Der Deutsche Michel (literal. "The German Michel") is a figure representing the national character of the German people, rather as John Bull represents the British.

Overview[link]

Such figures differ from those that serve as personifications of the nation itself, as Germania did the German nation and Marianne the French.^[1] He is usually depicted wearing a nightcap and nightgown, sometimes in the colours of the German flag, and represents the Germans' conception of themselves, especially in his easy-going nature and Everyman appearance. In German, Michel is also the short form of Michael, though quite rare today.

References[link]

See also[link]

• Germania, historic national personification of Germany
• Flag and Coat of Arms of Germany
• Berolina, personification of Berlin
• Hammonia, personification of Hamburg
• Bavaria, personification of the Land of Bavaria

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Michel Petrucciani
Background information
Birth name	Michel Petrucciani
Born	(1962-12-28)28 December 1962 Orange, Vaucluse, France
Origin	Orange, Vaucluse, France
Died	6 January 1999(1999-01-06) (aged 36) New York City, USA
Genres	Jazz
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Piano
Years active	1975–99

Michel Petrucciani (28 December 1962, Orange, Vaucluse, France – 6 January 1999, New York City, USA) was a French jazz pianist.

Biography[link]

Michel Petrucciani came from an Italo-French family with a musical background. His father Tony played guitar, his brother Louis played bass and his brother Philippe also plays the guitar. Michel was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, which is a genetic disease that causes brittle bones and in his case short stature. It is also often linked to pulmonary ailments. This disease caused his bones to fracture over one hundred times until he reached adolescence. The disease caused pain that continued throughout his entire life. “I have pain all the time. I’m used to having hurt arms,” he said.^[1] In Michel's early career his father and brother occasionally carried him, literally, because he could not walk far on his own unaided. In certain respects though he considered his disability an advantage as he got rid of distractions, like sports, that other boys tended to become involved in.^[2] And he hints that his disability was helpful in other parts of his life. He said: "Sometimes I think someone upstairs saved me from being ordinary."^[3]

At an early age Michel saw Duke Ellington on television and wished to become a pianist like him. When Michel was four, his father bought him a toy piano of his own, but Michel smashed the piano with a toy hammer “When I was young, I thought the keyboard looked like teeth," he said. "It was as though it was laughing at me. You had to be strong enough to make the piano feel little. That took a lot of work.”^[3] Soon after this, Michel's father bought him a real piano.

From the beginning, Petrucciani had always been musical, reportedly humming Wes Montgomery solos by the time he learned to speak. The musician that would prove most influential to Petrucciani was Bill Evans, who he began listening to at around the age of ten. Petrucciani’s layered harmonies, lyrical style, and articulation of melody have always been linked most strongly to this early exposure to Evans.^[4] Petrucciani trained in classical piano starting at the age of four, and was making music with his family by the age of nine.^[5]

Petrucciani gave his first professional concert at the age of 13. At this point of his life, he was still quite fragile and had to be carried to and from the piano. His size meant that he required aids to reach the piano's pedals, but his hands were average in length. This had its advantages, however. At the beginning of his career, Petrucciani's manager would often smuggle him into hotel rooms in a suitcase in a bid to save money.

Petrucciani felt he needed to travel to Paris to begin his musical career, but he found it difficult to leave home. His father was protective, constantly concerned for his son’s wellbeing and reluctant to put him in any danger. Petrucciani’s drummer Aldo Romano said of Michel's father: “[He] was an idiot. He didn’t trust anybody. He wanted to keep Petrucciani as a partner, to play music with. He was very jealous. So I had to fight to take him to Paris, because his father didn’t want me to, because he wanted to keep him, like you would cage a monster.”^[1]

But at the age of fifteen Petrucciani made it to France. There he played with Kenny Clark in 1977 and Clark Terry in 1978.^[5] His breakthrough performance occurred in the jazz festival in the town Clioucat. Clark Terry was missing a pianist, and when Michel was carried onto the stage Terry thought it was some kind of joke—Petrucciani was not more than three feet tall. But Michel astounded Terry and the rest of the festival with his prodigious talent and virtuosity, especially given his size and condition.^[3] Clark Terry said, “When I heard him play—oh, man! He was a dwarf, but he played like a giant. I said, ‘listen, little guy—don’t run away. I’ll be back for you.”^[1]

