It comes directly between the 12th and 14th days of December.

Events

1294 – Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months; Celestine hoped to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit.

1545 – Council of Trent begins.

1577 – Sir Francis Drake sets out from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.

1636 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the United States National Guard.

1642 – Abel Janszoon Tasman reaches New Zealand.

1643 – English Civil War: The Battle of Alton takes place in Hampshire.

1769 – Dartmouth College is founded by the Rev. Eleazar Wheelock, with a Royal Charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal Governor John Wentworth.

1809 – Dr. Ephraim McDowell performed the first ovariotomy, removing a 22 pound tumor.

1862 – American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats the Union Major General Ambrose E. Burnside.

1867 – Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London, killing six.

1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanjing – Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese.

1937 – Nanjing Massacre. Japanese troops begin carrying out several weeks of raping and killing of civilians and suspected Chinese resistance after the fall of Nanjing.

1938 – The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.

1939 – World War II: Battle of the River Plate – Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German Deutschland class cruiser (pocket battleship) ''Admiral Graf Spee'' engages with Royal Navy cruisers HMS ''Exeter'', HMS ''Ajax'' and HMNZS ''Achilles''.

1941 – World War II: Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States.

1943 – World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece.

1949 – The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.

1959 – Archbishop Makarios becomes the first President of Cyprus.

1960 – While Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seizes the capital and proclaim him deposed and his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Emperor.

1962 – NASA "Relay 1" launch, first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.

1967 – Constantine II of Greece attempts an unsuccessful counter-coup against the Regime of the Colonels

1968 – Brazilian president Artur da Costa e Silva decrees the AI-5 (or the fifth Institutional Act), which lasts until 1978 and marks the beginning of the hard times of Brazilian military dictatorship.

1972 – Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. This is the last manned mission to the moon of the 20th century.

1974 – Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations

1977 – A DC-3 aircraft chartered from the Indianapolis-based National Jet crashes near Evansville Regional Airport, killing 29, including the University of Evansville basketball team, support staff and boosters of the team.

1979 – The Canadian Government of Prime Minister Joe Clark is defeated in the House of Commons, prompting the 1980 Canadian election.

1981 – General Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland to prevent dismantling of the communist system by ''Solidarity''.

1988 – Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat gives a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in the Swiss city of Geneva after the United States authorities refused to give him a visa to enter New York.

1989 – Attack on Derryard checkpoint: The Provisional Irish Republican Army launch an attack on a British Army permanent vehicle checkpoint near Rosslea, Northern Ireland. Two British soldiers are killed and one badly wounded.

2000 – The "Texas 7" escape from the John Connally Unit near Kenedy, Texas and go on a robbery spree, during which police officer Aubrey Hawkins is shot and killed.

2001 – the Indian Parliament Sansad is attacked by terrorists. 15 people are killed, including all the terrorists.

2002 – Enlargement of the European Union: The European Union announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members from May 1, 2004.

2003 – Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit (see Operation Red Dawn).

2004 – Former Chilean dictator, General Augusto Pinochet is put under house arrest, after being sued under accusations over 9 kidnapping actions and manslaughter. The house arrest is lifted the same day on appeal.

2006 – The Baiji, or Chinese River Dolphin, is announced as extinct.

Births

1521 – Pope Sixtus V (d. 1590)

1533 – King Eric XIV of Sweden (d. 1577)

1553 – King Henry IV of France (d. 1610)

1585 – William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649)

1640 – Robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696)

1662 – Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729)

1678 – Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)

1720 – Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804)

1724 – Franz Aepinus, German scientist (d. 1802)

1784 – Archduke Louis of Austria (d. 1864)

1797 – Heinrich Heine, German poet (d. 1856)

1804 – Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (d. 1873)

1814 – Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse (d. 1880)

1816 – Ernst Werner von Siemens, German engineer, inventor, and industrialist (d. 1892)

1818 – Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States (d. 1882)

1836 – Franz von Lenbach, German painter (d. 1904)

1856 – Svetozar Boroević, Austro-Hungarian field marshal (d. 1920)

1860 – Lucien Guitry, French actor (d. 1925)

1864 – Emil Seidel, Mayor of Milwaukee (d. 1947)

1867 – Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian explorer and scientist (d. 1917)

1870 – Edward LeSaint, American actor and director (d. 1940)

1871 – Emily Carr, Canadian artist (d. 1945)

1874 – Josef Lhévinne, Russian-born pianist (d. 1944)

1883 – Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian, bibliographer and archivist (d. 1950)

1887 – George Polya, Hungarian-born mathematician (d. 1985)

1887 – Alvin York, American soldier & Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1964)

1897 – Drew Pearson, American journalist (d. 1969)

1902 – Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1986)

1902 – Talcott Parsons, American sociologist, (d. 1979)

1903 – Ella Baker, American civil rights activist (d. 1986)

1903 – Carlos Montoya, Spanish guitarist (d. 1993)

1906 – Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (d. 1968)

1906 – Sir Laurens van der Post, South African author (d. 1996)

1910 – Van Heflin, American actor (d. 1971)

1911 – Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist and Bank of Sweden Prize winner (d. 1999)

1911 – Kenneth Patchen, American poet and painter (d. 1972)

1913 – Arnold Brown, the 11th General of The Salvation Army (d. 2002)

1913 – Archie Moore, American boxer (d. 1998)

1914 – Alan Bullock, British author of the first biography of Hitler written in any language. (d. 2004)

1915 – Curd Jürgens, German-born Austrian actor (d. 1982)

1915 – Ross Macdonald, American-born author (d. 1983)

1915 – B. J. Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa 1966-1978 (d. 1983)

1917 – John Hart, American actor (d. 2009)

1919 – Hans-Joachim Marseille, German flying ace of World War II (d. 1942)

1920 – George Shultz, American economist, statesman, and 60th United States Secretary of State

1923 – Philip Warren Anderson, American physicist, Nobel laureate

1923 – Larry Doby, American baseball player (d. 2003)

1925 – Dick Van Dyke, American actor and comedian

1926 – George Rhoden, Jamaican athlete

1929 – Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor

1930 – Robert Prosky, American actor (d. 2008)

1934 – Richard D. Zanuck, American film producer

1935 – Joe Christopher, American baseball player

1935 – Ken Hall, American football player

1935 – Lindy McDaniel, American baseball player

1936 – His Highness Prince Shah Karim al-Husseini Aga Khan IV, Present Imam (leader) of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims

1936 – J. C. Martin, American baseball player

1937 – Ulf G. Lindén, Swedish entrepreneur (d. 2009)

1937 – Ron Taylor, Canadian baseball player

1938 – Alvin Curran, American composer

1938 – Heino, German folk singer.

1939 – Eric Flynn, British actor and singer (d. 2002)

1941 – John Davidson, American actor and game show host

1942 – Anna Eshoo, American politician

1943 – Ferguson Jenkins, Canadian baseball player

1943 – Gösta Winbergh, Swedish tenor (d. 2002)

1944 – Hwang Jang Lee, Korean martial artist and film actor

1944 – Marti Webb, British actor and singer

1945 – Kathy Garver, American actress

1945 – Brian McGuire, Australian racing driver (d. 1977)

1947 – Darlene Cates, American actress

1947 – Rex Hagon, Canadian actor and host

1947 – Dave Hamilton, American baseball player

1948 – Lester Bangs, Rock critic (d. 1982)

1948 – Jeff Baxter, American guitarist (Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers)

1948 – Lillian Board, British track and field athlete (d. 1970)

1948 – Ted Nugent, American guitarist

1948 – Brian Wilson, Scottish politician

1949 – Robert Lindsay, English actor

1949 – Randy Owen, American country singer and guitarist (Alabama)

1949 – Tom Verlaine, American singer and guitarist (Television)

1949 – Paula Wilcox, English actress

1950 – Wendie Malick, American actress

1950 – Tom Vilsack, 40th Governor of Iowa and 30th United States Secretary of Agriculture

1952 – Sylvester Ritter (Junkyard Dog), American professional wrestler (d. 1998)

1953 – Ben Bernanke, American economist and current United States Chairman of the Federal Reserve

1953 – Bill Castro, Dominican baseball player

1953 – Jim Davidson, British comedian

1953 – Bob Gainey, Canadian ice hockey player and General Manager

1954 – John Anderson, American country music singer-songwriter

1954 – Steve Forbert, American singer-songwriter

1954 – Tamora Pierce, American author

1956 – Dale Berra, American baseball player

1956 – Majida El Roumi, Lebanese soprano, singer

1956 – Phil Hubbard, American basketball player

1957 – Steve Buscemi, American actor

1957 – Morris Day, American singer (The Time)

