Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter M

A female Japanese popular music artist.

A female Japanese popular music artist.

Was a Ukrainian-born violinist, famed for his passionate style and beautiful tone. He was born in th

Was a Ukrainian-born violinist, famed for his passionate style and beautiful tone. He was born in the small town of Talnoye near Kiev. His grandfather was a klezmer, a Jewish folk musician, who also played the violin. It became apparent when Mischa was ve

Was a Russian-born American concert pianist.Levitzki was born in Kremenchuk, Ukraine (then part of t

Was a Russian-born American concert pianist.Levitzki was born in Kremenchuk, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), to Jewish parents who were naturalised American citizens on a return trip to Ukraine. He was playing the violin at the age of three, but soon developed an interest in the piano, which he studied in Warsaw with Aleksander Michalowski before making his debut in Antwerp in 1906.

Is a celebrated cellist who won 6th Prize at the Moscow International Tchaikovsky Competition in 196

Is a celebrated cellist who won 6th Prize at the Moscow International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1966.Maisky began studies with Mstislav Rostropovich at the Moscow Conservatory whilst pursuing a concert career throughout the Soviet Union. In 1970, he was imprisoned in a labor camp near Gorky for 18 months

A classical pianist who was born in Shanghai to Polish-Jewish parents who had fled the Holocaust in

A classical pianist who was born in Shanghai to Polish-Jewish parents who had fled the Holocaust in Europe.When he was two years old, his family moved to Los Angeles, California, where he began studying piano at the age of five. While studying at the Juilliard School in New York, Dichter won the Silver medal at the 1966 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, an accomplishment which helped launch his musical career.

Is a Dutch jazz pianist and composer. He won the Gaudeamus International Composers Award in 1961.Men

Is a Dutch jazz pianist and composer. He won the Gaudeamus International Composers Award in 1961.Mengelberg was born in Kiev in Ukraine, the son of the conductor Karel Mengelberg, who was himself the nephew of the conductor Willem Mengelberg. He briefly studied architecture before entering the Royal Conservatory in The Hague where he studied music from 1958 to 1964. While there he won the first prize at a jazz festival in Loosdrecht and became associated with Fluxus. His early influences included Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington and John Cage, whom he heard lecture at Darmstadt.

An electronic music DJ, vocalist, and songwriter.Kittin is a former pole dancer.[1] At age 22 she be

An electronic music DJ, vocalist, and songwriter.Kittin is a former pole dancer.[1] At age 22 she began DJing, spinning records in France, Moscow and Chicago with Mike Dearborn. Soon after she met DJ Hell in Marseille who wanted her to record for his Inte

The stagename of Linda Carlsson, a Swedish singer. She was born in Borlänge, but nowadays she lives

The stagename of Linda Carlsson, a Swedish singer. She was born in Borlänge, but nowadays she lives in Stockholm. Her single "Don't try to fool me" has been featured on the Showtime original series Weeds as well as Grey's Anatomy.

An artist who creates Asian-flavored New Age music. She is not only a composer and pianist, but also

An artist who creates Asian-flavored New Age music. She is not only a composer and pianist, but also a conductor and singer. Missa Johnouchi was named UNESCO Artist for Peace in August 2006.

An award-winning Australian singer-songwriter, best known for the hit singles "Scar", "The Special T

An award-winning Australian singer-songwriter, best known for the hit singles "Scar", "The Special Two" and "Steer". Her second album, On a Clear Night, was released in April 2007.Missy Higgins, who was brought up in Melbourne, Australia, began her professional musical career in mid-2001, while she was still in boarding school at Geelong Grammar School. When she went home to visit her family she would occasionally sing in her brother's band. During this time she worked with the Kool Skools programme and also won the Triple J Unearthed competition while in high school with her song "All For Believing", which she wrote at 16 and later included in her first release.[2][3]

Was a French actress and singer, with the birth name of Jeanne Bourgeois.At an early age Jeanne Bour

Was a French actress and singer, with the birth name of Jeanne Bourgeois.At an early age Jeanne Bourgeois aspired to be an entertainer. She began as a flower-seller in a restaurant in her home-town, singing popular ballads as she sold her flowers. When a

Is an American cartoonist best known for his web comics Nothing Nice To Say, San Antonio Rock City,

Is an American cartoonist best known for his web comics Nothing Nice To Say, San Antonio Rock City, and his current-running series, My Stupid Life.While living in Minnesota, Clem started working on a superhero web comic called Barrett's Lament with his fr

A Canadian singer who was runner-up in season 6 of the reality series Canadian Idol.MacDonald is fro

A Canadian singer who was runner-up in season 6 of the reality series Canadian Idol.MacDonald is from Port Hood, Nova Scotia on Cape Breton Island and worked primarily as a carpenter before Idol. He cites his musical influences as including fellow Cape Br

Is a jazz and fusion keyboard player currently residing in Southern California.Mitchel Forman began

Is a jazz and fusion keyboard player currently residing in Southern California.Mitchel Forman began studying classical piano at age seven. At 17 he entered the Manhattan School of Music for three years of study and began working with bands in New York. Sh

Is an American musician, singer, conductor, record producer, A&R man and record company executive. H

Is an American musician, singer, conductor, record producer, A&R man and record company executive. He was one of the most influential figures in American popular music during the 1950s and early 1960s, both as the head of Artists & Repertoire at Columbia Records and as a best-selling recording artist.