Petrucciani's subsequent trip to Paris harbored mixed experiences, but was undoubtedly musically and personally transforming. Michel reports, “It was mostly to do with drugs and weird women, but I was lucky and got out safe.”^[3] Michel’s attitude during his time in France was largely immature and insecure, despite his considerable talent. He tended to overcompensate for his young age and small size by playing many more notes than necessary. He wore a yachtsman’s cap and frequently acted pushy and tough, referring to people as ‘baby’.^[3] “He acted tough and pushy, and his playing was tough and pushy. He knew how to say ‘motherfucker’ in French," said Michael Zwerin, who met Petrucciani when the pianist was fifteen. Petrucciani played in a trio with Kenny Clark during his time in Paris, and rose to stardom.^[1]

After his stint in Paris, Petrucciani returned to his family only for a brief visit. He began his professional life living with the drummer Aldo Romano. He was free of the protective presence of his father and was able to start living a truly adult life. Petrucciani began recording with Owl Records and began a friendship with the recording company’s owner, Jean-Jacques Pussai. Pussai recalls that Petrucciani always seemed to be in a hurry to record, saying, “I don’t want to lose time.” But eventually Petrucciani desired independence from Romano too. Romano remembers: “He didn’t feel free with me. So he had to kill his second father somehow to move on. He needed to escape. He needed to go very far, as far as he could go, and that was California."^[1]

Petrucciani travelled to the US after his trip to Paris, but it is not known whether he stopped in New York first. “Michel was really into bullshiting…he would lie to your face,” said French journalist Thierry Peremarti. This calls into question Michel’s strange account of his time in Manhattan. He claimed to have scammed his way into the city on bad checks and hid out in Brooklyn with the help of Sicilian family connections. He also claimed to have played piano in a midtown brothel.^[1]

What is known for certain is that he ended up in California in 1982, where he visited the retired saxophonist Charles Lloyd. Lloyd had stopped playing when people began to view his sidemen as more fashionable than he himself was.^[3] After hearing Petrucciani play, the saxophonist was so inspired that he agreed to tour with Michel.^[6] Lloyd said to Michel, “I was here not planning to play again. You triggered me. I heard this beauty in you and I said, 'well I have to take you 'round the world cause there’s something so beautiful, it was like providence calling.”^[6] Petrucciani and Lloyd’s tour of the West Coast was a huge success, and they continued their internationally. On February 22, 1985, with Petrucciani cradled in his arms, Lloyd walked onto the stage at Town Hall in New York City and sat him on his piano stool for what would be a historic evening in jazz history: the filming of One Night with Blue Note. The film's director John Charles Jopson would later recall in the reissued liner notes that the moment moved him to tears.

Petrucciani and Lloyd's performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival was made into an album, and in 1982 they won the 1982 Prix d’Excellence.^[3] But Petrucciani expressed mostly disdain and frustration at the awards he felt were being heaped upon him, believing that he was receiving so many at least in part because people believed he was going to die young.^[6]

Petrucciani moved to New York City 1984 and spent the rest of his life there. This was one the most wildly productive period of his career. He recorded with Wayne Shorter and Jim Hall, producing the trio album Power of Three.^[3] In 1986 Petrucciani recorded a live album with Wayne Shorter and Jim Hall. He also played with diverse figures in the US jazz scene including Dizzy Gillespie.^[7]

But he also made a priority of recording solo piano. Michel said: “I really believe a pianist is not complete until he’s capable of playing by himself. I started doing solo concerts in February 1993, when I asked my agent to cancel my trio dates for a year in order to play nothing but solo recitals….I had a wonderful time playing alone, and discovering the piano and really studying every night. I felt like I was learning so much about the instrument and about communicating directly with an audience. So it was an incredible experience. I really loved doing that, and afterwards getting on stage with a group again and playing with other people was a piece of cake!”^[8]

On the personal side, he had five significant relationships: Erlinda Montano (marriage), Eugenia Morrison, Marie-Laure Roperch, the Italian pianist Gilda Buttà (the marriage lasted three months and ended in divorce) and Isabelle Mailé (with whom he shares his grave). With Marie Laure he fathered a son, Alexandre, who inherited his condition. He also had a stepson named Rachid Roperch.^{[9] [10] [11]}

In 1994, he was granted a Légion d'honneur in Paris.