1957 – Jean-Marie Messier, French businessman

1958 – Lynn-Holly Johnson, American figure skater and actress

1959 – Jim Barrell, American professional wrestler

1959 – Johnny Whitaker, American actor

1960 – Daggubati Venkatesh, Indian actor

1961 – Harry Gregson-Williams, English composer

1961 – Irene Saez, Miss Universe 1981 and Venezuelan politician

1961 – Gary Zimmerman, American football player

1962 – Roger Ilegems, Belgian track cyclist and road bicycle racer

1962 – Jamie Raskin, American law professor and politician

1962 – Rex Ryan, American football coach

1962 – Rob Ryan, American football coach

1962 – Kendra Slewenski, English netballer

1964 – Hideto "hide" Matsumoto, Japanese musician (X Japan) (d. 1998)

1965 – Marko Mäetamm, Estonian artist

1966 – Ross Burden, New Zealand celebrity chef

1966 – Don Roff, American writer and filmmaker

1966 – Mike Tirico, sports broadcaster

1967 – Jamie Foxx, American actor and singer

1967 – Bo Pelini, American football coach

1969 – Tony Curran, Scottish actor

1969 – Sergei Fedorov, Russian ice hockey player

1969 – Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer (d. 2007)

1970 – Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Austrian mountaineer

1972 – Niki Evans, English singer

1972 – Chris Grant, Australian football player

1973 – Christie Clark, American actress

1974 – Sara Cox, English TV and radio presenter

1974 – Debbie Matenopoulos, American television personality and actress

1974 – Nicholas McCarthy, English guitarist (Franz Ferdinand)

1975 – Bates Battaglia, American ice hockey player

1975 – Tom DeLonge, American guitarist (blink-182, Angels & Airwaves)

1975 – Matthew LeCroy, American baseball player

1976 – Josh Fogg, American baseball player

1976 – Søren Friis, Danish footballer

1976 – Radosław Sobolewski, Polish footballer

1977 – Sascha Kindred, British Paralympic swimmer

1977 – Peter Stringer, Irish rugby union footballer

1978 – Ryo Kawakita, Japanese guitarist (Maximum the Hormone)

1978 – BJ Penn, American mixed martial artist

1980 – Patrik Antonius, Finnish poker player

1980 – Ryan France, English footballer

1980 – Satoshi Tsumabuki, Japanese actor

1980 – Bosco Wong, Hong Kong Singer and Actor

1981 – Amy Lee, American singer/songwriter (Evanescence)

1982 – Anthony Callea, Australian singer/songwriter

1982 – Dan Hamhuis, Canadian ice hockey player

1982 – Ricky Nolasco, American baseball player

1982 – Tuka Rocha, Brazilian racing driver

1982 – Dominik Werling, German footballer

1983 – Matt Deis, American bassist

1983 – Otylia Jędrzejczak, Polish swimmer

1984 – Hanna-Maria Seppälä, Finnish swimmer

1984 – Santi Cazorla, Spanish footballer

1985 – Michael Bumpus, American football player

1985 – Laurence Leboeuf, Canadian actress

1985 – Alby Mathewson, New Zealand rugby player

1988 – Rickie Fowler, American golfer

1989 – Katherine Schwarzenegger, American author

1989 – Taylor Swift, American singer

Deaths

1048 – Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī, Persian mathematician (b. 973)

1124 – Pope Callixtus II

1126 – Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria

1204 – Maimonides, Spanish rabbi and philosopher (b. 1135)

1250 – Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1194)

1404 – Albert, Count of Holland (b. 1336)

1466 – Donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)

1516 – Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (b. 1462)

1521 – Manuel I of Portugal (b. 1469)

1557 – Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia, Italian mathematician

1565 – Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (b. 1516)

1603 – Franciscus Vieta, French mathematician (b. 1540)

1621 – Katarina Stenbock, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535)

1716 – Charles de La Fosse, French painter (b. 1640)

1721 – Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor and castaway (b. 1676)

1729 – Anthony Collins, English philosopher (b. 1676)

1754 – Mahmud I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1696)

1769 – Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet (b. 1715)

1783 – Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (b. 1717)

1784 – Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (b. 1709)

1814 – Charles Joseph, Prince de Ligne, Belgian-born Austrian field marshal (b. 1735)

1835 – John Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (b. 1760)

1837 – Herman of Alaska, Russian Orthodox hermit (b. 1756)

1863 – Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German writer (b. 1813)

1868 – Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist (b. 1794)

1881 – August Senoa, Croatian writer (b. 1838)

1883 – Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (b. 1812)

1893 – Georg August Rudolph, German politician (b. 1816)

1895 – Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist (b. 1800)

1919 – Woldemar Voigt, German physicist (b. 1850)

1922 – Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic politician and poet (b. 1861)

1924 – Samuel Gompers, American labor leader (b. 1850)

1930 – Fritz Pregl, Slovenian-born Austrian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1869)

1931 – Gustave le Bon, French psychologist (b. 1840)

1932 – Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter (b. 1853)

1934 – Thomas A. Watson, American assistant to Alexander Graham Bell (b. 1854)

1935 – Victor Grignard, French chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1871)

1940 – Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, French physicist (b. 1851)

1940 – George Regas, Greek actor (b. 1890)

1942 – Wlodimir Ledochowski, Austrian-born Polish religious figure (b. 1866)

1944 – Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-born French artist (b. 1866)

1944 – Lupe Vélez, Mexican actress (b. 1908)

1945 – Irma Grese, German concentration camp supervisor (b. 1923)

1945 – Josef Kramer, German concentration camp commandant (b. 1906)

1945 – Elisabeth Volkenrath, Polish-born German concentration camp supervisor (b. 1919)

1947 – Nicholas Roerich, Russian-born painter (b. 1874)

1950 – Abraham Wald, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1902)

1954 – John Raymond Hubbell, American writer (b. 1879)

1955 – Egas Moniz, Portuguese psychiatrist and neurosurgeon, Nobel laureate (b. 1874)

1958 – Tim Moore, American actor (b. 1887)

1960 – Dora Marsden, British editor, writer (b. 1882)

1961 – Grandma Moses, American painter (b. 1860)

1962 – Harry Barris, American popular singer (b. 1905)

1969 – Raymond A. Spruance, American admiral (b. 1886)

1969 – Spencer Williams, Jr., American actor (b. 1893)

1973 – Henry Green, English author (b. 1905)

1979 – Jon Hall, American actor (b. 1915)

1981 – Pigmeat Markham, American entertainer (b. 1904)

1983 – Alexander Schmemann, Estonian Orthodox Christian priest and theologian (b. 1921)

1983 – Nichita Stănescu, Romanian poet (b. 1933)

1986 – Heather Angel, British actress (b. 1909)

1986 – Ella Baker, American civil rights activist (b, 1903)

1986 – Smita Patil, Indian Actress (b.1955)

1992 – K.C. Irving, Canadian industrialist (b. 1899)

1992 – Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman and heir (b. 1899)

1993 – Vanessa Duriès, French novelist (b. 1972)

1994 – Norman Beaton, Guyanese actor (b. 1934)

1996 – Edward Blishen, English author (b. 1920)

2001 – Chuck Schuldiner, American musician (Death) (b. 1967)

2002 – Zal Yanovsky, Canadian musician (The Lovin' Spoonful) (b. 1945)

2003 – William V. Roth, Jr., American politician (b. 1921)

2004 – Andre Rodgers, Bahamian baseball player (b. 1934)

2004 – David Wheeler, English computer scientist (b. 1927)

2005 – Timothy Jordan II, American musician (The All American Rejects, Jonezetta) (b. 1981)

2005 – Stanley Tookie Williams, American convicted murderer (b. 1953)

2006 – Lamar Hunt, American sports executive (b. 1932)

2007 – Floyd Red Crow Westerman, American actor (b. 1936)

2007 – Mark Partridge, Rhodesian politician (b. 1922)

2008 – John Drake, New Zealand rugby union footballer (b. 1959)

2008 – Kathy Staff, British actress (b. 1928)

2010 – Richard Holbrooke, American diplomat (b. 1941)

2010 – Enrique Morente, Spanish flamenco singer (b. 1942)

Holidays and observances

Acadian Remembrance Day (Acadians)

Christian Feast Day:

* Lucy

* Odile of Alsace

Republic Day (Malta)

Saint Lucy's Day (mainly Scandinavia, some regions of Italy (for example, Sicily, Veneto and Trentino), and Malta)

* National Day (Saint Lucia)

Tellus was worshipped in the district ''Carinae'' at the Esquiline Hill, and a ''lectisternium'' or table was spread for Ceres. (Roman Empire)

External links

BBC: On This Day

On This Day in Canada

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Background	solo_singer
Name	Jackie Evancho
Birth name	Jacqueline Marie Evancho
Birth date	April 09, 2000
Origin	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Voice type	Mezzo-soprano
Occupation	Singer
Instrument	Vocals, violin, piano
Label	SYCO (2010-present)Columbia (2010–present)
Years active	2009–present
Genre	Classical crossover
Website	}}

Jacqueline Marie "Jackie" Evancho ( ; born April 9, 2000) is an American singer. She gained popularity after performing in the fifth season of the ''America's Got Talent'' competition at the age of 10, and finishing in second place. With the subsequent release of her ''O Holy Night'' EP, she became the best-selling debut artist of 2010, and she went on the following year to contend for the top position on American album charts with her Sony Music debut, entitled "Dream With Me". In addition to performing vocal music, Evancho plays the violin and piano, and writes song lyrics. Evancho impressed musician David Foster with her large outpouring of original lyrics; and she co-wrote the title track on "Dream With Me", a record that Foster produced.

Early life

Evancho was born to Michael and Lisa Evancho. She has an older brother Jacob, a younger brother Zachary, and a younger sister Rachel. She resides in Richland Township, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Evancho started singing when she first watched the musical ''The Phantom of the Opera'' on DVD. Her mother heard her singing songs from the musical and allowed her to enter the 2008 Kean Idol, a local talent contest. She sang "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again", finishing, on the cusp of her 8th birthday, as first runner-up; the winner was 20 years old. Eventually Evancho participated in other talent contests and started a YouTube channel. She began taking vocal lessons for a short period of time when she was 8, in June 2008, after her success in the 2008 Kean Idol contest. She was also a member of the Children's Festival Chorus of Pittsburgh during its 2008–09 season.

Evancho competed in Las Vegas in the 15th annual U.S.A. World Showcase Talent Competition in early 2009, in which the winner received $100,000 and the opportunity to create a demo CD. She was invited to perform at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships in New York City, but due to scheduling conflicts with ''America's Got Talent'', she could not attend.

Career

''Prelude to a Dream''

In November 2009, Evancho released her independent debut album called ''Prelude to a Dream''. The album featured mainly covers of songs such as Andrea Bocelli's "Con te partirò" and "The Prayer", Josh Groban's "To Where You Are", Martina McBride's "Concrete Angel", and a rendition of "Amazing Grace" among others. The album debuted on The Billboard 200 at #121 on the chart dated August 28, 2010. It also debuted at #2 on iTunes and Billboard Classical Albums Chart. ''Prelude to a Dream'' is no longer marketed as of September 2010. Her father has given the following reason for the withdrawal:

Because the CD was recorded about a year and [a] half ago and her current voice no longer sounds like what it did then [due to vocal maturity...], we decided to withdraw ''Prelude to a Dream'' and will be concentrating on new material as part of her progress.

It has become a collector's item; copies of the CD have received final winning bids of over $1,500 on eBay auctions.

''America's Got Talent''

Evancho was accepted as a contestant on the fifth season of the ''America's Got Talent'' TV show by placing first in a YouTube competition sponsored by the television show. On August 10, 2010, Evancho performed "O mio babbino caro" by Giacomo Puccini. The aria is also on her debut album. She received a standing ovation after her performance, and she was awarded a trip to Universal Studios Florida for receiving the most fan votes from the submissions to the show from YouTube. However, after Evancho's performance, there were online accusations that her performance had been lip-synched. One judge, Howie Mandel, requested that Evancho sing a random voice exercise on the next evening's live show as proof that it was her voice that was heard. On that episode, it was also revealed that she had advanced to the semifinal round.

Her semifinal performance was Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman's "Time To Say Goodbye". She advanced to the Top 10, where on September 7, 2010, she performed "Pie Jesu" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem and was voted into the Final 4.

Her final competition performance was her rendition of Charles Gounod's "Ave Maria" on September 14. On September 15, the season finale, Evancho performed "Time To Say Goodbye" with Sarah Brightman. At the end of the episode, Evancho was announced the runner-up, finishing second to Michael Grimm. Evancho performed in 10 of the 25 cities scheduled for the ''America's Got Talent'' road show.

''O Holy Night''

Evancho's first release on a major record label was a Columbia Records EP entitled ''O Holy Night''. It was released on November 16, 2010 and reached rank #1 on Amazon's bestsellers in music during pre-orders on October 19, 2010. It was ranked #3 for the entire year 2010 on Amazon. "O Holy Night" debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200, making her the top-selling debut artist for 2010, and the youngest female solo artist to debut in the top 10. Evancho also debuted at #1 on Billboard's Classical Albums Chart. The album has sold 381,000 copies in its first two weeks. 239,000 copies were sold in its first week and 142,000 in its second week. On December 10, 2010, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA with an excess of a million copies in the US, making her the youngest solo artist to go platinum. In Canada, it debuted at #1 on the Canadian Classical Albums Chart.

Evancho's first stop in promoting the album was on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' on September 23, 2010, where she gave her first late-night interview with Jay Leno. She appeared on ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' on October 19, 2010 (the day of the EP's release) along with singers Susan Boyle and Debby Boone. During this appearance, she was asked with whom she wanted to perform a duet. She named Josh Groban, Charlotte Church, and Andrea Bocelli among the artists that she would like to collaborate with in the future, later adding Lady Gaga, also saying that writing is her favorite subject. She sang "Pie Jesu" during the show. The episode also showed tape that was shot by Oprah's crew at Evancho's home and school. Evancho performed on ''The Today Show'' on November 9, 2010 which also featured a brief interview.

Other performances

Evancho performed in the My Macy's Holiday Parade presented by WPXI in Pittsburgh on November 27. Evancho appeared in an episode of the final season of the ''Wizards of Waverly Place''. Her first music video is also being created.

She appeared on ''The View'' on November 15, 2010, and at about that time was ranked #1 on the British site Classical-Crossover.co.uk. "She is just truly blessed with a voice that's phenomenal", said composer and conductor Tim Janis, who invited Evancho to perform in his ''American Christmas Carol'' show on 2 December 2010 at Carnegie Hall in New York City. She would have been the youngest female vocal soloist ever to have performed there, but her parents withdrew her from the appearance some weeks prior to the date.

On November 30, 2010, Evancho sang "Silent Night" with Katherine Jenkins on NBC's Christmas Tree Lighting Special, "Christmas in Rockefeller Center".

On December 9, 2010, Evancho performed at the National Christmas Tree Lighting event in Washington, D.C., singing "O Holy Night".

She performed "Pie Jesu" on the 27th annual Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade which aired on ABC television December 25, 2010.

On January 1, 2011, Evancho performed the American national anthem at the NHL Winter Classic at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, while Steven Page performed the Canadian national anthem.

On February, 18, 2011, Evancho performed with the Houston Chamber Choir and on March 12, 2011 at the 2011 Festival of the Arts Boca along with the young stars of the Metropolitan Opera. Evancho performed during Muhammad Ali's "Celebrity Fight Night" charity event in Phoenix on March 19, 2011.

On March 29, 2011, it was officially announced that Evancho's second full-length feature album, ''Dream With Me'', would be released on June 14, 2011.

On June 4, 2011, she performed at the finale of ''Britain's Got Talent''.

Evancho has also commenced a series of performances with symphony orchestras, beginning with the Sun Valley Orchestra on July 31, followed by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra on August 5, and the Ravinia Festival Orchestra on August 7. Other planned performances include the Omaha Symphony Orchestra on August 26, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra on August 31, The Pittsburgh Opera on October 16, and a performance at Avery Fisher Hall in New York on November 7. Meantime she has produced a DVD entitled ''Dream With Me In Concert'', from her performance at the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota.

Critical reception

Christopher Hahn, General Director of the Pittsburgh Opera said Evancho's performance of "O mio babbino caro" was "spellbinding". "It's very unusual for a young child to have a voice that sounded so rich and developed." "I thought she was just lovely, sweetly compelling." "She is compelling," said Hahn. "It is quite unusual to hear a young girl with that level of warmth and roundness." Hahn called Evancho's performance of Pie Jesu strong, with seamless delivery. "Her phrasing was lovely, which she needed for that piece."

Composer Tim Janis said "[Jackie's] voice is so pure and natural, there's no flaw in it. People say 'I can hear her potential coming,' but no, it's here, it's now." "She is just truly blessed with a voice that's phenomenal." ''America's Got Talent'' judge Piers Morgan said that Evancho has more talent than any act he has seen after witnessing her version of "Ave Maria": "I have never seen an act, on this show or the British show or any of the other talent shows in the world, with more potential than Jackie Evancho. That was perfection. Perfection!"

Claudia Benack, Assistant Professor of Musical Theater at Carnegie Mellon University said that "[Jackie] has an unusually adult feel for the repertoire...I think she's very good."

