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Zacara da Teramo

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Antonio “Zacara” da Teramo (in Latin Antonius Berardi Andree de Teramo, also Zacar, Zaccara, Zacharie, Zachara, and Çacharius; c.1350/1360 – between May 19, 1413 and mid-September 1416) was an Italian composer, singer, and papal secretary of the late Trecento and early 15th century. He was one of the most active Italian composers around 1400, and his style bridged the periods of the Trecento, ars subtilior, and beginnings of the musical Renaissance. Life Antonio was probably from Teramo, in northern Abruzzo (Kingdom of Naples), not far from the Adriatic coast. In musical sources he is sometimes called “Antonio da Teramo” and otherwise “Zacara da Teramo” (or something similar) leading many musicologists to suggest there were two composers of similar names. The possibility that two people were being conflated was removed in 1979 by research into the composer’s life by Agostino Ziino. (Another composer with a similar name, Nicolaus Zacharie, is considered to be a different person from the following generation of composers). Antonio’s nickname “Zaccara” (or “Zachara”; often regularized in modern editions as “Zacara”) probably is a reference to his short stature (he is described as havi

Zacarías Salmerón

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Zacarías Salmerón Daza (September 6, 1918, in Tlapehuala, Guerrero, Mexico - January 28, 2011 ) was a Mexican composer, musician and violinist of son calentano. Biography Zacarías Salmerón Daza was born in Tlapehuala, Guerrero, Mexico. He is nephew of J. Isaías Salmerón Pastenes, who is considered one of the pillars of the calentano music and who became a teacher to Zacarías and Juan Reynoso Portillo. He is considered an important composer of son calentano, traditional music genre of Tierra Caliente, a region within the state of Guerrero, along with other composers such as Juan Reynoso Portillo, Ángel Tavira, Cástulo Benítez, José Natividad Leandro and Pedro Ignacio Pablo. He studied at the National School of Fine Arts and is author to 50 waltzes. He has recorded three albums: El poeta del violín (Poet of Violin), Entre amigos (Among Friends), and Bienvenidos a Tlapehuala (Welcome to Tlapehuala) Furthermore, he has been a music teacher at Tlapehuala’s kindergarten, a job obtained thanks to President Lázaro Cárdenas, who cherished his friendship. He was married twice; from his first marriage he had eight children, and one more from his second marriage to Consuelo Segura Beltrán. Ref

Zach Robinson (composer)

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Zach Robinson is an American composer and music producer. He is known for co-composing the score for the Netflix series Cobra Kai and Roku’s film Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2023 for Outstanding Music in a Limited Series, TV Movie, or Anthology Series, alongside collaborator Leo Birenberg. The duo were also nominated for a 2024 Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story and, in 2025, for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) for their Cobra Kai score. Life and career Robinson earned a degree in music composition from Northwestern University in 2012. After graduating, he worked under the film composer Christophe Beck, contributing additional music to films such as Frozen (2013), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Ant-Man (2015), Hot Pursuit (2015), and The Peanuts Movie (2015). Their notable works include composing the score for the Netflix series Cobra Kai (2018–2025), set in The Karate Kid universe, as well as Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022), the Peacock series Twisted Metal (2023), and Marvel’s Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (

Zacharia Paliashvili

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Zacharia Petres dze Paliashvili (), also known by his Russian name Zachary Petrovich Paliashvili (; 3 August 1871 – 6 October 1933), was a Georgian composer. Regarded as one of the founders of Georgian classical music, his work is known for its eclectic fusion of folk songs and stories with 19th-century Romantic classical themes. He was the founder of the Georgian Philharmonic Society and later, the head of the Tbilisi State Conservatoire. The Georgian National Opera and Ballet Theater of Tbilisi was named in his honor in 1937. Notably, Paliashvili’s music serves as the basis of the National Anthem of Georgia. Although Paliashvili has composed works for symphony orchestra (e.g., Georgian Suite on Folk Themes), he is probably best known for his vocal music, which includes operas Abesalom da Eteri (based on a folk tale “Eteriani”), Daisi (Twilight), and Latavra. Biography Family and youth Paliashvili was born on 16 August 1871 in Kutaisi in the family of Petre Ivanes dze Paliashvili (1838–1913), an elder at the Kutaisi Georgian Catholic Church, who was said to be a model father and husband. Zacharia’s mother was Maria Pavles asuli Mesarkishvili (1851–1916). Zacharia was the third chi