In the late 1990s, Petrucciani’s lifestyle became increasingly taxing. Musically, he was moving at a frenetic pace. He was performing over one hundred times per year, and in 1998, the year before he died, he performed one hundred and forty times. His social life was also becoming more costly—he began to drink more heavily and experiment with cocaine. He became too weak to use crutches and had to resort to a wheelchair. Petrucciani’s final manager said, “He was working too much—not only recording and doing concerts, but he was always on television, and he was always doing interviews. He got himself overworked, and you could see it. He pushed too much.”^[1]

Michel Petrucciani died just after his 36th birthday from a pulmonary infection. He was interred in Le Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

On February 12, 2009, the French music channel Mezzo broadcast a special event paying homage to Petrucciani and the ten year anniversary of his death.

The first two American albums featuring Michel Petrucciani were produced by Gabreal Franklin. The first, 100 Hearts, a solo album, was produced at the famous RCA Studio A, on the Avenue of the Americas in New York City. The second was a trio album, recorded live at Max Gordon's old Village Vanguard club in New York City. These were among the first albums to use newly developed digital recording technology, on Mitsubishi X80 recorders, so early on that the only manuals available were in Japanese; but Franklin and Tom Arrison managed to get them to function by trial and error, and produced excellent results.

Personality and Musical Style[link]

Osteogenesis imperfecta seemed to contribute greatly both to Michel Petrucciani’s personality and his playing style. By his own account, Petrucciani was in almost constant physical pain of some kind throughout his short life.^[6] Yet in spite of this, he was known for a cheerful, playful, even cavalier personality. He said, “I love humor, I love to laugh, I love jokes, I love silliness, I love that, I think it’s great, I think laughter is worth a whole lot of medicine.”^[6]

Though he often exhibited arrogance, cockiness, and even womanizing tendencies in his adolescent years, the defining characteristic of Petrucciani was ultimately his great and unlikely confidence. Michael Zwerin recalled one example: “We were sitting there wondering what to play. It was kind of hot. And Michel said, ‘anybody know “Giant Steps?” Neither Louis nor I wanted to admit we didn’t really know it. So there was this great silence. And Michel said, “Well, I do!” and he pounded into a solo version of it at a very fast clip, and it was really amazing. That to me is Michel—‘Well, I do!’ Man, a confidence you wouldn’t believe.”^[1]

Petrucciani also appeared to have a quirky side. In a Mezzo documentary, he can be heard saying in a humorous voice, “I am very short!”^[6] Pussai, the owner of Owl Records, recalled when he used to carry Michel for convenience. “Sometimes, when I used to carry him, he would bite my ear. We’d walk into a restaurant, and he'd chomp.^[1]

During his last years in New York it seemed Michel’s general attitude of carelessness was magnified. He said to his manager, “I want to have at least five women at once, I want to make a million dollars in one night.” A common theory is that Petrucciani’s awareness of his greatly reduced lifespan compelled his perseverance, success, social life, and recklessness all to extremes, but this does not seem to be the case. Michel himself expressed denial of the life-shortening nature of his disease. In an interview, he said: “My handicap is not mortal. I won’t die because of my handicap. It has nothing to do with that.”^[6] He also said, “Eventually, when I get to be 75, I’ll write a book on my deathbed.”^[3] Yet other reliable sources assert that he was always aware of the potential effects of osteogenesis imperfecta.^[1]

What is known for certain is that Michel Petrucciani was fiercely determined to take all the joy and satisfaction from life that he could. “I’m a brat,” he said. “My philosophy is to have a really good time and never let anything stop me from doing what I want to do. It’s like driving a car, waiting for an accident. That’s no way to drive a car. If you have an accident, you have an accident—c’est la vie.” He certainly lived true to his maxim. Just one week before he died of a pulmonary infection, he was up all night celebrating the new year with his friends.^[8]