Etta Cox, a jazz singer and instructor from Pittsburgh, said: "Her voice just doesn't fit her body. I've never heard a voice like that in a 10-year-old, and I've been teaching voice for many years. The maturity of her voice is incredible for someone her age."

Discography

;Studio Albums

2009: ''Prelude to a Dream''

2011: ''Dream With Me''

;EPs

2010: ''O Holy Night''

;DVD

2011: ''Dream With Me In Concert''

References

External links

Jackie Evancho at Classical Crossover UK

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Name	Joe Satriani
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Joseph Satriani
Alias	Satch
Born	July 15, 1956Westbury, New York
Instrument	Guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals, harmonica, banjo, harp
Genre	Rock, hard rock, instrumental rock, blues
Occupation	Musician, songwriter, producer, guitar instructor
Years active	1978–present
Associated acts	Alice Cooper, Mick Jagger, Deep Purple, Steve Vai, G3, Sammy Hagar, Chickenfoot, Jason Becker
Label	Sony, Epic, Relativity
Website	Official website
Notable instruments	Ibanez Joe Satriani Signature model}}

Joseph "Joe" Satriani (born July 15, 1956 in Westbury, New York) is an Italian American instrumental rock guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, with multiple Grammy Award nominations. Early in his career, Satriani worked as a guitar instructor, and some of his former students have achieved fame with their guitar skills (Steve Vai, Larry LaLonde, Rick Hunolt, Kirk Hammett, Andy Timmons, Charlie Hunter, Kevin Cadogan, Alex Skolnick). Satriani has been a driving force in the music credited to other musicians throughout his career, as a founder of the ever-changing touring trio, G3, as well as performing in various positions with other musicians.

In 1988, Satriani was recruited by Mick Jagger as lead guitarist for Jagger's first solo tour. Later, in 1994, Satriani was the lead guitarist for Deep Purple. Satriani worked with a range of guitarists from several musical genres, including Steve Vai, John Petrucci, Eric Johnson, Larry LaLonde, Yngwie Malmsteen, Brian May, Patrick Rondat, Andy Timmons, Paul Gilbert, Adrian Legg, and Robert Fripp through the annual G3 Jam Concerts. He is currently the lead guitarist for the supergroup Chickenfoot.

He is heavily influenced by blues-rock guitar icons such as Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore and Jeff Beck, but possesses his own easily recognizable style. Since 1988, Satriani has been using his own signature guitar, the Ibanez JS Series, which is widely sold in stores. He also has a signature series amplifier, the Peavey JSX (although he has since returned to using Marshall amplifiers); a signature Vox amPlug headphone amp; and various signature Vox effects pedals including the "Satchurator" distortion, the "Time Machine" delay, the "Big Bad Wah" wah and the "Ice 9" overdrive.

Biography

Satriani was inspired to play guitar at age fourteen soon after learning of the death of Jimi Hendrix. He has been said to have heard the news during a football training session, where he confronted his coach and announced that he was quitting to become a guitarist. In 1974, Satriani studied music with jazz guitarist Billy Bauer and with reclusive jazz pianist Lennie Tristano. The technically demanding Tristano greatly influenced Satriani's playing. Satriani began teaching guitar, with his most notable student at the time being fellow Long Island native Steve Vai. While he was teaching Vai, he was attending Five Towns College for studies in music.

In 1978 Satriani moved to Berkeley, California to pursue a music career. Soon after arriving in California, he resumed teaching. His students included Steve Vai, Kirk Hammett of Metallica, David Bryson of Counting Crows, Kevin Cadogan from Third Eye Blind, Larry LaLonde of Primus / Possessed, Alex Skolnick of Testament, Rick Hunolt (ex-Exodus), Phil Kettner of Lääz Rockit, Geoff Tyson of T-Ride, Charlie Hunter and David Turin.

1980s

Satriani started playing in a San Francisco-based band called the Squares, where he continued to network and make musical connections (Squares sound man John Cuniberti co-produced his second album). He was eventually invited to join the Greg Kihn Band, who were on the downside of their career, but whose generosity helped Satriani pay off the overwhelming credit card debt from recording his first album. When his friend and former student Steve Vai gained fame playing with David Lee Roth in 1986, Vai raved about Satriani in several interviews with guitar magazines, including ''Guitar World'' magazine. In 1987, Satriani's second album ''Surfing with the Alien'' produced popular radio hits and was the first all-instrumental release to chart so highly in many years. In 1988 Satriani helped produce the EP ''The Eyes of Horror'' for the death metal band Possessed.

In 1989, Satriani released the album ''Flying in a Blue Dream''. It was said to be inspired by the death of his father, who died in 1989 during the recording of the album. "One Big Rush" was featured on the soundtrack to the Cameron Crowe movie ''Say Anything...''. "The Forgotten Part II" was featured on a Labatt Blue commercial in Canada in 1993. "Can't Slow Down" featured in a car-chase sequence in the Don Johnson starring show ''Nash Bridges''.

1990s

In 1992, Satriani released ''The Extremist'', his most critically acclaimed and commercially successful album to date. Radio stations across the country were quick to pick up on "Summer Song," which got a major boost when Sony used it in a major commercial campaign for their Discman portable CD players. "Cryin'," "Friends," and the title track were also regional hits on radio.

In late 1993, Satriani joined Deep Purple as a temporary replacement for departed guitarist Ritchie Blackmore during the band's Japanese tour. The concerts were a success, and Satriani was asked to join the band permanently but he declined, having just signed a multi-album solo deal with Sony, so Steve Morse took the guitarist slot in Deep Purple.

G3

In 1996, Satriani founded the G3, a concert tour intended to feature a power trio consisting of three instrumental rock guitarists. The original lineup featured Satriani, Vai, and Eric Johnson. The G3 tour has continued periodically since its inaugural version, where Satriani is the only permanent member, featuring differing second and third members. Other guitarists who have performed in such a G3 configuration include among others: Yngwie Malmsteen, John Petrucci, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Robert Fripp, Andy Timmons, Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker, Adrian Legg and Paul Gilbert.

In 1998 Satriani recorded and released ''Crystal Planet'', which went back to a sound more reminiscent of his late '80s work. Planet was followed up with ''Engines of Creation'', one of his more experimental works featuring the 'Electronica' genre of music. During the subsequent tour, a pair of shows at the Fillmore in San Francisco were recorded in December 2000 and released as ''Live in San Francisco'', a two-disc live album and DVD.

2000 and beyond

Over the next several years, Satriani regularly recorded and released evolving music, including ''Strange Beautiful Music'' in 2002 and ''Is There Love in Space?'' in 2004.

In May 2005, Satriani toured India for the first time, playing concerts in Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai.

In 2006 Satriani recorded and released ''Super Colossal'' and ''Satriani Live!'', another two-disc live album and DVD recorded May 3, 2006 at the Grove in Anaheim, CA.

On August 7, 2007 Epic/Legacy Recordings re-released ''Surfing with the Alien'' to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its release. This was a two-disc set that includes a remastered album and a DVD of a previously never-before-seen live show filmed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1988.

Satriani's next album, titled ''Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock'', was released on April 1, 2008.

Satriani released a live DVD recording of a concert in Paris titled ''Live In Paris: I Just Wanna Rock'' and a companion 2 CD set on February 2, 2010.

In March 2010 Satriani participated with other guitarists in the Experience Hendrix Tribute Tour, performing music written and inspired by Jimi Hendrix. In April, Satriani and the rest of Chickenfoot voiced themselves in an episode of the animated television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force. In May 2010, through his website, Satriani announced he was about to enter the studio to record a solo album, and dates were also released for an autumn tour. He also said that demos had been recorded for a second Chickenfoot album.

In May 2010, Satriani joined Sound Strike, a movement led by Rage Against the Machine singer Zack de la Rocha protesting Arizona SB1070. As a result, Satriani refuses to perform live in Arizona.

Satriani released his 14th studio album, titled ''Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards'', on October 5, 2010.

Copyright infringement lawsuit against Coldplay

On December 4, 2008 Satriani filed a copyright infringement suit against Coldplay in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Satriani's suit asserts that the Coldplay song "Viva la Vida" includes "substantial original portions" of the Satriani song "If I Could Fly" from his 2004 album, ''Is There Love in Space?''. The Coldplay song in question received two Grammy Awards for "Song of the Year." Coldplay denied the allegation. An unspecified settlement was ultimately reached between the parties.

Other work

Satriani is also credited on many other albums, including guitar duties on shock-rocker Alice Cooper's 1991 album ''Hey Stoopid'', Spinal Tap's 1992 album ''Break Like the Wind'', Blue Öyster Cult's 1988 album ''Imaginos'', band members Stu Hamm and Gregg Bissonette's solo albums. Interestingly, he was credited with singing background vocals on the 1986 debut album by Crowded House. In 2003, he played lead guitar on The Yardbirds's CD release ''Birdland''. In 2006 he made appearances on tracks for Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan's solo CD/DVD dual disc ''Gillan's Inn''. On Dream Theater's 2007 album, ''Systematic Chaos'', Satriani contributed spoken lyrics to the song "Repentance." Satriani contributed a guitar solo to Jordan Rudess' 2004 solo release ''Rhythm of Time''. He also composed much of the soundtrack for the racing video game ''NASCAR 06: Total Team Control'' and contributed to ''Sega Rally Championship''.

He featured in the 2006 Christopher Guest film ''For Your Consideration'' as the guitarist in the band that played for the late-night show.

Chickenfoot

It was revealed on May 29, 2008 that Satriani is involved in a new hard rock band called ''Chickenfoot'' with former Van Halen members Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony, and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith. The band features Hagar on vocals, Satriani on guitar, Anthony on bass and Smith on drums. Their debut album was released on June 5, 2009. The first single and video released from this album is the track "Oh Yeah," which was also played on the Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien on June 5, 2009. Satriani received a writing credit on each of the songs featured on the band's self-titled debut album. When Broken Records magazine asked Satriani in volume 1 issue 3, about his new band, he enthusiastically mentioned that "it was great fun" and it gives him a "kick in the music bone" to be playing with such great talent. He said it felt quite natural to step back and play more rhythm guitar than solo guitar.

Technique and influence

Satriani is recognized as a technically advanced rock guitarist, and is a guitar virtuoso. He has mastered many performance techniques on the instrument, including legato, two-handed tapping and arpeggio tapping, volumes swells, harmonics, and extreme whammy bar effects. During fast passages, Satriani favors a legato technique (achieved primarily through hammer-ons and pull-offs) that yields smooth and flowing runs. He is also adept at other speed-related techniques such as rapid alternate picking and sweep picking, but does not often use them.

Satriani has received 14 Grammy nominations and has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide. Many of his fans and friends call him "Satch," short for "Satriani."

An influential guitarist himself, Satriani has many influences, including jazz guitarists Django Reinhardt, Wes Montgomery, Allan Holdsworth and Charlie Christian, and rock guitarists Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and Ritchie Blackmore.

Equipment

Satriani has endorsed Ibanez's JS Series guitars, and Peavey's JSX amplifier. Both lines were designed specifically as signature products for Satriani. The Ibanez JS100 was based on, and replaced, the Ibanez 540 Radius model that Satriani first endorsed. However, Satriani uses a variety of gear. Many of his guitars are made by Ibanez, including the JS1000, and JS1200. These guitars typically feature the DiMarzio PAF Pro (which he used up until 1993 in both the neck and bridge positions), the DiMarzio Fred (which he used in the bridge position from 1993 to 2005), and the Mo' Joe and the Paf Joe (which he uses in the bridge and neck positions, respectively, from 2005 to present day). The JS line of guitars is his signature line with the JS1000, JS1200, JS2400, JSBDG, and JS20th using Ibanez's original Edge double locking tremolo bridge. The JS100 and JS120s both use Ibanez's Edge 3 tremolo bridge. The JS1600 is a fixed bridge guitar with no tremolo system. The guitar he was most associated with during the nineties was a chrome-finished guitar nicknamed "Chrome Boy." (This instrument can be seen on the ''Live in San Francisco'' DVD.) However, the guitar used for most of the concert was in fact a lookalike nicknamed "Pearly," which featured Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates pickups.

Satriani uses a number of other JS models such as the JS double neck model, JS700 (primary axe on the self-titled CD and seen on the 1995 tour "Joe Satriani," which features a fixed bridge, P-90 pickups, and a matching mahogany body and neck), JS6/JS6000 (natural body) , JS1 (the original JS model), JS2000 (fixed bridge model), a variety of JS100s, JS1000s and JS1200s with custom paint work, and a large amount of prototype JSs. All double locking bridges have been the original Edge tremolo, not the newer models, which point to a more custom guitar than the "off the shelf" models. Joe played a red 7-string JS model, seen in the "G3 Live in Tokyo" DVD from 2005. He also has a prototype 24-fret version of the JS—now called the JS-2400—which he has used with Chickenfoot . Satriani has used a wide variety of guitar amps, using Marshall for his main amplifier (notably the limited edition blue coloured 6100 LM model) up until 2001, and his Peavey signature series amps, the Peavey JSX, thereafter. The JSX began life as a prototype Peavey XXX and developed into the Joe Satriani signature Peavey model, now available in retail stores. Satriani has used other amplifiers over the years in the studio, however. Those include the Peavey 5150 (used to record the song 'Crystal Planet'), Cornford, and the Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ (used to record the song 'Flying in a Blue Dream'), amongst others. He has recently switched to the Marshall JVM series.

His effects pedals include the Vox wah, Dunlop Cry Baby wah, RMC Wizard Wah, DigiTech Whammy, BK Butler Tube Driver, BOSS DS-1, BOSS CH-1, BOSS CE-2, BOSS DD-2 and a standard BOSS DD-3 (used together to emulate reverb effects), BOSS BF-3, BOSS OC-2, Barber Burn Drive Unit, Fulltone Deja Vibe, Fulltone Ultimate Octave, and Electro-Harmonix POG (Polyphonic Octave Generator), the latter being featured prominently on the title cut to his 2006 ''Super Colossal''.

Satriani has partnered with Planet Waves to create a signature line of guitar picks and guitar straps featuring his sketch art.

Although Satriani endorses the JSX, he has used many amps in the studio when recording, including the Peavey Classic. He used Marshall heads and cabinets, including live, prior to his Peavey endorsement. Most recently Satriani used the JSX head through a Palmer Speaker Simulator. He has also released a Class-A 5-watt tube amp called the "Mini Colossal."

He is currently working with Vox on his own line of signature effects pedals designed to deliver Satriani's trademark tone plus a wide range of new sounds for guitarists of all playing styles and ability levels. The first being a signature distortion pedal titled the "Satchurator," and recently, the "Time Machine," which will be a delay pedal, with more to follow in 2008, including a wah pedal called the "Big Bad Wah." On March 3, 2010 a new pedal was announced on Satriani's website regarding the new Vox overdrive pedal called "Ice 9."

Recurring themes

Satriani's work frequently makes references to various science fiction stories and ideas. "Surfing with the Alien," "Back to Shalla-Bal," and "The Power Cosmic 2000" refer to the comic book character Silver Surfer, while "Ice 9" refers to the secret government ice weapon in Kurt Vonnegut's ''Cat's Cradle''. "Borg Sex" is a reference to ''Star Trek'', which features a homogeneous cybernetic race known as the Borg. His albums and songs often have other-worldly titles, such as ''Not of this Earth'', ''Crystal Planet'', ''Is There Love in Space?'', and ''Engines of Creation''.

On the album ''Super Colossal'' the song titled "Crowd Chant" was originally called "Party on the Enterprise." "Party on the Enterprise" featured sampled sounds from the Starship Enterprise from the ''Star Trek'' TV show. But as Satriani explained in a podcast, legal issues regarding the samples could not be resolved and he was unable to get permission to use them. Satriani then removed the sounds from the song and called it "Crowd Chant." This song is now used as goal celebration music for a number of National Hockey League teams including the Minnesota Wild. This song is also used in EA Sports Hockey video game "NHL10".

"Redshift Riders," another song on the ''Super Colossal'' album, is "based on the idea that in the future, when people can travel throughout space, they will theoretically take advantage of the cosmological redshift effect so they can be swung around large planetary objects and get across [the] universe a lot faster than normal," Satriani said in a podcast about the song.

On the album ''Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock'' the song "I Just Wanna Rock," is about a giant robot on the run who happens to stumble upon a rock concert.

Philanthropy

In 2006, Satriani signed on as an official supporter of Little Kids Rock, a non-profit organization that provides free musical instruments and instruction to children in underserved public schools throughout the U.S.A. Satriani has personally delivered instruments to children in the program through a charity raffle for the organization and, like Steve Vai, sits on its board of directors as an honorary member.

Awards and nominations

Nominations

Satriani has the second most Grammy Award nominations (after Brian McKnight), of any artist (15) without winning. See further artists

Surfing with the Alien

+Nominations	Year !! Album !! Category
rowspan=2	Always With Me, Always With You	Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance>Best Pop Instrumental Performance
''Surfing with the Alien''	Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance>Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Grammy Awards of 1990	1990	Dreaming No. 11>The Crush of Love
Grammy Awards of 1991	1991	''Flying in a Blue Dream''
Grammy Awards of 1993	1993	''The Extremist''
Grammy Awards of 1994	1994	Time Machine (album)>Speed of Light
Grammy Awards of 1995	1995	Time Machine (album)>All Alone
Grammy Awards of 1997	1997	Joe Satriani (album)>(You're) My World''
Grammy Awards of 1998	1998	G3: Live in Concert>Summer Song (Live)
Grammy Awards of 1999	1999	Crystal Planet>A Train of Angels
Grammy Awards of 2001	2001	Engines of Creation>Until We Say Goodbye
Grammy Awards of 2002	2002	Always With Me, Always With You (Live) || Best Rock Instrumental Performance from Live in San Francisco
Grammy Awards of 2003	2003	Strange Beautiful Music>Starry Night
Grammy Awards of 2006	2006	''Super Colossal''
Grammy Awards of 2008	2008	Surfing with the Alien>Always With Me, Always With You (Live)

Discography

''Not of This Earth'' (1986)

''Surfing with the Alien'' (1987)

''Flying in a Blue Dream'' (1989)

''The Extremist'' (1992)

''Time Machine'' (1993)

''Joe Satriani'' (1995)

''Crystal Planet'' (1998)

''Engines of Creation'' (2000)

''Strange Beautiful Music'' (2002)

''Is There Love in Space?'' (2004)

''Super Colossal'' (2006)

''Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock'' (2008)

''Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards'' (2010)

References

External links

Official Website

Real "Guitar Hero" Joe Satriani turns Teacher at WorkshopLive.com

Audio Interview with Joe Satriani on Guitar Jam Daily, June 2007

Part 2 of Audio Interview with Joe Satriani on Guitar Jam Daily, July 2007

Joe Satriani 2006 Modern Guitars Magazine Interview with Brian D. Holland

MusiciansFriend Interview with Joe Satriani

Joe Satriani live pictures

Early Joe Satriani Photos

Joe Satriani guitar video workshop

Joe Satriani Artist Page at Guitar Video Channel

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name	John Petrucci| image John Petrucci Rio 2.jpg
background	solo_singer
birth name	John Peter Petrucci
born	July 12, 1967Kings Park, Long Island, New York
instrument	Guitar, vocals, bass, drums, programming
genre	Progressive metal, instrumental rock, progressive rock, jazz fusion
years active	1985–present
label	Roadrunner, Sound Mind Music, Magna Carta
associated acts	Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, Explorers Club, Eric Johnson, Jon Finn Group, Nightmare Cinema, G3
website	www.johnpetrucci.com
notable instruments	*Ernie Ball Music Man John Petrucci Signature Model }}

John Peter Petrucci (born July 12, 1967) is an American guitarist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. Along with his former bandmate Mike Portnoy, he has produced all Dream Theater albums since their 1999 release, ''Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory''. He is also a backing vocalist for Dream Theater. Petrucci was named as the third player on the G3 tour six times, more than any other invited guitarists. In 2009 he was named the No. 2 Best metal guitarist by Joel McIver in his book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists. He was also named as one of the "Top 10 Greatest Guitar Shredders of All Time" by ''GuitarOne'' magazine.

Biography

John Petrucci was born on July 12, 1967 in Kings Park New York to an Italian American family. He picked up the guitar at the early age of 8 because his older sister was allowed to go to bed later in order to practice the piano. However he decided to quit the guitar when his attempts to stay up late were unsuccessful. He would later pick up the guitar again at the age of 12 when his childhood friend and future Dream Theater keyboardist Kevin Moore invited John to join his cover band.

John attended Berklee College of Music in Boston with childhood friend John Myung (bass), where they met future bandmate Mike Portnoy (drums). These three in addition to Kevin Moore, formed the band Majesty, which would later become Dream Theater.

While Dream Theater is what Petrucci is most commonly associated with, he is also a part of the project band Liquid Tension Experiment and has appeared as a guest on several records by other artists such as the Age of Impact album by the Explorer's Club.

Petrucci has released a guitar instructional video, "Rock Discipline", which covers warm up exercises, exercises to avoid injury while playing, alternate picking, sweep picking, chords and other techniques for developing one's guitar playing. Petrucci also has a book named "Guitar World presents John Petrucci's Wild Stringdom", which was compiled from columns he wrote for Guitar World magazine, bearing that same title.

In 2001, John Petrucci was invited by Joe Satriani and Steve Vai to tour with them on the popular G3 guitar tour, which exposed him to a massive number of new fans and inspired him to record a solo album. The album, ''Suspended Animation'', was released on March 1, 2005, and was made available for order from his web site. Petrucci also appeared on the 2005 and 2006 G3 tours, and in 2007, went on G3 tour again, this time with Paul Gilbert and Joe Satriani. In a recent video with Larry DiMarzio, Petrucci revealed that he's been working on a follow up to his 2004 album, "Suspended Animation" along with the new Dream Theater album.

Petrucci also wrote and recorded two instrumental soundtrack songs for a Sega Saturn game titled ''Digital Pinball: Necronomicon''. Each track is roughly two minutes long and they are simply titled "Prologue" and "Epilogue".

According to the spoof rock band Nightmare Cinema (the Dream Theater members changing instruments playing a gig) he got the "alternate stage name" Johnny James.

Dream Theater bandmate Jordan Rudess revealed in an interview that Petrucci is a practicing Catholic. He currently lives in St. James, New York with his wife Rena Sands, a guitarist in the all-female heavy metal band Meanstreak, and they have 3 children, Samantha and Reny (who are twins), and Kiara. He is also an avid fan of bodybuilding and dedicates much of his off time to weight training.

He is a voting member of NARAS.

Musical style

Guitar Technique

Petrucci is respected for his variety of guitar styles and skills. One of the most notable of these is his high speed alternate picking which, as he himself claims, requires a "strong sense of synchronization between the two [playing] hands." John is notable for frequent use of the seven-string electric guitar, which he states is used as a "writing tool", taking advantage of the extended range both for heavier riffing (The Mirror) and to play extended range runs as part of a solo (This Dying Soul). Petrucci has also been known to directly incorporate riffs and solos from other bands into live Dream Theater performances. For example, Pink Floyd's 'Have a Cigar' and Metallica's 'Enter Sandman' are referenced during the performance of 'Peruvian Skies' from the 'Once in a Livetime' live album. Another example occurs in Dream Theater's live DVD 'Chaos in Motion', during the extended version of 'Surrounded'. Here, Petrucci incorporates the guitar solo from 'Mother' by Pink Floyd. The varied examples of this further demonstrate Petrucci's wide range of influences.

In addition, Petrucci is the only band member to have contributed lyrics to every album; he's written lyrics for at least three songs for every single album. These include, among others, the fan favorite ''Metropolis, Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper'', the heartfelt ''The Spirit Carries On'', the politically-charged ''The Great Debate'' and the epic ''In the Presence of Enemies''. Furthermore, Petrucci has used real-life experiences for lyrical inspiration, which includes songs as ''The Count of Tuscany'', ''A Nightmare to Remember'', and ''Endless Sacrifice''.

Singing

Petrucci has been Dream Theater's backing vocalist since the Awake's Tour. His singing is much darker than James Labrie's and is often used in bridges like "Solitary Shell", and in choruses of songs such as "Forsaken" and "In The Name of God". On the EP Wither Petrucci performs lead vocals on an alternative, demo version of the title track. He had previously done his own vocals for "The Spirit Carries On". During live performances before the departure of Mike Portnoy, he only sang small sections of backing vocals or harmonies.

Guitar Rig

Studio albums

Album!! Amplifiers
Majesty/When Dream And Day Unite	Randall Amplifiers>Randall RG100ES
Images and Words	Mesa Quad Preamp, Mesa Triaxis/2:90, Marshall Amplification
Awake	Dual Rectifier, 2 takes using Mark IIC+
A Change Of Seasons	Mesa Boogie Mark Series#Mark IIC & IIC+>Mark IIC+, Mesa Boogie Mark Series#Mark IV
Falling Into Infinity	Mark IIB, Mark IV, TriAxis
Metropolis Pt.2: Scenes From A Memory	Mark IIC+, Mark IV, TriAxis, Formula, Dual Rectifier
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence	Mark IIC+, Dual Rectifier (for The Glass Prison)
Train Of Thought	Road King Series I
Octavarium	Mesa Boogie#Lone Star>Lone Star
Systematic Chaos	Lone Star, Mark IV
Black Clouds & Silver Linings	Mesa Boogie Mark Series#Mark V>Mark V
Suspended Animation	Roadking Series 1, Mark IIC+
Liquid Tension Experiment	TriAxis, 2:90 power amp
Liquid Tension Experiment 2	Mark IIC+, Mark IV

Live

'' I&W; Tour'': 2 Triaxis Preamps (one for backup), 2:90 power amp, Mesa Abacus+Mesa Midi Matrix for switching

''Scenes From NY'': Triaxis, Dual Rectifier, Mark IIC+, Mark IV, Formula Preamp, 2:90 power amps

''Live At Budokan'': Road King Series 1 (x3), Lonestar (x2)

''Score'': Custom Built "Nunya" Preamp, Formula Preamp, mesa 2:100 power amp, 4 Mesa 4x12's and 4 Mesa 2x12's. Midi switching by Steen Skrydstrup.

'' 2005 G3 Tokyo'': Dual Rectifier (x2) Road King (x2)

'' 2007 G3 tour'': Mark IV (x2), Formula preamp

'' 2007 Systematic Chaos Tour'': Mark IV (x2), Lonestar (x1), TC Electronic 2290, M3000, Eventide Ultra Harmonizer, Jim Dunlop rack wah & various stomp boxes. Midi switching by Axess Electronics.

'' 2009 BC&SL; Tour'': Mark V(x3), 3x Mesa/Boogie Mark V, 1x TC Electronics C400XL Compressor/ Gate, 3x TC Electronics M3000, 1x TC Electronics 1210 Spatial Expander/Stereo Chorus/Flanger, 1x Eventide H7600 Harmonizer, 1x Dunlop DCR-IFC Rack Wah, 1x Keeley Modded Tube Screamer TS-9DX Flexi, 1x MXR EVH Flanger, 1x MXR EVH Phaser, 1x Axess Electronics FX-1 Midi Foot Controller w/ expander,2x Dunlop DCR-IFC Wah Controllers (one for pedalboard and one on center stage for solos), 1x Ernieball 25k Stereo Volume Pedal,1x Boss TU-2 Tuner

'' 2010 Iron Maiden Supporting Tour'': Mark V (x3), Dunlop Rack Wah, Fractal Audio Axe-Fx Ultra

Since the Train of Thought World Tour, John has used two footrests made by Patrick Slaats (who also designs Jordan Rudess's keyboard stands), such that they are book-ends for his pedalboard. These are utilised whenever Petrucci plays difficult-to-play passages within his songs, as he practices using proper classical guitar techniques - meaning that he must rest his guitar on his left thigh when sequences get difficult. Before this, he used regular stage monitors to do this. He stated in the Live at Budokan DVD that he also has "spit shields" around his cabinets, in order to avoid getting them defaced by Mike Portnoy's "gobs of goobers" (spat-out chewing gum). It would seem that this isn't used, now that Mike Mangini is in the band.

Discography

{| style="border: 1px solid #a0a0aa; background-color: #f0f0ff; width: 90%; margin-left:8px;" |- | width=5% | Year | width=30% | Title | width=14% | Label | width=40% | Notes |- | 1986 | ''The Majesty Demos'' | The Original CD had no label. It was just for the students at Berklee. Ytse Jam Records then re-released the album in 2003 | A rare CD recorded for Berklee College of Music with Kevin Moore as their keyboardist and Chris Collins as their singer. Ytse Jam Records then re-released the album as an official bootleg. They play a song of this album called Another Won on their 20th Anniversary DVD, Score. |- | 1989 | ''When Dream and Day Unite'' | MCA/Mechanic | First Dream Theater studio album. |- | 1992 | ''Images and Words'' | Atlantic/ATCO | Again with Dream Theater, introducing the new lead singer James LaBrie. |- | 1993 | ''Live at the Marquee'' | WEA International | First Dream Theater live album. |- | 1994 | ''Awake'' | EastWest | The last Dream Theater album with Kevin Moore as keyboard player. |- | 1995 | ''A Change of Seasons'' (EP) | EastWest | Dream Theater EP, introducing Derek Sherinian as new keyboard Player. |- | 1996 | ''Working Man'' | Magna Carta | A Rush tribute. |- | 1997 | ''Falling into Infinity'' | Elektra | Last Dream Theater studio album with Derek Sherinian. |- | 1997 | ''Dragon Attack'' | CNR Music | A tribute to Queen |- | 1998 | ''Guitar Battle'' | Viktor | Various Artists |- | 1998 | ''Liquid Tension Experiment'' | Magna Carta | Project with Mike Portnoy, Jordan Rudess and Tony Levin |- | 1998 | ''Once in a LIVEtime'' | Elektra | 2CD recorded in Paris, France. |- | 1998 | ''Age of Impact'' | Magna Carta | Explorers Club |- | 1998 | ''Wicked'' | The Orchard | Jon Finn Group |- | 1999 | ''Liquid Tension Experiment 2'' | Magna Carta | Second album with Liquid Tension Experiment |- | 1999 | ''Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory'' | Elektra | Jordan Rudess as new keyboard player for Dream Theater, the band's first concept album. |- | 2000 | ''An Evening with John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess'' | Sound Mind Music | A live album with keyboard player Jordan Rudess |- | 2001 | ''Feeding the Wheel'' | Magna Carta | Jordan Rudess solo album, Petrucci is featured on guitar. |- | 2001 | ''Live Scenes From New York'' | Elektra | 3CD recorded in New York, U.S. featuring ''Scenes from a Memory'' in its entirety. First Official live album (audio of the DVD ''Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York'' with featuring extra songs) with Jordan Rudess. |- | 2002 | ''Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence'' | Elektra | Dream Theater's first studio double album. Notably heavier than previous releases, containing more prominent guitar riffing and solos than previous Dream Theater records. |- | 2003 | ''Train of Thought'' | Elektra | Dream Theaters heaviest release to date. |- | 2004 | ''Live at Budokan'' | Atlantic | Dream Theater 3CD/2DVD combination recorded in Tokyo, Japan. |- | 2005 | ''Suspended Animation'' | Sound Mind Music | John Petrucci's first solo album. |- | 2005 | ''G3: Live in Tokyo'' | Sony | Plays on G3, with guitarists Steve Vai and Joe Satriani |- | 2005 | ''Octavarium'' | Atlantic | Dream Theater's last album with Atlantic Records Group. |- | 2006 | ''Score'' | Rhino Entertainment | 3CD/2DVD recorded at Radio City Music Hall on April 1, 2006 New York, U.S. for Dream Theater's 20th Anniversary. |- | 2006 | ''Blood of the Snake'' - Derek Sherinian | Inside Out Music | Played guitar on first track "Czar Of Steel". |- | 2006 | ''Loudspeaker'' - Marty Friedman | Mascot/Avex | Special guest guitarist on "Black Orchid". |- | 2007 | ''Systematic Chaos'' | Roadrunner Records | First album released under Dream Theater's new contract with Roadrunner Records on June 5, 2007. |- | 2008 | ''Chaos in Motion 2007–2008'' | Roadrunner Records | A live album 3CD/2DVD documenting the band's 2007/2008 Chaos in Motion and Progressive Nation tours featuring several songs from the supporting album ''Systematic Chaos'' included extended versions of Take the Time and Surrounded and both parts of In the Presence of Enemies played as one song. Also features a medley of Trial of Tears, Finally Free, Learning to Live, In the Name of God, and Octavarium (using the final part Razor's Edge) titled Schmedley Wilcox. |- | 2009 | ''Black Clouds & Silver Linings'' | Roadrunner Records | Released on June 23, this is Dream Theater's tenth studio album. Last album with Mike Portnoy, also recording of the last part of the Twelve-step Suite dealing with Portnoy's alcoholism titled "The Shattered Fortress". |- | 2011 | ''A Dramatic Turn of Events'' | Roadrunner Records | First Dream Theater album with Mike Mangini on the drums. Upcoming release on September 13. |- |}

Videography

{| style="border: 1px solid #a0a0aa; background-color: #f0f0ff; width: 90%; margin-left:8px;" |- | width=5% | Year | width=30% | Title | width=50% | Notes |- | 1993 | | First Dream Theater live DVD. Includes extended version of Take the Time. |- | 1995 | Rock Discipline - VHS | John Petrucci does a DVD on guitar warmups, tricks, exercises, and his gear. |- | 1998 | 5 Years in a LIVEtime | The only live Dream Theater DVD with Derek Sherinian. |- | 2001 | Metropolis 2000: Scenes From New York | |- | 2002 | Rock Discipline - DVD | |- | 2004 | Live at Budokan | |- | 2005 | G3: Live in Tokyo | |- | 2006 | Score | 2DVD recorded at Radio City Music Hall on April 1, 2006 New York, U.S. Celebrated Dream Theater's 20th Anniversary. They performed this concert with a symphony orchestra. |- | 2007 | Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos | DVD included in the special edition of ''Systematic Chaos'' |- | 2008 | ''Chaos in Motion 2007–2008'' | Released September 30, 2008. Documents the band's 2007/2008 Chaos in Motion and Progressive Nation tours. |}

See also

Dream Theater

Liquid Tension Experiment

G3 (tour)

References

External links

John Petrucci official web site

John Petrucci Official Twitter Web site

Official Facebook of John Petrucci

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name	Andy Hug
birth name	Andreas Hug
other names	Mr. K-1, Typhoon The Blue-Eyed Samurai Iron Man, ''Tetsujin'' in Japanese
nationality	Swiss
birth date	September 07, 1964
birth place	Wohlen, Switzerland
death date	August 24, 2000
death place	Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
height
weight
weight class	Heavyweight
style	Kyokushin, Seidokaikan
stance	Southpaw
team	Team Andy
years active	21 (1979–2000)
kickbox win	38
kickbox kowin	22
kickbox loss	9
kickbox koloss	6
kickbox draw	1
students	Xhavit Bajrami, Marfino DeFlorin, Bjorn Bregy, Petar Majstorovic
url	http://www.andyhug.com
updated	January 14, 2010 }}

Andy Hug (September 7, 1964 – August 24, 2000) was a Swiss Seidokaikan and Kyokushin karateka and kickboxer from Wohlen. Hug was the K-1 World Grand Prix 1996 champion and runner up in 1997 and 1998.

