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Composer, arranger, and conductor Nick Ingman’s vast body of work bridges the gap between classical, pop, and film music, and he has worked with virtually everyone on the contemporary commercial music scene

Nicola Conforto Biography, Photos, Pictures

An Italian operatic composer who was most active in Madrid Conforto was a student of Fischietti and Mancini and held stations in Naples, Rome and Madrid He acceded to the Spanish court by successfully composing music in celebration of Maria Teresia’s birthday and Ferdinand VI’s name day

Nicola Matteis Biography, Photos, Pictures

It is thought that Matteis came to London — where he made his residence — sometime around 1670 He was patronized by a merchant but was never able to receive the support of the royalty or nobility because of his lack of manners during concerts

Nicola Porpora Biography, Photos, Pictures

The compositions of Porpora were predominantly vocal works including approximately fifty operas, a number of oratorios, serenades, cantatas, sacred operas, pieces for teaching (i

Nicola Vaccai Biography, Photos, Pictures

This Italian operatic composer and teacher was trained by Paisiello in Naples and later came to be the “censore” at the Milan Conservatory from 1838 until 1844 His major contribution was his book “Metodo pratico di canto italiano per camera” which was a practical and methodological approach to singing

Nicola Vicentino Biography, Photos, Pictures

Though some of Vicentino’s works survive in manuscript form as well as two volumes of five-voiced madrigals and a book of five voiced motets, his musical legacy and major contribution to the history of music is to be found in “L’antica musica ridotta alla moderna prattica

Nicolai Berezowsky Biography, Photos, Pictures

Berezowsky studied at the imperial chapel in St Petersburg and violin in Vienna with Robert Pollack He moved to the USA in 1922 and played for The New York PO He became an American citizen in 1928

Nicolai Gedda Biography, Photos, Pictures

One of the most popular tenors of the 1960s and 1970s, Nicolai Gedda has an extraordinary array of successful recordings in both the Romantic and modern operatic repertory, as well as light opera and operetta

Nicolai Ghiaurov Biography, Photos, Pictures

Ghiaurov’s career spanned both the great Russian roles—Boris Gudonov, Khan Konchak, Prince Gremin, Ivan Susanin, Kovanschy, and the great Italian and French roles—King Philip, the Devil in both Mefistofele and Faust, the Padre Guardiano in Forza, Attila , Fiesco, Silva, and Don Quichotte

Nicolaos Mantzaros Biography, Photos, Pictures

Mantzaros studied with Barbatti in Corfu and with Zingarelli in Naples He refused to take a position as the director of the Conservatory in Milan so that he could teach in Corfu which he pursued with great devotion