Stylistically, Petrucciani is most frequently compared to Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett for his lyricism and Oscar Peterson for his virtuosity. His playing was often quite dramatic; critics accuse him of over-indulgence and cheap showmanship; sometimes dismiss his music as being too accessible. Petrucciani was loose and playful in a rhythm section, and gave attention to a strong articulation of the melody. He sometimes paused at the peaks of his solo lines before descending again, as if in appreciation of his idea.^[4]

Michel distinguished himself most obviously from his primary inspiration in that he lacked Bill Evans’ cerebral approach to the piano. Petrucciani’s interest was primarily in simply playing; he spent little time reharmonizing or arranging.^[4]“When I play, I play with my heart and my head and my spirit….I don’t play to people’s heads, but to their hearts.” he says.^[1] The moments of musical clarity or bliss he describes come during his performances. “You know sometimes when I play a concert…and I have that right timing…those notes make me feel warm and good…it’s like lovemaking, it’s like having an orgasm. Yet despite his emphasis on performance, he disliked applause, calling it old-fashioned and a distraction.^[3]

Michel’s unbridled love of the piano in no way entailed artistic carelessness. Indeed, he described the piano as literally taking him to his grave. “It might lead me to death…meaning that I’d be on my deathbed saying, too bad I can’t live another year, I would have been much better.”^[3] He also complains about mistakes, saying, “…the pitfall is that when I make a mistake it sounds absolutely outrageous, really horrible because everything else is so clear!”^[8]

Wayne Shorter summed up Michel Petrucciani’s essential character and style in this quote:

“There’s a lot of people walking around, full-grown and so-called normal—they have everything that they were born with at the right leg length, arm length, and stuff like that. They’re symmetrical in every way, but they live their lives like they are armless, legless, brainless, and they live their life with blame. I never heard Michel complain about anything. Michel didn’t look in the mirror and complain about what he saw. Michel was a great musician—a great musician—and great, ultimately, because he was a great human being because he had the ability to feel and give to others of that feeling, and he gave to others through his music.”^[1]

Discography[link]

Michel Petrucciani's tomb

• Flash (1980)
• Michel Petrucciani Trio (1981)
• Date with Time (1981)
• Michel Petrucciani (1981)
• Estate (1982)
• Oracle's Destiny (1982)
• Toot Sweet (1982)
• 100 Hearts (1983)
• Live at the Village Vanguard (1984)
• Note'n Notes (1984)
• Cold Blues (1985)
• Pianism (1985)
• Power of Three (1986) with Wayne Shorter and Jim Hall
• Michel plays Petrucciani (1987)
• Music (1989)
• The Manhattan Project (1990) with Wayne Shorter, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, Gil Goldstein and Pete Levin
• Playground (1991)
• Live (1991)
• From the Soul (1991) on December 28, 1991 with Joe Lovano
• Promenade with Duke (1993)
• The Blue Note Years (1993)
• Marvellous (1994)
• Conference De Presse (with Eddy Louiss) (1994)
• Au Theatre Des Champs-Élysées (1994)
• Darn that Dream (1996)
• Flamingo (with Stéphane Grappelli) (1996)
• Both Worlds (1998)
• Live in Germany (1998) and Trio in Tokyo (1999) (with Steve Gadd and Anthony Jackson, recorded in 1997)
• Solo Live (1999)
• Bob Malach & Michel Petrucciani (2000)
• Concerts Inedits/Live (2000)
• Conversation (2001) with Tony Petrucciani

Biography[link]

First biography : "Michel Petrucciani" (2011) by pianist and musicologist Benjamin Halay by Editions Didier Carpentier (prefaced by Didier Lockwood and Alexandre Petrucciani).

Tributes[link]

• A mosaic by Édouard Detmer in honor of Michel Petrucciani has been in the 18th district of Paris since July 2003.

• "Waltz For Michel Petrucciani", a song on the Finnish jazz Trio Töykeät's album Kudos, is dedicated to him.