Biography and career

Andreas Hug was born on September 7, 1964, in Zurich, Switzerland. Andy's father, Arthur, was a foreign legionnaire, who died in Thailand without ever seeing his son. He seldom saw his mother Madelaine Hug-Baumann, and together with his brother Charly and sister Fabienne, they grew up with his grandparents in Wohlen. He was six, when he started playing soccer and was also selected to the Swiss National Under-16 team. At eleven, he started practising karate at Wohlen Karate school under Werner Schenker.

His death came unexpectedly, he was diagnosed with acute leukemia on August 17, 2000. On August 23 he fell into a coma and his illness was made public. Only 22 hours later it was revealed that Andy Hug died because of multiple organ failure and the following breathing difficulties. He was only 35 at time of his death. He left behind his wife Ilona and his son Seya.

Karate career

At the age of fifteen, he won the Swiss national 'Oyama Cup'. In November 1977 he was selected to represent the Wohlen Karate School during the National Team Championships.

Andy recorded his first international success in 1981 at the Dutch Kyokushinkai Karate Championships. Two years later, he took first place at the European Cup in Hungary. In 1983, Andy took part in the Karate World Championships. Around eighty fighters from all over the world were at the start of the open weight class. Andy was able to battle his way through and reached the final sixteen. He made his second World Championships in 1987. In the semi-finals, Andy defeated his opponent Akira Masuda and for the first time in the history of Kyokushinkai, a non-Japanese fighter, was taking part in the finals. Andy lost the fight by a controversial point decision to Shokei Matsui.

The fifth World Championships of full-contact karate no weight division took place in 1991 at the Budokan, Tokyo, Japan. As early as 1988, Andy had become a trainer for the Swiss national team, thus offering his knowledge and experience to other competitors. In his third fight, Andy came up against Francisco Filho. At the end of the round, as the bell rang, Filho landed a high kick on the side of Hug's head and knocked Andy to the floor. Mas Oyama confirmed that the technique was legal. It was later confirmed that Filho's kick had indeed struck after the bell rang, but he had started his move before the time was up and Filho was declared the winner.

Andy kept fighting in Japan with success and became extremely popular. The fans were impressed by his technical diversity, spectacular aesthetics, tactics and strength. On August 28, 1993, Andy married Ilona in Inwil. At the same time he changed from Kyokushinkai to Seidokai karate, completing the step from being an amateur to becoming a professional fighter and star in Japan.

K-1 career

The Seidokai Association, headed by Kazuyoshi Ishii, founded K-1 in 1993. In 1994 Andy promoted his first K-1 Fight at the Hallenstadium in Zurich, and went on to compete in a double main event called "K-1 Challenge" where he upset reigning WGP champion Branco Cikatic in a close fight.

Later that year Hug competed in his first WGP tournament, where he was favored by the Japanese fans having already defeated Branco Cikatic a few months earlier. But Andy was upset by American kick-boxer Patrick Smith via first round stoppage.

In the autumn of 1996, Andy was struggling within himself that he wasn't able to win the K-1 World Grand Prix. In his second fight at the 96 WGP Finals he met Ernesto Hoost and won by decision. In the final, Andy was matched up against Mike Bernardo. After his two defeats to Bernardo in 1995 Andy was determined to beat him and was ultimately successful, winning via spinning low kick, securing his first and only WGP title.

Andy Hug reached the K-1 Grand Prix finals again in 1997, where he lost to Dutch kick-boxing legend Ernesto Hoost by decision. He made it to the 1998 WGP final as well, where he lost to Peter Aerts by KO, although he became the first fighter to ever make three consecutive WGP finals. (until matched by Semmy Schilt some years later)

1999 was the most successful year for K-1 since its inception. Record numbers of spectators were recorded for all tournaments. In the first half of that year, Andy provided his fans with sensational fights. However at the World Grand Prix, fate wrecked his plans. In the second bout, he was up against Ernesto Hoost. As early as in the first round, the groin injury that he had sustained a month earlier became acute. This handicap was so severe that he could not employ his legs as he was used to doing, and dropped a decision.

In Japan he was given the name "Blue-Eyed Samurai", even though he had brown eyes. He was the only K-1 fighter ever to be rewarded an honorary samurai title by K-1 founder Kazuyoshi Ishii.

Andy was also recognized for his axe kick and the spinning low heel kick, targeting the opponents thigh, was another trademark kick of his. In Japan, it was known as "the Hug Tornado" since it was rumored that no other fighter could perform it with the same perfection as Hug.

Andy defeated Mirko "Cro-Cop" Filipović at K-1 Fight Night, on June 3, 2000, in Zurich, Switzerland. His last fight was against Nobu Hayashi on July 7, 2000.

Andy Hug died on August 24, 2000, as a result of leukemia, just two weeks short of his 36th birthday. Andy's body was cremated and his ashes deposited in the cemetery of the Hoshuin temple in Kyoto, Japan.

Titles and accomplishments

Kickboxing

*1996–2000 W.K.A. World Muay Thai Super Heavyweight title (4 title defenses)

*1996 W.M.T.C. World Super Heavyweight title

*1996 K-1 Grand Prix champion

*1994–1996 U.K.F. World Super Heavyweight title (2 title defenses)

Seidokaikan

*1993 Silver Seidokan Karate World Cup (Lost to Masaaki Satake)

*1992 Gold Seidokan Karate World Cup (Defeated Taiei Kin)

Kyokushin

*1991 5th Kyokushin World Open Karate Tournament last 32 (Lost to Francisco Filho)

*1991 Silver 6th European Championships in Budapest, Heavyweight (Lost to Michael Thompson)

*1989 Gold 5th European Championships in Budapest, Heavyweight (Defeated Michael Thompson)

*1988 Gold 1st Swiss Sursee Cup in Sursee (Defeated Kenji Midori)

*1987 Silver 4th Kyokushin World Open Karate Tournament (Lost to Akiyoshi Matsui)

*1987 Bronze 4th European Championships in Katowice, (Lost to Michael Thompson)

*1986 Bronze 11th British Open in London, Heavyweight (Lost to Michael Thompson)

*1985 Gold 3rd European Championships in Barcelona, Heavyweight (Defeated Klaus Rex)

*1985 Gold Ibusz Oyama Cup in Hungary, Heavyweight (Defeated Michel Wedel)

*1985 Gold Swiss National Open Championships Heavyweight (Defeated Klaus Rex)

*1984 3rd Kyokushin World Open Karate Tournament final 16 (Lost to Akiyoshi Matsui)

*1984 Gold Swiss National Championships Heavyweight

*1983 Bronze 7th Dutch Open in Alkmaar, Heavyweight final 16 (Lost to Flemming Jinzen)

*1982 Gold Ibusz Oyama Cup in Hungary, Middleweight (Defeated Mark Niedziokka)

*1982 6th Dutch Open Middleweight final 16 (Lost to Kenneth Felter)

*1982 2nd European Championships in London final 16 (Lost to Jean Pierre Louisset)

*1982 Gold Swiss National Championships, Middleweight (Defeated Gabriel Marxer)

*1981 Gold Oyama Cup (Defeated Heinz Muntweiler)

*1981 Bronze 5th Dutch Open in Weert, Middleweight (Lost to Koen Scharrenberg)

*1981 Gold 4 Countries Team Tournament (Switzerland defeated Dutch team in finals)

*1979 Gold Oyama Cup

Black Belt Magazine

*2001 Honorary Award

Record

See also

List of K-1 events

List of K-1 champions

List of male kickboxers

List of kickboxing organizations

References

External links

Andy Hug - Official Website

Andy Hug Foundation - The Foundation

Andy Hug Portrait

K-1sport.de - Complete Fighters Profile of Andy Hug

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