Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a French composer. Born in Toulouse, France in 1966, he studied double bass and composition at th

Is a French composer. Born in Toulouse, France in 1966, he studied double bass and composition at the conservatories of Nice, Lyon and Paris during the 1980s. When John Eliot Gardiner created the Lyon Opéra Orchestra in 1983, he selected Beintus as a founding double bass player. His first work, Samskara, was for double bass and chamber orchestra.

Is a French composer of mainly chamber works. He is also active as a musicologist. Following initial

Is a French composer of mainly chamber works. He is also active as a musicologist. Following initial studies at the Conservatoire National de Région de Tours and the University of Tours, he was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (Paris Conservatory) where he obtained first prizes in analysis, harmony, orchestration, counterpoint and 20th century music writing. He then entered the composition class of the conservatoire, studying with Emmanuel Nunes and Stefano Gervasoni, obtaining in 2009 a unanimous first prize in composition. He is currently professor of composition and orchestration at the Conservatoire d'Annecy.

Was a journalist and author. He was born in Nogent-sur-Marne, Île-de-France, France. Crespelle wrot

Was a journalist and author. He was born in Nogent-sur-Marne, Île-de-France, France. Crespelle wrote important historical works on the artistic and nocturnal life of the artists who gathered in Montmartre and Montparnasse at the turn of the 20th century.

Is a French writer. He is the author of several novels and travel pieces, and reports for Le Nouvel

Is a French writer. He is the author of several novels and travel pieces, and reports for Le Nouvel Observateur. His latest novel, Une vie française, published in French in 2004 and in English in 2007, is a saga of the French baby boom generation, from the idealism of the 1960s to the consumerism of the 1990s. The French version of the novel won the Prix Femina.

Is a French author who lives in Bourgogne, France. He has written about thirty books for young adult

Is a French author who lives in Bourgogne, France. He has written about thirty books for young adults, as well as 8 mysteries for adults (in particular the series Enquêtes de Slimane of which two of four have received a prix du polar. One of his books, Un été Algérien (An Algerian Summer), has received many awards in France. Algeria and its war for independence are of personal importance to him and are recurring themes throughout his works.

Is a French composer and keyboardist, born in Paris in 1952.

Is a French composer and keyboardist, born in Paris in 1952.

Was one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the Baroque era.[1] He replace

Was one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the Baroque era.[1] He replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera and is also considered the leading French composer for the harpsichord of his time, alongside François Couperin.[2]

Is a French lawyer, author and diplomat. He was the director of the United Nations Division for Ocea

Is a French lawyer, author and diplomat. He was the director of the United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea in 1985.[1]

Is a French writer, whose first novel, Le Beau Désordre was published in 2000. His latest novel was

Is a French writer, whose first novel, Le Beau Désordre was published in 2000. His latest novel was published in January 2006, and is entitled La Maison du Faune

Is a French writer. His ancestors include Armand Bertin, founder and owner of Journal des Débats(ci

Is a French writer. His ancestors include Armand Bertin, founder and owner of Journal des Débats(citation required), of whom Ingres painted the famous portrait, and Jules Bapst, jeweller to the crown of France(citation required). His mother, Marie Patinot, gave Joseph Kessel his first assignment for the "Journal des débats". Fathers actual name was Edward Piere Renouard. He had three siblings: Nicole Renouard, Jaques Renouard, Marie-Clarisse.[1]

Was a French cellist and operatic singer. He began as a tenor, but switched and became well-known as

Was a French cellist and operatic singer. He began as a tenor, but switched and became well-known as a baritone. He sang most often at the Paris Opéra-Comique. He also became a prolific composer, writing primarily one-act comic operas.[1]

Is a French writer and journalist. He usually lives in Paris and is the author of numerous books. In

Is a French writer and journalist. He usually lives in Paris and is the author of numerous books. In 1997, he played a discreet and determinant part in the parlementary election in Toulon. He was arbitrarily dismissed the morning after the successful poll and published Le Chevallier à découvert (Laurens, Paris), a strongly suggestive and humorous book some months later.

Is a French composer and writer. Bosseur studied composition with Henri Pousseur and Karlheinz Stock

Is a French composer and writer. Bosseur studied composition with Henri Pousseur and Karlheinz Stockhausen at the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Cologne Courses for New Music, from 1965 to 1968, at the Hochschule für Musik Köln (Stockhausen 1970, 199–209), and received a doctorate in aesthetic philosophy from the University of Paris. He has composed more than 200 works and is most noteworthy for his stage works and chamber music.