• Christian Jacob's album Contradictions does his interpretation of eleven of Petrucciani's compositions as a kind of tribute.^[12]

References[link]

See Also[link]

• French jazz

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Michel Petrucciani

• A Tribute to Michel Petrucciani
• Artist site
• Interview (In French)
• "Mezzo" documentary on Petrucciani with interview
• Photos of Michel Petrucciani's grave in Père Lachaise Cemetery
• Photo of Petrucciani at Find a Grave
• Michel Petrucciani profile at Jazz Professional

Mads Mikkelsen
Mads Mikkelsen, 2009
Born	Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen (1965-11-22) 22 November 1965 (age 46) Copenhagen, Denmark
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present
Spouse	Hanne Jacobsen (1987–present)

 Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen (help·info) (born 22 November 1965) is a Danish actor. In May 2012, he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his role in the film The Hunt.^[1]

Life and career[link]

Mikkelsen was born in the Østerbro area of Copenhagen, the son of Bente Christiansen and Henning Mikkelsen, a cab driver. He is the brother of actor Lars Mikkelsen.^[2][3] After attending Århus Theatre School, he made his film debut in the movie Pusher. He has starred in popular Danish movies such as Flickering Lights (Danish: Blinkende lygter), The Green Butchers (Danish: De grønne slagtere), Adam's Apples (Danish: Adams æbler), Valhalla Rising, his film debut Pusher, and Pusher II. Mikkelsen's longest running role was as a policeman in the Danish television series Unit One (Danish: Rejseholdet). He also starred as Tristan in the Jerry Bruckheimer production of King Arthur, as well as playing the villain Le Chiffre in the 2006 James Bond film, Casino Royale. Also in 2006 he took the lead role in the Oscar nominated After the Wedding (Danish: Efter brylluppet).

In 2008, when the Quantum of Solace video game was released, Mikkelsen reprised Le Chiffre, voicing the character throughout. Also in 2008, Mikkelsen, along with fellow James Bond villain Richard Kiel, was invited by Swiss watchmaker Swatch to Bregenz, Austria to present the Swatch 007 Villain Collection.

Mikkelsen had a large supporting role in the 2010 remake of the film Clash Of The Titans, starring as Draco, the leader of the king's guard. Mikkelsen will co-star alongside Harvey Keitel and Roy Dupuis in the Rue Morgue Cinema horror western Cut Throats Nine.^[4]

It has recently been reported that he is in talks to play a villain in Thor 2

Mads Mikkelsen serves as Goodwill Ambassador for Refugees United.

In 2012, he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his role in the film The Hunt.^[1]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mads Mikkelsen

• Mads Mikkelsen at the Internet Movie Database
• MadsOnline.net
• (English)/(French) Interview with Mads Mikkelsen on Filmsactu.com
• Mads Mikkelsen Fansite
• Mads Mikkelsen International Fan Forum Site
• Mads Mikkelsen Official Facebook

Michel Teló
Background information
Born	(1981-01-21) January 21, 1981 (age 31) Medianeira, Paraná, Brazil
Genres	Sertanejo, pop
Occupations	Singer, songwriter
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Universal Music Brazil

Michel Teló (born January 21, 1981) is a Brazilian sertanejo singer-songwriter.^[1][2] Before his solo act, he was a lead singer in various bands, most notably Grupo Tradição. His biggest national and international hit is "Ai Se Eu Te Pego!," a number one in most European countries, Latin America, and the province of Quebec, Canada.

Beginnings[link]

From his early years, Teló has dedicated his life to music. His artistic career began in 1987 when, as a six-year-old, he made ​​his first solo performance in his school choir, singing a piece by Roberto Carlos and Erasmo Carlos. At 10, his musical talent blossomed when his father gave him an accordion. At the age of 12, upon encouragement by neighbors, school friends, and his brothers, he formed a young band for playing traditional music, which was called "Guri" and served to strengthen Teló taste in music in a professional organized manner. He was the band's lead singer and composer. Besides his love for the harmonica, Teló also took piano lessons for five years. He was also dancer and played the accordion, harmonica, and guitar.