Zagir Ismagilov

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Zagir Gharif uly Ismagilov (January 8, 1917 – May 30, 2003) was a Soviet Bashkir composer and pedagogue. He was granted the title People’s Artist of the USSR in 1982, and was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1943. The performing arts center in Ufa, Russia is named after him. The first rector and founder of the Ufa Institute of arts (1968–1988) (associate professor since 1973, professor since 1977). Biography The son of a woodcutter, the composer was born January 8, 1917, in the village of Sermenevo. In 1932 he went to study at the Inzer wood-chemical school. He graduated early and began working in Beloretsk lespromhoz appraiser. In 1935, Arslan Mubaryakov invited him to take part in the Bashkir Academic Drama Theatre, Ufa, where he played in the evenings as a quray player (musician). During the days he studied at the music studio, which opened in Ufa (1936). In 1937, Ismagilov went to study at the Bashkir studio of the Moscow Conservatory. After the war, he finished training in the studio in 1948, then became part of the music composition faculty at the Moscow Conservatory. Ismagilov became chairman of the Union of Composers of the Bashkir Republic in 1958. An

Zahed Sultan

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Zahed Sultan is a multimedia artist, culture producer, filmmaker, and social entrepreneur of Kuwaiti-Indian heritage based in London, England. He has performed and presented his work internationally. Sultan is particularly known for his live audio-visual-dance performances. Music Career beginnings Sultan began his career as a teenager, DJing for both mixed and segregated parties in Kuwait. During his time in college, he worked as a promoter for nightclubs around Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. Sultan wrote his first track using a PC and an analog Roland sampler to program and sequence the song. Several years later, he created a small body of work entitled illusive for a local exhibition in Kuwait and won third place in DJ Sasha’s Involver remix competition with Global Underground and Ableton. Sultan’s remix was later signed by Sasha’s label Xpander to the TV series Crime Scene Investigation (CSI). Releases Sultan released his debut album Hi Fear, Lo Love in 2011, Its first single, “I Saw Her, I Fell For Her”, was licensed to the movie 11.6, directed by Philippe Godeau. Its second single, “I Want Her But I Don’t Want Her”, was featured on Stephane Pompougnac’s internati

Zakir Baghirov (composer)

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Zakir Javad oghlu Baghirov (, March 16, 1916–January 8, 1996) was an Azerbaijani composer, professor, and Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR. Biography Zakir Baghirov was born on March 16, 1916, in Shusha. After graduating from the Moscow State Conservatory in 1949, he worked as a teacher at the Hajibeyov Azerbaijan State Conservatoire. From 1970 he was the head of the department of music theory. He has been a member of the Composers Union of Azerbaijan since 1950, as well as a member of the Board of this union. In different years, he worked as the art director of the Muslim Magomayev Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall, the art director of the Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of the Republic, the chairman of the Board of the Azerbaijan Music Foundation. For the first time in 1935, Zakir Bagirov, together with composer Tofig Guliyev, wrote and published mughams “Rast”, “Dugah” and “Zabul” performed by tar player Mirza Mansur Mansurov. He is also one of the authors of the collection “Azerbaijani folk dances” (1951). Z. Baghirov died on January 8, 1996, in Baku. Awards and honorary titles * Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR — May 24, 1960 * Order of the Bad

Zanetta Farussi

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Zanetta Farussi (27 August 1707 – 29 November 1776), known as La Buranella (“the woman of Burano”), was an Italian comedic actress. Her eldest son was the famous adventurer Giacomo Casanova. Biography Born Maria Giovanna Farussi, her father, Girolamo, was a shoemaker. In 1724, at the age of seventeen, she married the actor, Gaetano Casanova, ten years her senior, who had just returned to Venice after several years with a touring theatrical troupe to take a position at the Teatro San Samuele. The marriage was strongly opposed by her parents, because they considered acting to be a disreputable activity. Her father Girolamo died shortly after, from grief according to his grandson Giacomo, and her mother, Marcia, was reconciled only when Gaetano promised that he would not allow Zanetta to become an actress. This promise was soon broken when she began an apprenticeship at Gaetano’s theater. While she was there, Giacomo was born and (according to Giacomo’s memoirs) Gaetano suspected that Michele Grimani (1697–1775), the theater’s proprietor, was actually the father. The following year, they accepted a theatrical engagement in London. It was there they had their second son, Francesco, who