Is a French composer and conductor. After studies in piano, ondes Martenot, and composition at the C

Is a French composer and conductor. After studies in piano, ondes Martenot, and composition at the Conservatoire National de Région, Boulogne-Billancourt, he went on to study composition and conducting at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where he won a first prize in composition. His orchestral tone poem "Le chant de Dahut" for ondes Martenot and Orchestra won the SACEM prize at the 1988 Festival des tombées de la nuit, in Rennes (France).

Is a French writer, specializing in Marcel Proust. His 800-page biography of Proust was well-receive

Is a French writer, specializing in Marcel Proust. His 800-page biography of Proust was well-received, asserted by Edmund White in his own book on Proust to be the best work of its kind. Briefly a professor in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford, Tadié was then, until his retirement, a professor at the Sorbonne (Paris IV) and director of the collections "Classical Folio" and "Theatre Folio".

Was a French organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue.

Was a French organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue.

Is a Filipino writer.In 2005 she published her first book, Join Me in My Journey, an autobiographica

Is a Filipino writer.In 2005 she published her first book, Join Me in My Journey, an autobiographical odyssey dedicated to her mother who still lives in Metro Manila. It is one of the first, if not the first, book published by a British Filipino. She lives in Guildford, Surrey, is active in Filipino community affairs in the UK, with the primary objective of helping the disadvantaged, especially children, back in the Philippines.

Was an Australian novelist, teacher and Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL) volunteer.Je

Was an Australian novelist, teacher and Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL) volunteer.Jeannie Gunn was born in Carlton, Melbourne, the last of five children of Thomas Johnstone Taylor, a Baptist minister who went into business and later worked on the Melbourne Argus.[1] Matriculating through Melbourne University after being educated at home, Gunn ran a school with her sisters between 1889 and 1896, after which she worked as a visiting teacher. In 1901 she married the explorer, pastoralist and journalist Aeneas James Gunn in the Presbyterian Church. Together they travelled to Darwin (then called Palmerston) and then onto an outlying station at Mataranka. Her husband died early in 1903 and Gunn returned to live in Melbourne.

Was a Belgian composer.Encouraged by his friend, André Cluytens, he completed his study at the Fl

Was a Belgian composer.Encouraged by his friend, André Cluytens, he completed his study at the Flämi conservatory in Antwerp. He studied viola with Napoleon Distelmans; chamber music with Albert van de Vijver; and counterpoint and fuge with Karel Candael.

Was a French composer, born in Pontivy, Morbihan, Brittany. Le Penven was the twelfth child of a fam

Was a French composer, born in Pontivy, Morbihan, Brittany. Le Penven was the twelfth child of a family of cabinet makers. He was brought up in an atmosphere of traditional vernacular music, learning to play the bombard (Breton flute) as a child. He studied at the Schola Cantorum in Paris, working with Marcel Dupré.[1]

Is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer.After graduating from Erasmus Hall

Is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer.After graduating from Erasmus Hall High School, Barry did a stint in the Army and then returned to New York where he attended City College, leaning toward a degree in engineering.

Is an American journalist and music critic on hip-hop music and culture. His writings have appeared

Is an American journalist and music critic on hip-hop music and culture. His writings have appeared in publications such as URB, The Bomb, San Francisco Chronicle, the Village Voice, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, Vibe, Spin, The Nation, and Mother Jones, as well as in his history of hip-hop, Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, published in 2005 by St. Martin's Press.

Is an American writer and business/media consultant who is currently the "Asian Pop" columnist at th

Is an American writer and business/media consultant who is currently the "Asian Pop" columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle, although he lives in New York City. Besides his column, Yang is also known for his books, including "Once Upon a Time in China: A Guide to the Cinemas of Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China," "I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action" (with Jackie Chan), and "Eastern Standard Time: A Guide to Asian Influence in American Culture, from Astro Boy to Zen Buddhism." In addition, he has written for the Village Voice, VIBE, Spin, and Condé Nast Portfolio.

Is a Philippine-born contemporary classical composer of Chinese parentage, who lived most of his lif

Is a Philippine-born contemporary classical composer of Chinese parentage, who lived most of his life in England. His rich and complex musical language, irreducible to a single style, explores the correspondences and contradictions between the traditions of Europe and Asia.While the early Symphony No. 1 in C (first version premiered by the Bach Society Orchestra under James Ross, Harvard University, 1981) was a meticulously crafted homage to Viennese classicism, the expressionistic Symphony No. 2, "The Imp of the Perverse" (premiered by the Jeunesses Musicales World Youth Orchestra under Woldemar Nelsson, Manila, 1995) was set down fully orchestrated in a trance-like state lasting around forty days, without any sketches or pre-conceived structural or tonal plan.

Was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the composers in the renowned Milan chapel i

Was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the composers in the renowned Milan chapel in the mid-1470s, which was disbanded after the assassination of Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza.