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Stratovarius is a power metal band from Finland. They became more popular in the '90s, and throughout their career have inspired upcoming power metal bands with their baroque arranged keyboard solos & Ritchie Blackmore-like guitar portions. Stratovarius was founded in Finland in 1984 from former members of the band Black Water. They went through a number of personnel and musical changes before the band found its own voice. In 1984, the name was changed to Stratovarius (a portmanteau of Stratocaster and Stradivarius), an idea of Stråhlman's. By 1984, Timo Tolkki entered the band, replacing Stråhlman in the guitar. He took...

Rigoberto Tovar García (* 29 de marzo de 1946 – † 27 de marzo de 2005), mejor conocido como Rigo Tovar, fue un cantante y músico mexicano nacido en Matamoros. Creó una mezcla musical entre la cumbia, la balada y el bolero con aspectos de rock. Muere el 27 de marzo de 2005 a causa de un paro cardiorrespiratorio. Considerado un pionero quien introdujo instrumentos modernos a la dotación acostumbrada dentro de la música tropical y de cumbia (guitarras eléctricas, sintetizadores, bajo eléctrico y efectos de sampleo, y hasta batería eléctrica). Rigo empezó su carrera musical en Houston, Texas a...

Nina Kotova is a Russian American cellist. Nina Kotova was accepted by the cello faculty into an adult class of the Moscow Conservatory at the age of seven, while studying at the Central Music School Pre-Conservatory. Nina gave her first performance as a soloist with an orchestra at the age of 11 and at 15 won First Prize at the Prague International Competition. At 19, after graduating in Moscow, Nina left the Soviet Union and continued studying in Germany and the United States. In 1996 Nina Kotova made her Debut in the West at the prestigious Wigmore Hall in London....

Iva Bittová (born 22nd July 1958) is a Czech avant-garde violinist, singer, and composer. She began her career as an actress in the mid 1970s, appearing in several Czech feature films, but switched to playing violin and singing in the early 1980s. She started recording in 1986, and by 1990 her unique vocal and instrumental technique gained her international recognition. Since then, she has performed regularly all over Europe, the United States and Japan, and has made over eight solo albums. She also cooperated with Japanese electronic artist Susumu Yokota on his album Wonder Waltz (2006). In addition to her...

Marika Gombitová (born Mária Gombitová, September 12, 1956 in Turany nad Ondavou, Slovakia) is a Slovak singer, musician and composer popular in the 80's and early 90's, to the present. Discography: LP's: ~ 1979 - Dievča do dažďa ~ 1981 - Môj malý príbeh ~ 1982 - Slnečný kalendár ~ 1983 - Mince na dne fontán ~ 1984 - No. 5 ~ 1986 - Voľné miesto v srdci ~ 1987 - Ateliér duše ~ 1990 - Kam idú ľudia ~ 1994 - Zostaň LP's (in English): ~ 1980 - Rainy Day Girl ~ 1984 - My friend the Tree ~...