Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was one of the most popular Argentinian folklorist singers of his time, as well as an unflagging inv

Was one of the most popular Argentinian folklorist singers of his time, as well as an unflagging investigator, compilator, and diffuser of the native culture.In 1957 he recorded his first disk with the band Las voces de Huayra that in 1960 changed its name to Los cantores del Alba, with Ariel Ramirez as manager. Beginning in 1962, Cafrune began to perform at the Cosquin Folkloric Festival. In 1966 in one of his visits to smaller villages, he met a young folklorist singer called José Larralde.

Was a Cuban pianist, conductor and teacher.In 1937, he won the Naumburg Competition, and gave his de

Was a Cuban pianist, conductor and teacher.In 1937, he won the Naumburg Competition, and gave his debut recital.[2] In 1942 Bolet joined the US Army and was sent to Japan. While there, he conducted the Japanese premiere of The Mikado.[1] He made his first recordings for Remington. He provided the piano soundtrack for the 1960 film about Liszt, "Song without End". His playing, though, was condemned by American critics for decades, as too focused on romantic virtuosity,[3], so he only made a few recordings for smaller labels in the 1960s. He came to prominence in 1974 with a stupendous recital at Carnegie Hall, which set a seal on his reputation.[4]

Is a Colombian musician, singer of vallenato music. Celedón was one of the backup singers for the v

Is a Colombian musician, singer of vallenato music. Celedón was one of the backup singers for the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de America who joined after the death of Rafael Orozco Maestre. In 1998, he decided to create his own vallenato group and teamed with accordionist Jimmy Zambrano.

Was an Argentine abstract painter. His wife was Pauleta de la Vega.Although de la Vega studied archi

Was an Argentine abstract painter. His wife was Pauleta de la Vega.Although de la Vega studied architecture in Buenos Aires, he was self-taught as a painter. From 1961 to 1965 he was a member of the art movement called Nueva Figuración. In addition to museums in Argentina, his works hang in the Phoenix Art Museum, the Museu de Arte Moderna Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the Art Museum of the Americas at the OAS in Washington, DC.

Was an internationally-known ballet dancer, he was best known for his work with the Maurice Béjart'

Was an internationally-known ballet dancer, he was best known for his work with the Maurice Béjart's Ballet company, and his participation as lead dancer in Claude Lelouch's film Les Uns et les Autres. He died of AIDS on 30 November 1992 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Is a Portuguese American singer-songwriter who lives in Massachusetts. According to New Bedford's St

Is a Portuguese American singer-songwriter who lives in Massachusetts. According to New Bedford's Standard-Times, he is among the top 20 artists in Portugal and has had dozens of gold and platinum albums.[1] Although he sings primarily in English, he relies on an English-Portuguese dictionary to write his lyrics. He draws from various musical styles, including country, rock, pop, reggae, Dance, Latin music, American folk, fado, and Portuguese folk.

Is the former lead singer, main songwriter and sole composer of the Chilean band Los Prisioneros, an

Is the former lead singer, main songwriter and sole composer of the Chilean band Los Prisioneros, and is currently the frontman of Los Updates. Los Prisioneros enjoyed a huge level of popularity and success initially in Chile and eventually all of Latin America beginning in 1984. The band called it quits in 1992, and González went on a successful solo career.

Is a Portuguese singer and songwriter.Jorge Palma's solo career started with the release of the sing

Is a Portuguese singer and songwriter.Jorge Palma's solo career started with the release of the single The Nine Billion Names of God with lyrics in English language. After that he spent some time improving his writing skills in Portuguese language with th

Is an Argentine multi-instrumentalist, composer, singer, author and a founding member of Les Luthier

Is an Argentine multi-instrumentalist, composer, singer, author and a founding member of Les Luthiers. Born August 1, 1948, in Bahía Blanca, he joined I Musicisti while still a teenager, and helped Gerardo Masana and Carlos Iraldi build the first informal instrument, the "contrachitarrone da gamba". In 1967, he was part of the four people who left I Musicisti and formed Les Luthiers. There, he and Masana composed most of the music for early shows, and to this day Maronna still pens many musical pieces for the group, often in collaboration with one of his bandmates.

