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Violetta (TV Series)
''Violetta'' is an Argentina, Argentine telenovela filmed in Buenos Aires, Argentina and developed by Disney Channel Latin America and Disney Channel (Central and Eastern Europe), Europe, Disney Channel (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and production company Pol-ka Producciones, Pol-ka, debuted in Argentina, Latin America and Italy on 14 May 2012. ''Violetta'' tells the story of a musically talented teenager (played by Tini (singer), Martina Stoessel) who returns to her native Argentina with her father, Germán (played by Diego Ramos), after living in Europe for several years, navigating the trials and tribulations of growing up. Each episode includes original musical numbers from diverse musical genres such as pop music and Latin music. Plot Season 1 (2012) Violetta Castillo is a 15-year-old girl who is unaware of her very special talent for singing. She inherited this talent from her mom (María), a famous singer who died in a bus cras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar Drama (film and television), drama genres around the world include ''Turkish television drama, dizi'' (Turkey), ''Indian television drama, serial'' (India), ''teleserye'' (Philippines), ''lakorn'' (Thailand), ''teleromanzo'' (Italy), ''téléroman'' (Canada, specifically Quebec), ''Korean drama, K-drama'' (South Korea), ''Japanese television drama, J-drama'' (Japan), ''Chinese television drama, C-drama'' (China) and ''sinetron'' (Indonesia). Commonly described using the American colloquialism Spanish soap opera, many telenovelas share some stylistic and thematic similarities to the soap opera familiar to the English-speaking world. The significant difference is their series run length; telenovelas tell one self-contained story, typically within the span of a year or less whereas soap operas t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney Channel Latin America
Disney Channel is a Latin American pay television network broadcasting throughout Hispanic America. It is based on the eponymous television channel in the United States launched on July 27, 2000 as a premium-label channel, and became a basic pay TV network in 2004. It is available using two different feeds, with various programming schedules and timings. It is mostly marketed to children; however, in recent years the range of viewers has expanded to include an older audience. Disney Channel is operated by Disney Media Networks Latin America and owned by The Walt Disney Company Latin America, both of which are originally from The Walt Disney Company. History In July 2000, while Disney Channel in the United States changed its premium television label to basic subscription TV network, the channel was launched in Latin America using the same graphical branding as Disney Channel in Europe, created by GÉDÉON, but with most of the same programming as the US version (some differe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Blanco (musician)
Jorge Blanco Güereña (born December 19, 1991) is a Mexican musician, singer, dancer and actor, best known for portraying Leon Vargas on the Disney Channel television series '' Violetta''. Early life Blanco was born on December 19, 1991, in Guadalajara, Mexico. Career 2007–2008: Beginnings with ''High School Musical'' Blanco began his television career in 2007 when he participated in the reality show ''High School Musical: La Selección'' which allowed him to participate in a spin-off movie of the successful U.S. ''High School Musical''."Jorge Blanco prepara álbum debut con ritmos muy variados," yucatan.com, May 25, 2016. Despite not winning the program, Blanco gave his voice to the album of the program, took part in the movie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes Lambre
Mercedes Rodríguez "Mechi" Lambre (; born 5 October 1992) is an Argentine actress, singer, dancer and model. She is known to international audiences for playing the debut role of Ludmilla in the Disney Channel original series '' Violetta''. Life and career Mercedes Lambre was born on 5 October 1992 in La Plata, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she trained in acting, singing and dancing. She studied theater with Lito Cruz, Gaston Marioni, Augusto Britez, and Alejandro Orduna and is currently studying with Monica Bruni. She also studied voice for four years with Professor Gabriel Giangrante CEFOA Academy in La Plata. Regarding her training in dance, she majored in jazz dance, street dance and Spanish dances. She studied jazz dance with Juan Mallach for three years and with Gustavo Carrizo; street dance with Daniela Perez for two years in CICLUS and Spanish dances with Analia Flebes Sanchez for three years. She began her career as a model for pay TV signal Utilísima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lodovica Comello
Lodovica Comello (born 13 April 1990) is an Italian actress, television presenter, singer and dancer. She gained international popularity for her role as Francesca in the Argentine Disney Channel series '' Violetta''. Early life Comello was born and raised in San Daniele del Friuli near Udine in Friuli. She demonstrated her passion for art, acting, dance, guitar from a very young age, and started guitar lessons at age 8. In high school, she studied music theory, and participated in dance and acting in her spare time. She attended I.S.I.S. Superiore Vincenzo Manzini, a public high school in San Daniele del Friuli. During her time at school, she won a science writing contest and was awarded a trip to Austria. She graduated high school in 2008. After completing her high school studies, she auditioned for and later took courses in music at M.A.S.: Music Arts & Show, a drama school in Milan, Italy in 2009. She attended M.A.S. from 2009 to 2011. In 2009, she was cast as a performer f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Espinosa
