOICE, Mamak weaves a canopy, both simple and rich, for a stunningly emotional and spiritual musical experience that inspires new listeners to embrace cultural diversity and an awareness and appr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yungchen Lhamo
Yungchen Lhamo (Tibetan: དབྱངས་ཅན་ལྷ་མོ, ''lhamo'' meaning "goddess of song") is a Tibetan singer-songwriter living in the United States. She won the ARIA Award for Best World Music Album in ARIA Music Awards of 1995, 1995 and was then signed by Peter Gabriel's Real World record label. Life and career Lhamo's name means "goddess of song" (''lhamo''), a name given to her by a Buddhist monk at birth. Lhamo left Tibet in 1989 to make a pilgrimage to Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, Dharamsala. She was inspired to reach out to the world through her music. She moved to Australia in 1993, then to New York City in 2000. Lhamo's Australian debut album, ''Tibetan Prayer (album), Tibetan Prayer'', produced by John Prior (musician), John Prior, won the ARIA Award for Best World Music Album in 1995. The success of that record led to her signing with Peter Gabriel's Real World Records, Real World label. Her first record for the label, ''Tibet, Tibet'', mainly feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rugrats Movie
''The Rugrats Movie'' is a 1998 American animated comedy film based on the Nickelodeon animated television series ''Rugrats''. It was directed by Igor Kovalyov and Norton Virgien and was written by David N. Weiss & J. David Stem. The film features the voices of E. G. Daily, Tara Strong, Christine Cavanaugh, Kath Soucie, Cheryl Chase, Cree Summer, Jack Riley, Melanie Chartoff, Michael Bell and Joe Alaskey, along with guest stars David Spade, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Cho, Busta Rhymes, and Tim Curry. The film takes place between the events of the series' fifth and sixth seasons, and it follows Tommy Pickles as he and the rest of the Rugrats along with his new baby brother, Dil, eventually get lost into the deep wilderness after taking a high-speed ride on the Reptar Wagon, and embark on an adventure to find their way home in the forest while being pursued by circus monkeys and a predatory wolf along the way. ''The Rugrats Movie'' was the first feature film based on a N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 Film)
''The Thomas Crown Affair'' is a 1999 American romantic heist film directed by John McTiernan and written by Leslie Dixon and Kurt Wimmer. It is a remake of the 1968 film. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, and Denis Leary, it follows Thomas Crown, a billionaire who steals a painting from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and is pursued by an insurance investigator, with the two falling in love. Produced by United Artists and Irish DreamTime, the film was released on August 6, 1999. It grossed $124.3 million worldwide, against a budget of $48 million, and received generally positive reviews from critics. Plot Thieves infiltrate the Metropolitan Museum of Art inside an actual Trojan horse, preparing to steal an entire gallery of paintings, but are apprehended. In the confusion, billionaire Thomas Crown – the crime's secret mastermind – steals Monet's painting of '' San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk''. NYPD Detective Michael McCann heads the investigation into the theft of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