In Grupo Tradição (1998–2008)[link]

In 1997, Teló was just 16 when he was invited to join the band Grupo Tradição, making part of the band for 11 years as lead vocals until 2008. His career as a singer took off as he sang the band's biggest hits, such as "Barquinho," "O Caldeirão," "Pra Sempre Minha Vida," "A Brasileira," and "Eu Quero Você." During such period of time, he was the band's front figure, conducting most of the interviews and promotions. According to Teló's former producer Wagner, he left without creating any enmity or hard feelings, as Teló made clear that he wanted to pursue a solo career. He was replaced by Guilherme Bertoldo, but the band had lost most of its appeal due to his departure and soon members began to quit the band, not having enough trust in the viability of the band without Teló.

During this time, he met and married a fan, a dentist named Ana Carolina Lago. After three years dating and another three married, the two legally divorced due to the stress of Teló's incessant touring schedule. Despite his public protestations that all was fine, Lago went public and revealed their official divorce on February 10, 2012. ^[3] he also plays magic cards

Solo career (2008–present)[link]

Michel Teló live

The album Balada Sertaneja was released in 2009 by Brazilian record label Som Livre. It was produced by Ivan Myazato and resulted in two singles: "Ei, psiu! Beijo me liga," a great commercial success, and "Amanhã sei lá". The release of the live album Michel Teló – Ao Vivo was an even bigger success and awarded Teló a gold disc. This culminated in a huge concert on September 16, 2011, attended by reportedly 50,000 people in a double ticket, which included Teló and João Bosco & Vinícius at Terraço Daslu. Throughout 2011, Teló played over 240 shows. According to Forbes magazine,^[4] Teló's Fugidinha Tour was attended by more than 17 million people and Teló has reportedly made $18 million dollars alone in 2011. Teló has also released two DVDs, one containing songs from the 1980s and 1990s, in collaboration with Milionário & José Rico, Bruno e Marrone, and João Bosco & Vinícius, and the other, entitled Michel Na Balada, including new songs.

International fame[link]

Teló in a 2011 sertanejo festival

Many football players have used the signature dance to "Ai Se Eu Te Pego," during goal celebrations, spreading the song's popularity. Brazilian football star Neymar appears on a video dancing the song "Ai Se Eu Te Pego". In the Spanish professional league, Marcelo and Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid danced to the song when Ronaldo scored the first goal against Málaga CF on October 22, 2011. Rafael Nadal has also danced to this song. On October 29, 2011, Brazilian left-back André Santos danced to this song after scoring the 2-2 equalizer in Arsenal's 5–3 defeat of London rivals Chelsea. Recently, in the Super League Greece, Simão, Cleyton, Sebastián Leto and other Panathinaikos' players danced to this song when Cleyton scored the first goal against PAOK on October 30, 2011.

Polish football player Adrian Mierzejewski danced to this song when Paweł Brożek scored goal during the friendly match between Poland and Hungary on 15 November 2011. In the German Bundesliga, Marco Reus performed it with his teammates after each of his three goals for Borussia Mönchengladbach against Werder Bremen on 19 November 2011 when Gladbach outclassed Bremen, winning 5–0. Lewis Holtby]] celebrated his goal in Schalke 04's 4–0 win against Nuremberg with the dance on the same day. Alexander Pato, Kevin-Prince Boateng, and Robinho of Milan were also seen dancing to this song at a training session on 16 November 2011. Lucas, Maxi Rodríguez, and Sebastián Coates of Liverpool danced to this song when Rodríguez scored the first goal against Chelsea on November 28, 2011.

On 10 December 2011, Marquinhos and Ricardo Laborde of Anorthosis danced this song after Marquinhos scored the first goal against Apollon Limassol in Anorthosis's 2–0 victory. On 16 December 2011, in a Turkish Super League match between Orduspor and Galatasaray, Galatasaray players Felipe Melo and Emmanuel Eboué^[5] danced to the song. Falkirk striker Farid El Alagui also danced to this song after scoring against Queen of the South in the Scottish Premier League.

The song serves as the walk-up music for Miguel Montero of the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball when he comes up to bat.

Teló announced he was embarking on a tour in the United States to promote the song in an English version entitled "Oh, If I Catch You!". He is already well known amongst the American Hispanic communities.

Michel Teló is an avid supporter of Brazilian football team Grêmio.

