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Zana was formed in 1980 in Belgrade, Serbia by Zoran "Kikamac" Živanović (keyboards) and Radovan Jovićević (guitar). The band was named after its first and most popular lead vocalist, Zana Nimani. The band released several singles before their first album "Loše vesti uz rege za pivsku flašu" was released for the Yugoslav major label Jugoton in 1981. During this short and less known initial period, Zana was a New Wave band and part of the Yugoslav New Wave music scene. They were featured on the compilations "Svi marš na ples!" and "Vrući dani i vrele noći". The band and especially...

Zuzana Navarová de Tejada (born 18 June 1959 in Hradec Králové, died 7 December 2004 in Prague) was a Czech singer, composer, and songwriter. After studying Spanish and Czech, she worked as a Spanish teacher at a language school. Towards the end of the 80’s, she was simultaneously performing and studying pop singing at a conservatory. In 1980, she began singing with the group Nerez. At this time, she was already being acknowledged as an exceptional soloist. Her first solo album was created in 1992. At the end of 1994, she began working together with the Columbian folksinger, Iván Gutiérrez....

Zuzana Smatanova was born June 14, 1984 in Sulov-Hradna in Slovak republic. She is a Slovak pop-rock singer. She sings in Slovak and in English languages. She writes her songs herself. Her musical style has been compared to both Avril Lavigne and Alanis Morissette. She plays piano, flute, and guitar. In 1998 she was accepted to the Pedagogical and Social Academy in Turčianske Teplice, but she was attracted more to making music than to being a teacher. She won the Slovak Coca-Cola Popstar (2003) competition and the Discovery of the Year category for Aurel 2003. [edit] Discography Entirely good (September...

The Gazzana sisters, violinist Natascia and pianist Raffaella, are so close in both art and life they could pass for twins. While Italian by birth as well as in their culture, tastes and early training, the Duo received an international musical education with world class musicians such a Bruno Canino, Ruggiero Ricci, Yehudi Menhuin, Corrado Romano, Piero Farulli, Pierre Amoyal. Both sisters love nourishing their passion for arts, cinema, reading, travel and languages. In fact both graduated with extra-musical degrees from “La Sapienza” University of Rome; Natascia in visual arts, Raffaella in Italian literature. Wherever they performed, from Milan to...