Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Is a German installation, happening and conceptual artist known primarily for his object and perform

Is a German installation, happening and conceptual artist known primarily for his object and performance art and more specifically his work with garbage. The son of film director Kolin Schult, HA Schult studied art at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1958 to 1961, where he was a student of Georg Meistermann, Joseph Fassbender, Karl Otto Götz and Joseph Beuys. At that time, he was mainly inspired by three artists: Yves Klein, Georges Mathieu and Jackson Pollock

Better known as Habib (for short), is a Bangladeshi composer and musician. He is notable for his fus

Better known as Habib (for short), is a Bangladeshi composer and musician. He is notable for his fusion of traditional Bengali folk music with contemporary techno and urban beats. His music was mainly influenced from British Bangladeshis, while he was living there as a student. He takes folk music and remixes with popular music forms. He takes songs of composers like Hason Raja, Shah Abdul Karim, Amir Uddin and others and remixes the tunes with Hip-hop, reggae, rap and electronica.[2]

Was a Japanese enka singer. He has been dubbed "the first enka singer".[1]Having seen the stage of I

Was a Japanese enka singer. He has been dubbed "the first enka singer".[1]Having seen the stage of Ichiro Fujiyama, he attempted to become a popular singer. He graduated from the Toyo Music School. He joined the Shinjuku Moulin Rouge in 1947 and then the

A multi-platinum selling, multiple award winning Pakistani singer, song writer, and an occasional TV

A multi-platinum selling, multiple award winning Pakistani singer, song writer, and an occasional TV host. She is widely known as the best female pop singer the country has to offer.[1][2][3] She is also ranked as the second highest female selling pop artist of Pakistan, trailing only Nazia Hassan.After working on a successful music project with Adnan Sami, Kiani released her successful debut album, Raaz. After a musical ban imposed on her from the government, Kiani successfully returned to the music scene with her second album, Roshni, which remains her best selling album to date and helped establish her icon as the country's leading female vocalist. Kiani followed up Roshni with a more mature album, Rung. In 2007, she became the first Pakistani mainstream artist to release a complete English album, Rough Cut.

A popular TMF award winning Belgian R&B singer of Turkish origin, she also is a TV presenter in both

A popular TMF award winning Belgian R&B singer of Turkish origin, she also is a TV presenter in both Turkey and Belgium. She is best known for her hit singles "Stir Me Up", "My Body", "Deli Oglan" and her current hit single "Askkolik".Since launch of her career, Hadise released two studio albums, "Sweat" & "Hadise", in both Belgium and Turkey. Decisions for the third studio album are currently being made, including the majority of Turkish or English songs in it.

Is a French Jazz fusion-bassist. Feraud was originally more interested in playing the drums. Only af

Is a French Jazz fusion-bassist. Feraud was originally more interested in playing the drums. Only after listening to the CD "The Birthday Concert" by Jaco Pastorius, a present from his dad at the age of 12, did he apply himself to studying the electric bass on his own. Deeply fascinated and motivated by Jaco's entire musical output, he became one of the youngest bass virtuosos to come out of France in 10 years.

Is a Singaporean singer of Bugis descent, with his grandparents hailing from Sulawesi.[2]. He is the

Is a Singaporean singer of Bugis descent, with his grandparents hailing from Sulawesi.[2]. He is the winner of the second season of the reality TV show Singapore Idol. He was crowned the winner on 25 September 2006 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium after garnering 70% of about one million votes cast by television viewers.

Was an Indian Sarod player.[2] He was a tall figure in twentieth-century sarod music. A fifth-genera

Was an Indian Sarod player.[2] He was a tall figure in twentieth-century sarod music. A fifth-generation descendant of the famous Bangash Gharana of sarod players, Hafiz Ali was known for the lyrical beauty of his music and the crystal-clear tone of his strokes. The occasional critic has, however, observed that Khan's imagination was often closer to the semi-classical thumri idiom than the austere dhrupad style prevalent in his times.

Was a Danish-Norwegian lyric soprano. She was the first cousin of composer Edvard Grieg and they mar

Was a Danish-Norwegian lyric soprano. She was the first cousin of composer Edvard Grieg and they married June 11, 1867 in Copenhagen.The couple often performed concerts together in Europe, usually to rave reviews. Edvard considered her the best performer

Was an Azerbaijani actress and singer (folk, opera and pop).Nevertheless in 1917 she started attendi

Was an Azerbaijani actress and singer (folk, opera and pop).Nevertheless in 1917 she started attending Maryam Bayramalibeyova's secular Uns School for Girls in Lankaran, where a variety of activities helped her acting and singing skills improve and develop.

Is an Israeli singer whose musical style has crossed over from Yemenite and Mediterranean "ethnic" m

Is an Israeli singer whose musical style has crossed over from Yemenite and Mediterranean "ethnic" music to include mainstream Israeli and western pop elements. He has helped Mizrahi music achieve wide popularity both in Israel[2] and in Arab countries

Was a celebrated Iranian dotar player and vocalist. Dotar or Dutar is a form of Central Asian lute.

Was a celebrated Iranian dotar player and vocalist. Dotar or Dutar is a form of Central Asian lute. He was also the pioneer of a new model of the ancient stringed Azeri instrument the gopuz.[

A Japanese illustrator. He resides with his wife and two daughters in Tokyo, Japan.[1]Hajime Sorayam

A Japanese illustrator. He resides with his wife and two daughters in Tokyo, Japan.[1]Hajime Sorayama was born in 1947 in Imabari, Ehime prefecture, Japan.[2] He received his basic education at Imabari Kita High School. In 1965 he was admitted to the Shikoku Gakuin University,[3] where he began to study Greek and English literature.[4] In 1967, after the publication of his first work, Pink Journal, he transferred to Tokio's Chuo Art School where he began to study art.

A Japanese animator and character designer. His debut as a chief character designer was with Hime-ch

A Japanese animator and character designer. His debut as a chief character designer was with Hime-chan's Ribbon, and he has frequently worked with Akitaro Daichi on anime titles.

Is a Turkish singer and songwriter.He was born in Istanbul. After finishing primary school, he began

Is a Turkish singer and songwriter.He was born in Istanbul. After finishing primary school, he began academy of music and completed his secondary, high and university educations in there thanks to his grandfather " Hafiz Zeki Altun". After graduation, he went on with his music studies in master degree on " Traditional Turkish Music." When he was in the second year of his studies, he quit school and began his career in " Edirne State Choir" as a lute artist. Before his military service, he took stage in the most popular clubs of Istanbul. Then, he went to Ankara for his mandatory military service.

Is an American rapper, CEO, singer, & musician from Houston, Texas and the CEO of Chamillitary Enter

Is an American rapper, CEO, singer, & musician from Houston, Texas and the CEO of Chamillitary Entertainment.[2] He stated that his aim is to prove that the South can produce quality lyricists. He is also a hook writer and usually sings and harmonizes with himself (using multi-tracked vocals) on his own hooks. Chamillionaire is a founder and original member of The Color Changin' Click.[2] In 2007, he won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for his number-one single "Ridin'", a number-one hit in the United States for two weeks in 2006.[3] He is a former artist on Michael 5000 Watts' Swishahouse label.[2]

Was one of the most influential figures in Japanese Zen Buddhism. He revived the Rinzai school from

Was one of the most influential figures in Japanese Zen Buddhism. He revived the Rinzai school from a moribund period of stagnation, refocusing it on its traditionally rigorous training methods integrating meditation and koan practice. Hakuin's influence was such that all Rinzai Zen masters today trace their lineage through him, and all modern practitioners of Rinzai Zen use practices directly derived from his teachings.

A Canadian country singer, living in Nashville Tennessee USA. He was born Leonald Gauthier in Rouyn-

A Canadian country singer, living in Nashville Tennessee USA. He was born Leonald Gauthier in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec on July 15, 1933. He is the youngest son of Alfred and Evelina Gauthier.His biggest success was "The Lumberjack", an international hit that

Bennett made her film debut as the pop music singer Cora Corman in the 2007 romantic comedy Music an

Bennett made her film debut as the pop music singer Cora Corman in the 2007 romantic comedy Music and Lyrics, alongside Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore. Bennett sang several songs for the Music and Lyrics soundtrack, including "Buddha's Delight" and "Way Back into Love". Fragments of "Entering Bootytown" and "Slam" are heard during concert scenes in the movie. "Invincible" can only be heard during the end credits, and is only a minute and a half long.She has signed a three-picture deal with Warner Brothers Pictures[2] and has finished filming her second movie College. Bennett is soon to star in a film called The Haunting of Molly Hartley (2008), playing the lead role.

Is an American rock musician.He began playing drums at age seven (so Howie had a drummer to play gui

Is an American rock musician.He began playing drums at age seven (so Howie had a drummer to play guitar with), and then took up guitar and piano. At age nine, he entered a songwriting contest sponsored by Billboard magazine and won honorable mention.[3] In 1993 Kweller became friends with another young local musician, drummer John Kent, and the two formed the band Radish with bassist Ryan Green. The trio played locally in and around Greenville and recorded two independent releases, Hello (1994) and Dizzy (1995) with Martin Baird at Verge Music Works recording studio in Dallas, Texas. Around the time of Dizzy's release,

Was a renowned Polish pianist.She studied piano under her father, Stanislaw Szwarcenberg-Czerny, as

Was a renowned Polish pianist.She studied piano under her father, Stanislaw Szwarcenberg-Czerny, as well as with Alfred Cortot at the École Normale de Musique in Paris, and later with Józef Turczynski and Zbigniew Drzewiecki in Warsaw. She was a joint First Prize winner at the International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1949, sharing this prize with Bella Davidovich. Her repertoire was restricted to few composers other than Frédéric Chopin and even her Chopin repertoire was not large. For example, she did not play the Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor live until 1951, and she never played the F minor concerto at all, as she did not like it. [1]

An Iraqi American artist and self taught photographer, currently living in San Francisco, CA.[1]Ayla

An Iraqi American artist and self taught photographer, currently living in San Francisco, CA.[1]Ayla was born Baghdad, Iraq. Before moving to the United States in 1991, Ayla lived between Iraq, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, after which she lived in Europe for 15 years. She achieved BA Business from Sorbonne University in Paris, as well as MA Marketing & Business from the American College in London and Webster University, Geneva.[2]

A Japanese female singer and the leading voice of the music group project of arrangers Hal. She is o

A Japanese female singer and the leading voice of the music group project of arrangers Hal. She is originally from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Halna was chosen at a casting of Avex Trax, that was looking for a female singer to form part of the band Hal. I

Is a Norwegian singer. He was born in Tromsø, but raised and currently lives in Bodø. He has won S

Is a Norwegian singer. He was born in Tromsø, but raised and currently lives in Bodø. He has won Spellemannprisen awards five times, twice with his group Gitarkameratene, and received the Culture Prize of Nordland county in 2000.

Was a composer and the founder and director of the “Komitas” choir.During World War I (1914-1918

Was a composer and the founder and director of the “Komitas” choir.During World War I (1914-1918), he dedicated himself to help people. After the war, he moved to Salmas and Oroomieh and assisted survivors of the Armenian Genocide. In 1923, he and a group of young Armenians were invited to Prague’s National University where he became interested in the Rimsky Korsakov School and continued his education there.