Is one of the most renown singers and composers of the vallenato musical genre. As of 2004 and since

Is one of the most renown singers and composers of the vallenato musical genre. As of 2004 and since the beginning of his career in 1968 he has achieved 25 gold discs, 7 platinum discs and 6 double platinum for his sales, among other numerous musical accomplishments.

Is a Paris based Italian contemporary visual artist. He was born 1953 in Rosario, Argentina. After g

Is a Paris based Italian contemporary visual artist. He was born 1953 in Rosario, Argentina. After graduating simultaneously from the Faculty of Fine Arts and the Faculty of Architecture at the Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Jorge Orta began his career as a painter wining numerous awards for his work. In response to the increasing censorship of the Argentine military regime, his practice shifted to more avant-guard and alternative forms of visual communication such as mail art and action-performance, working in underground artist collectives.

Was a Basque sculptor, painter, designer and writer, renowned for being one of the main theorists on

Was a Basque sculptor, painter, designer and writer, renowned for being one of the main theorists on Basque modern art.Oteiza was born at (Orio, Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country. In 1962 he published Quosque tandem!, an essay about the aesthetics inherent to basque soul, based on Basque prehistoric art and Basque people's anthropological roots.

Is a Chilean politic, singer and composer, mayor of Pichilemu (1997-2007).

Is a Chilean politic, singer and composer, mayor of Pichilemu (1997-2007).

A Colombian musician; singer and composer, leader of the band Bacilos, and one of the most represent

A Colombian musician; singer and composer, leader of the band Bacilos, and one of the most representative Latin American singers. He has lived in Miami since 1992[1].Jorge Villamizar moved to Ecuador with his family when he was 10 years old. His early mus

Was a comic book artist born in Argentina.Zaffino did relatively little work in the U.S but it seems

Was a comic book artist born in Argentina.Zaffino did relatively little work in the U.S but it seems he is considered a very influential artist by a number of his colleagues.[who?] He is mostly known for his Punisher graphic novels: Kingdom Gone, Assassin's Guild. He also did The Savage Sword of Conan, Terror Inc., Clive Barker's Hellraiser and The 'Nam for Marvel and Winter World for Eclipse.A follow up to Winter World called Winter Sea was entirely written and drawn[1] for Marvel Comics but was never published due to changes of Marvel Comic's policy on creator-owned books at the time.

A Finnish DJ and a producer of house music, originally from Kemi, Finland. Hulkkonen started his car

A Finnish DJ and a producer of house music, originally from Kemi, Finland. Hulkkonen started his career in the early 1990s when he worked with Jukka Hautamäki, Tuomas Salmela and Ari Ruokamo for their own label Lumi Records. In 1996 Hulkkonen signed a record deal with French record label F Communications; his debut album of the same year was called Selkäsaari Tracks. Internationally, Hulkkonen's most popular recording is the single Sunglasses at Night, a version of Corey Hart's 1980s hit, created together with Canadian producer Tiga. His most recent solo full-length Dualizm, released in 2005, featured collaborations with John Foxx, Nick Triani, Tiga, Jerry Valuri, and José González. Following up on the success of the Lo-Fiction single on Dualizm on which they collaborated, Jori began a synth-pop side project with Jerry Valuri called Processory, which released its self-titled debut in February 2007.

Was a Finnish artist. He followed in the footsteps of his father, the famed artist Akseli Gallen-Kal

Was a Finnish artist. He followed in the footsteps of his father, the famed artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela.After the destruction of his father's frescoes in the Juselius Mausoleum in Pori after the death of his father in 1931, Jorma used his father's sketches to recreate the artwork.Jorma Gallen-Kallela spent part of the Winter War as a lieutenant. While inspecting a downed plane of the Soviet Air Force on the second day of the war, he was shot dead while saving the life of captain Adolf Ehrnrooth.