Pablo Espinosa Doncel (born March 10, 1992) is a Spanish actor, singer and musician. He is best known for playing Ramiro in the Spanish series ''El Secreto De Puente Viejo'' and for playing Tomás in the first season of the Disney Channel television series '' Violetta''. Career Pablo Espinosa became known in the Antena 3 TV series "Física o Química," in which he participated in the third and fourth season portraying the character of Pablo Calleja, a student at the Zurbarán. His breakthrough as a television actor in 2010 under the direction of Sergio Cabrera overproduction in Colombia ''La Pola'' of RCN and Sony Pictures where he played the role of the adolescent protagonist, Alejo Sabaraín, teaming up with Colombian actress Ana María Estupiñán, which has gained considerable critical acclaim and a great applause from the audience. In 2010, Espinosa participated in the cast of the film ''Clara, no es nombre de mujer'' Carbajo Pepe, which was released on June 29, 2012. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clara Alonso (actress)
María Clara Pancha Alonso (born 2 February 1990 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina), known professionally as Clara Alonso, is an Argentine actress, singer, and television hostess. She debuted as an actress in the 2007 Argentine remake of ''High School Musical''. Since 2007, she has acted in various Disney Channel programs in Latin America. Alonso gained global attention for her lead role as " Angie Carrara" in the 2011 Disney Channel Latin America Series, '' Violetta.'' Early life María Clara Alonso was born on 2 February 1990 in Rosario, Argentina. Her mother is a paediatrician and pulmonary specialist, and her father is an engineer. Her parents are from Ramallo, a small town in Buenos Aires Province and relocated to Rosario for their university studies as young adults. As a child, she struggled with shyness and perfectionism in school. She described her early childhood in Rosario as being safe and was surrounded by nature, in contrast to the unsafe environment of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits, second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its wikt:monocentric, monocentric Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area is the List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, second-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the Manzanares (river), River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at about above mean sea level. The capital city of both Spain and the surrounding Community of Madrid, autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin Music
Latin music (Portuguese language, Portuguese and ) is a term used by the music industry as a catch-all category for various styles of music from Ibero-America, which encompasses Music of Latin America, Latin America, Music of Spain, Spain, Music of Portugal, Portugal, and the Latino (demonym), Latino population in Latin music in Canada, Canada and the Latin American music in the United States, United States, as well as music that is sung in either Spanish language, Spanish and/or Portuguese language, Portuguese. It may also include music from other territories where Spanish- and Portuguese-language music is made. Terminology and categorization Because the majority of Latino immigrants living in New York City in the 1950s were of Puerto Rican or Cuban descent, "Latin music" had been stereotyped as music simply originating from the Spanish Caribbean. The popularization of bossa nova and Herb Alpert's Mexican-influenced sounds in the 1960s did little to change the perceived im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.S. Frith, W. Straw, and J. Street, eds, ''iarchive:cambridgecompani00frit, The Cambridge Companion to Pop and Rock'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), , pp. 95–105. During the 1950s and 1960s, pop music encompassed rock and roll and the youth-oriented styles it influenced. ''Rock music, Rock'' and ''pop'' music remained roughly synonymous until the late 1960s, after which ''pop'' became associated with music that was more commercial, wikt:ephemeral, ephemeral, and accessible. Identifying factors of pop music usually include repeated choruses and Hook (music), hooks, short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse–chorus form, verse–chorus structure), and rhythms or tempos that can be easily danced to. Much of pop music also borrows elements from other styles such as rock, hip hop, urban contemporary, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Ramos
Diego César Ramos (Palermo, Buenos Aires 29 November 1972) is an Argentine actor. He is best known for his performance as Germán Castillo (Violetta), Germán Castillo in the TV series ''Violetta (TV series), Violetta''. Biography Ramos was born in the clinic Marini in Palermo, Buenos Aires, Palermo, a quarter of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. Before he became an actor, graduated from El Colegio San Francisco de Sales in Córdoba, Argentina, Córdoba and was attending yearlong commercial course. He grew up in Almagro, Buenos Aires, Almagro, Buenos Aires City. He has four children. Filmography Film Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramos, Diego 1972 births Living people Male actors from Buenos Aires Argentine male television actors Argentine male voice actors Argentine LGBTQ actors 21st-century Argentine LGBTQ people Participants in Argentine reality television series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as List of islands of Italy, nearly 800 islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares land borders with France to the west; Switzerland and Austria to the north; Slovenia to the east; and the two enclaves of Vatican City and San Marino. It is the List of European countries by area, tenth-largest country in Europe by area, covering , and the third-most populous member state of the European Union, with nearly 59 million inhabitants. Italy's capital and List of cities in Italy, largest city is Rome; other major cities include Milan, Naples, Turin, Palermo, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, and Venice. The history of Italy goes back to numerous List of ancient peoples of Italy, Italic peoples—notably including the ancient Romans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
