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Nako, Nakon, Nakko, or Nacco (flourished 954 – ca. 966) was an Obotrite leader who, along with his brother Stoignew, led the forces of a Slavic confederacy in a revolt against the Germans, especially Herman Billung, Duke of Saxony.

In 955 Nako and Stoignew were defeated at the Battle of Recknitz by Otto I of Germany. While Stoignew was beheaded, Nako probably accepted Christianity, because there followed roughly thirty years of peace, during which, according to Adam of Bremen, the Slavs were Christian. Nako and his successors, the Nakonids, resided in a "ringwall" of fortresses: Mecklenburg, Starigard, Liubice, and Lenzen (Lunkini). When the Sephardic geographer Abraham ben Jacob travelled through the territory, he referred to Mecklenburg, Nako's principal palace, as "Nako's castle."

He was succeeded by his sons Mstivoj and Mstidrag, but they abandoned Christianity and revolted against the Germans again.

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Čedo Antolić (born in Zagreb, January 1, 1951) Croatian spiritual poet and songwriter.

Musical career[link]

He became involved with spiritual music in 1974 in the group "Kraljica Apostola" at the Jesuit monastery at Fratrovac in Zagreb. The group later changed its name to "Kyrios" and in 1979 they appeared at the first Croatian spiritual music festival (Uskrsfest) winning the first prize with Anolić's song "Pjesma svakodnevna". The next year the group published the album "Pjesma svakodnevna" which included six Antolić's songs. The group Kyrios performs until 1988 when Antolić forms "Jutro života" and then joins with the group O. Ante Antić and they perform every Sunday at the church of Gospa Lurdska.

In 1997 he forms a group Stil and the same year publishes the retrospective album "Stvaranje" featuring 21 of his songs written in the period between 1988 and 1997 In 2004 he publishes the album "Jutro". Antolić also works together with the singer Željka Marinović as a composer and songwriter. Her album "Želim ti dati najbolje" won a Porin for spiritual music in 2001.

Discography[link]

• 1980 - Pjesma svakodnevna (Kyrios)

• 1997 - Stvaranje
  • from album "Stvaranje": Božićna popevka

• 2004 - Jutro
  • from album "Jutro": Put med zvezdanim

Poetry[link]

• Pjesnik Gospodnji (2005)

References[link]

• [1] http://public.globalnet.hr/~cantolic
• [2] http://public.carnet.hr/FBL/scena/izvodaci/cedo_antolich.php
• [3] http://www.filipjakov-vu.com/bonofest.php?idkat=104

External links[link]

• Homepage (in Croatian)
• Croatian spiritual scene on-line (in Croatian)

Alireza Assar (born 1969, Shahr-e Rey) is an Iranian pop singer and piano player.

Biography[link]

The oldest child of a 4 member family in Tehran, His studied the piano under the supervision of Kavous Samandar, Javad Maaroufi and Mostafa Pourtorab. His first concert was in "Aboureihan-e Birooni " Hall in Shahid Beheshti University at age 16. Since then he had several concerts worldwide.

He began his career as a Pop singer in March 1997 (Norouz 77) by performing " EIDANEH " in TV. His first album, "Kouch-e Asheghaneh", published in 1999, with the hit single "Ghodsiane Aseman" made him one of the most popular singers of the new generation of pop singers after the Islamic Revolution.^{[citation needed]}

He continued his career with Foad Hejazi as his co-worker and band director. He published four more albums with Foad and toured many cities in Iran with him.

In 2006, Assar started a new genre of Persian pop in collaboration with renowned conductor, Shahrdad Rohani and London Symphony Orchestra.^{[citation needed]} "Open Secret" comprises seven pieces inspired by poetries from Ahmad Shamlou, Mohammad Reza Shafiei-Kadkani, Afshin Yadollahi, Shahkar Bineshpajuh, and Afshin Moqaddam. The work was recorded in Abbey Road Studio.

Albums[link]

• Mohtaseb, 2011
• Nahan Makon (Open Secret), 2006
• Molaye Eshgh, 2002
• Ey Asheghan, 2002
• Eshgh-e-Elahie (Agape), 2001
• Hal-e Mane-e Bi To, 2000
• Kouch-e Asheghaneh (Loving Migration), 1999

External links[link]

• Official Site

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