A Finnish baritone. He studied from 1966 to 1970 at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, and also took

A Finnish baritone. He studied from 1966 to 1970 at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, and also took lessons from Luigi Ricci in Rome and Kurt Overhoff in Salzburg. Since then he has been a soloist at the Finnish National Opera (1970-90) and musical director (1984-90). He has also sung in various other countries.In 1969 he won first prize the Lappeenranta Solo Voice Competition and competition in 1969 and made his opera debut with the Finnish National Opera in the same year as Silvio in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci. In 1971 he took first prize in the Scandinavian Singing Competition held in Helsinki and in 1996 won the Cannes Classical Award.

Is an American blues, folk and rock guitarist.Born to a Finnish American father and a Jewish America

Is an American blues, folk and rock guitarist.Born to a Finnish American father and a Jewish American mother, employed by the U.S. foreign service, Kaukonen was a founding member of the popular psychedelic San Francisco-based band Jefferson Airplane,

A Norwegian singer and musical theatre artist. Her parents are from Oppstryn in Stryn, in Sogn og Fj

A Norwegian singer and musical theatre artist. Her parents are from Oppstryn in Stryn, in Sogn og Fjordane county, and she has also lived there since age 12.Jorun Erdal started her musical career touring Norway for three years with the band Ice. At the end her voice was exhausted, so she decided to take a break studying economics instead. Then she was engaged as a backing vocalists for the two Norwegian revue show stars Hege Schøyen and Øivind Blunck. After seven years, she had done almost 850 performances for them and their two shows Bare gode venner and Fast følge. During the last few years, she has been involved with several summer revues,

Won the Idol (Norway) version of Pop Idol in 2005.She grew up with adoptive parents in Vennesla. She

Won the Idol (Norway) version of Pop Idol in 2005.She grew up with adoptive parents in Vennesla. She is the only winner of this version to have been born outside of Norway, and as of 2005 (season 3), the only female to have won.Jorun Stiansen is one of only seven contestants in the Idol (Norway) history who succeeded in staying out of “bottom three/two” places in weekly votes along with Kurt Nilsen (season 1), Gaute Ormåsen (season 1), Susanne Nordbøe (season 2), Alejandro Fuentes (season 3), Tone Damli Aaberge (season 3) and Jonas Thomassen (season 4). Of them, only Nilsen and Stiansen went on to win the competition.

Ariel Rivera was an architect in Canada before his singing talent was accidentally discovered while

Ariel Rivera was an architect in Canada before his singing talent was accidentally discovered while vacationing in the Philippines. He has since become a successful singer-songwriter, actor, and Aliw award-winning artist.

Was a Spanish-born American sculptor and teacher.Jose De Creeft began the study of sculpture in his

Was a Spanish-born American sculptor and teacher.Jose De Creeft began the study of sculpture in his native Spain in 1896, and in 1905 he moved to Paris, France, where he continued his study of sculpture at the Academie Julian. At that time all sculptors worked in clay, and had the finished piece either cast in bronze in a foundry, or had the piece carved in stone at a carving studio.[1]n 1915 he broke with that tradition and began direct carving in stone. He was among the first sculptors of his time to carve directly in stone; and, in 1929, he brought that practice with him to the United States. He taught sculpture for many years at the Art Students League in New York City, and later in his own sculpture studio in the Chelsea section of NYC. Although his interest remained direct carving in stone and wood,

He came to live in Havana at 7 years old, where he still lives and works today, in the Buena Vista q

He came to live in Havana at 7 years old, where he still lives and works today, in the Buena Vista quarter. Throughout the world, he is frequently referred to as a "Naïve" or as an "Outsider" artist, as he principally works on themes such as chilhood and childishness, with a visible passion for toys and children’s art.

Known as Emilio Terry was a Cuban artist, interior designer, artist and landscape artist, best known

Known as Emilio Terry was a Cuban artist, interior designer, artist and landscape artist, best known for his career in France. Creating furniture, tapisteries and objets d'art, he was influenced by the château de Chenonceau, acquired by his family, and he created a style that was at once classical and baroque, which he called the "Louis XVII style".