A classical pianist and dance band leader, was born in Leipzig, Germany on May 21, 1899 and died in

A classical pianist and dance band leader, was born in Leipzig, Germany on May 21, 1899 and died in Venice, Italy on August 5, 1936.Mitja Nikisch was the son of celebrated orchestral conductor Arthur Nikisch and, like his father, became a fine interpreter of classical works. Nonetheless, while respected in that literature—he made his debut as piano soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra on April 22, 1918; performed with luminaries such as Wilhelm Furtwängler and Sir Henry J. Wood; and composed a piano concerto, completed shortly before his death—he was most celebrated as leader of a popular jazz band in Berlin during the Weimar Republic era. The band played in fashionable clubs and included some of the most admired popular performers in Germany of the day; prominent guitarist Otto Sachsenhauer described it as "the best dance band ever heard in Berlin." The ascendence of the Nazi Party in Germany put an end to the band, however; despairing, Nikisch committed suicide.

A Japanese seiyu and singer. She was born March 8, 1957[1] in Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan. She has voice

A Japanese seiyu and singer. She was born March 8, 1957[1] in Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan. She has voiced several characters throughout her career, such as Sailor Galaxia in Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars and Remi in the Nippon Animation World Masterpiece Theater

He is the former keyboarder and songwriter of Japanese pop group Every Little Thing. He founded the

He is the former keyboarder and songwriter of Japanese pop group Every Little Thing. He founded the band in early 1996 with his old friend Ichiro Ito and then 18-year-old singer Kaori Mochida. He left Every Little Thing in April 2000 after releasing the third album eternity. Since leaving the band, he started producing music for the band day after tomorrow.

A Japanese pop and heavy metal singer and actress known in Japan by the stage name Mie (??). She was

A Japanese pop and heavy metal singer and actress known in Japan by the stage name Mie (??). She was a member of the popular 1970s Japanese idol group Pink Lady, known in the United States for their TV program Pink Lady and Jeff.Nemoto has pursued a solo

Is an American actress, singer, and dancer.She also appeared in Les Girls (1957, directed by George

Is an American actress, singer, and dancer.She also appeared in Les Girls (1957, directed by George Cukor) with Gene Kelly and Kay Kendall, and the remake of Anything Goes (1956), co-starring Bing Crosby, Donald O'Connor, and Zizi Jeanmaire, loosely based

A J-Pop singer. She is the daughter of Japanese musicians Ryuichi Sakamoto and Akiko Yano.

A J-Pop singer. She is the daughter of Japanese musicians Ryuichi Sakamoto and Akiko Yano.

A Japanese actress, sister of actress Mikako Ichikawa (?????). She began in 1991 as a model, and rel

A Japanese actress, sister of actress Mikako Ichikawa (?????). She began in 1991 as a model, and released a single in 1998 and an album the following year. She debuted in acting in 2000 and immediatly starred in the movies Another Heaven in 2000 and Konse

A Japanese pop singer. Her career began in 2002 when she successfully passed the audition for Hello!

A Japanese pop singer. Her career began in 2002 when she successfully passed the audition for Hello! Project Kids, an all-female teen pop group under Hello! Project. Since then, she has continued to sing in that group and has become a part of two smaller groups composed of Hello! Project Kids members—Aa! and Berryz Kobo.On July 21, 2007, it was announced that Natsuyaki will be in a new unit with Airi Suzuki and Momoko Tsugunaga called Buono!.

Is an American actress and former fashion model. She is known for her role as Rory Gilmore in the te

Is an American actress and former fashion model. She is known for her role as Rory Gilmore in the television series Gilmore Girls, as well as the films Tuck Everlasting, Sin City, and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. She goes by her first name, "Kimberly", with family and friends, but is known professionally as Alexis Bledel.[citation needed].Bledel made her TV debut on The WB series Gilmore Girls in 2000. She portrayed Rory Gilmore, the daughter of single mother Lorelai Gilmore. Initially, Rory was a high school student living with her mother, but later moved on to college at Yale University, where she, among other things, worked as the editor of the Yale Daily News. Bledel has said that she feels she can relate in some ways to Rory,

Was a Japanese joruri singer and shamisen player, designated a Living National Treasure. He was the

Was a Japanese joruri singer and shamisen player, designated a Living National Treasure. He was the head of the Miyazono school of joruri and at one time the only surviving performer in the style[2].Miyazono studied the nagauta singing style from a very young age, and in 1917 began studying the Miyazono-bushi and Ogie-bushi styles under Miyazono Senju III (aka Ogie Ko). He shed his birth name, Hatsu Mizuno, taking on a number of art-names before becoming the fourth Miyazono Senju in 1959. Senju was named a Living National Treasure in 1972[1], and was awarded the Order of the Precious Crown the following year.