Awards and nominations[link]

At the beginning of his solo career, he released his first album titled Balada Sertaneja which was not a big commercial success, but was still nominated in the category for "Musical Revelation of the Year".

His live album Michel Teló – Ao Vivo, however, was hugely successful and brought him nomination for a Latin Grammy "Best Sertanejo Album".

In 2011, Michel was nominated at the 2011 "Melhores do Movimento Country" for four categories: "Best Singer Solo" "Hit of the Year" for "Ai se eu te pego!", "Best CD" for album Michel Teló – Ao Vivo and "Best Show".

Michel was also nominated for four categories in Premio Multishow de Música Brasileira for "Best Singer", "Musical Revelation," "Best Sertanejo Artist" and "Best Music" for "Ai se eu te pego!"

At Prêmio Vagalume, Michel was nominated for "Site of the Year" and "Social Network" awards.

Charities[link]

In August 2011, Teló took part in the 26th edition of Criança Esperança charity programme alongside Braziliam musicians Leonardo, Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano, Chitãozinho & Xororó and Adair Cardoso. The event was held at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro.

In December 2011, he took part in the 13th edition of Futebol contra a Fome (Portuguese for "Football Against Hunger") charity event at Parque do Sabiá in Uberlândia together with Brazilian celebrities Daniel Alves, Neymar, Gusttavo Lima and Marrone. The event is promoted by brothers Fernando and Alexandre Pires and aims to collecting food donations for poor families. Teló was the top scorer of the match along with professional football player Vágner Love, having scored two goals each.^[6]

Discography[link]

• 2009: Balada Sertaneja (studio album)
• 2010: Michel Teló – Ao Vivo (live album)
• 2011: Michel na Balada (live album)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Michel Teló on Twitter

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Michael Mittermeier (2007)

Michael Mittermeier (b. 3 April 1966 in Dorfen, Upper Bavaria) is a German comedian.

Life[link]

Michael Mittermeier was born in Dorfen, Upper Bavaria. During his childhood he lived in Bavaria. After school he learned theatre. In 1996, Mittermeier started the comedy program Zapped.^[1] Mittermeier earned his fame with his comedy show „Zapped“ (1996) which was shown on his tours in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He also participated in different comedy television shows as well as the German TV show “Wetten, dass..?”. The most well-known parts of Zapped are parodies of German advertisements as well as the US television series MacGyver, which later became a running gag. Mittermeier popularized the term “Arschgeweih” (literally: ass antler) (tramp stamp). The next comedy programs were Wahnsinnlich (1990), Zapped! (1999), Back to Life (2002), Paranoid (2004), Safari (2007) and "Achtung, Baby!" (2010). In 2001, he was featured in the music video for the Guano Apes (credited here as the Guano Babes) song, "Kumba Yo", which received massive airplay on various music channels that year.

Mittermeier was also involved in the 2010 documentary This Prison Where I Live, featuring the Burmese comedian Zarganar who was imprisoned by his country's military junta for lampooning and speaking out against them.

^[2] Mittermeier has been married to singer Gudrun Allwang since 1998.

Literature[link]

1998: Im Rausch der Kanäle (book together with Thomas Hermanns and Gudrun Allwang)

2010: Achtung, Baby!

Awards[link]

• Grazer Kleinkunstvogel
  • 1988
• Prix Pantheon
  • 1996: Publikumspreis Beklatscht & Ausgebuht
• Goldene Europa
  • 1998: Category Comedy
• Deutscher Comedypreis
  • 1999: Best Comedian (Publikumspreis)
  • 2000: Best Comedian (Publikumspreis)
  • 2002: Best Live-Comedy for „Back to life“
  • 2004: Best Live-Comedy
  • 2008: Best Comedian
• Eins Live Krone (WDR)
  • 2000: Best Comedian
  • 2001: Best Comedian
• Echo
  • 2001: Category Comedy
• Schneestern von Arosa
  • 2000
• Zeck-Kabarettpreis
  • 2005: Award

Notes[link]

1. ^ ZDF:Biography Michael Mittermeier
2. ^ Mittermeier:Safari

External links[link]

• Michael Mittermeier