Zapp Mallet

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Emmanuel Mallet popularly known as Zapp Mallet is a veteran Ghanaian recording engineer and a record producer. He is recognized as one of the pioneers of the hiplife genre that started in the early 1990s in Ghana. He is also recognized as the only recording engineer to have won the Ghana Music Awards on three consecutive occasions; 1999, 2000, 2001. Early life and education Zapp was born in Accra, Ghana. He had his secondary education at the Accra Academy from 1975 to 1982. He continued to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi where he studied publishing skills for his bachelor’s degree. Some of Zapp’s earliest experiences in music were during his secondary school days when he played drums for the Accra Academy school band. At university level, he was able to add playing of the guitar and bass guitar to his art. He subsequently featured for various Christian groups with his art in Accra and Kumasi. Career Zapp begun recording in various studios before establishing his own studio and company; Title Track Productions Limited. He first started recording at the ARC Studios in Tema, he moved to the C.H.M Studio in Accra and later moved to Kampsite. Prior to owni

Zara Levina

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Zara Aleksandrovna Levina (27 June 1976) was a Soviet pianist and composer. Levina was born in Simferopol on 5 February 1906 and was raised under a Jewish family. She studied piano in the Odessa Conservatory, which she passed with a gold medal. She graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1932, where she studied piano and composition. Levina mainly wrote choral works (mostly romances and children’s songs) among other vocal music, as well as two piano concertos and solo piano works. Motifs can be heard throughout her works from famous composers – Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Prokofiev, Beethoven and Schumann – composers whom she had admired since young. Both of her piano concertos have been recorded, as has her 1928 first violin sonata (by David Oistrakh). She was married to the composer (1903–1948). She died on 27 June 1976 in Moscow, aged 70. Recordings * 2017 Zara Levina: The Piano Concertos, Capriccio C5269 ** Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Ariane Matiakh, conductor; Maria Lettberg, piano soloist * 2019 Zara Levina: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2; Violin Sonata; Poeme; Canzonetta; Hebrew Rhapsody, Capriccio C5356 ** Maria Lettberg, piano; Yury Revich, violin; Gernot Adrion, viola; Rin

Záviš of Zápy

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Záviš of Zápy (; c. 1350 – c. 1422) was a Czech theologian and composer. Life Záviš was born in c. 1350 in Zápy. He received a Baccalaureate from Charles University in Prague in 1379, and became a professor there in 1391. He also studied laws in Rome and Padua. From 1394 to 1402 he was a canon in Olomouc, then taught again in Prague. The last time he is mentioned is in 1411 as a doctor of theology in Prague. From 1412 he was a canon of the diocese in Litomyšl until 1419. After the abolition of the diocese, he lived at the Premonstratensian abbey Želiv. He died in 1422. Works One of the most valuable Czech medieval songs (poems) is attributed to him. It is called Jižť mne všě radost ostává (sometimes also called Záviš’s song) and it follows the text of the song Alle Freude verlässt mich by German minnesinger Frauenlob. His sacred works were influenced by the Marian cult of the Late Middle Ages. His compositions were based on melodies of some older liturgical works, kept in the archive of the St Vitus Cathedral in Prague. He is also credited with the authorship of several Latin liturgical tropes: * O Maria, mater Christi * Kyrie Inmense conditor poli * Gloria Patri et filio It is als

ZaZa Maree

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Anastasia Malaguti, known professionally as ZaZa Maree, is an American singer, songwriter, and music producer. Career Malaguti began her music career at the age of 14, when she created the rap-pop duo Cash & ZaZa with former The Cab bassist Cash Colligan. The duo released two official singles, “Mirror” and “Hahalujah”, before she moved to a solo career. She released her debut EP “#Forever” in 2013, with three singles and their instrumental counterparts, which she co-wrote and co-produced. Shortly after releasing the EP, she was asked to write a song for the TV show Raising Asia, Ray’s Dance Moms spinoff on the Lifetime network. With a production team which included Fame star Billy Hufsey, Maree co-wrote five of the songs sung by Ray in the first season of Raising Asia. JackEL also released the single “Just Fine,” a collaboration with singer-songwriter ZaZa Maree that year. JackEL and ZaZa Maree performed the song at the 350th Hunnypot Live event at The Mint music club in Los Angeles. Maree’s next two singles, “Go Back” and “Just Fine”, were released in 2016, and her single “With You” was released on September 22, 2017. With You currently has 500,000 streams on Spotify. In 2014, she