Nové Zámky District in the Nitra region

Leľa (Hungarian: Leléd) is a village and municipality in the Nové Zámky District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia.

History[link]

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1262.

Geography[link]

The village lies at an altitude of 124 metres and covers an area of 8.24 km². It has a population of about 400 people.

Ethnicity[link]

The population is about 87% Hungarian and 12% Slovak.

Facilities[link]

The village has a public library and a football pitch.

External links[link]

• http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html

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Coordinates: 47°51′0″N 18°47′0″E / 47.85°N 18.783333°E / 47.85; 18.783333

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Lela Tsurtsumia (in Georgian: ლელა წურწუმია ) (born 1969, in Tbilisi) is a Georgian Pop folk singer. She's popular since 1999 and nowadays is the most popular Georgian singer.^[1]

Music style[link]

Lela Tsurtsumia's music is more pop and soul, but there's tunes of ethno/folk music. Earlier in her career, some electronic tunes too. e.g. her track "Idumali Game" was remixed by DJ AKA.

Band[link]

In 2006 Lela begins to form her live band. After two months rehearsals Lela and band began touring Georgia, they had two concerts in Greece, Athens. After that they were invited to held "Imedi TV" sessions. This was live concert, which was recorded and then released as DVD and CD, called LIVE - Lela Tsurtsumia.

Band features:

• Irakli Menteshashvili - keyboards
• Chabuka Amiranashvili - Saxophone
• Maia Kachkachishvili - keyboards
• Lasha Abashmadze - Bass guitar
• Levan Sharashidze - Guitar
• Ramaz Khudoevi - percussion
• Nika Abashmadze - drums
• Vaska Kutuxov - Garmoni
• Gio Mamula - Traki
• Hsota - Duduning

Back vocals:

• Rati Durglishvili
• Gvanca Kachkachishvili

Sound engineer:

• Alex Nonikoff

2000-2007[link]

Her concert in 2000 was the first show concert in Georgia, held by Georgian singer.^[2] In 2002, Tsurtsumia had another successful show at Tbilisi Sport Hall, more than 25,000 spectators attended the show, it was record. Another record was in 2004, when she released the popular album Suleli Tsvima (Crazy Rain), which sold more than 60,000 copies in Georgia. Tsurtsumia also has sold more than 10,000 albums abroad, in Israel, U.S., Russia. Tsurtsumia's song's are covered in other countries. E.g., In Armenia she's so popular, that songs like "Samba" and "Love Story" charted #1 in Armenia and were covered by Armenian singers. After 2006 Tsurtsumia appears on stage only with her live jazz-band. On 11 August 2006, she had live concert in Zugdidi in front of more than 40 000 people.^[3] In 2007 Tsurtsumia released her first live album called LIVE - Lela Tsurtsumia. "Never seen before quality of live performance and post-production in Georgia"^{[cite this quote]} - told one Georgian music magazine reviewer in review. In 2007 Tsurtsumia signed label Art Lend and her albums were distributed on some European e-stores, such as The Orchard.^[4]

References[link]

• official web-page
• official MySpace page
• buy Lela's 3 albums from here
• Lela's 3 albums on Orchard E-store
• Tsurtsumia starring in film "Khapangi"
• Album "The Best" in the USA

Notes[link]

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Dulce Pontes
Dulce Pontes at the 2009 Vienna Festival
Background information
Born	(1969-03-08) March 8, 1969 (age 43)
Genres	Fado, world music, classical, pop
Occupations	vocalist, musician, songwriter, actor
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Universal
Website	www.dulcepontes.net/.

Dulce José Silva Pontes (born April 8, 1969) is a Portuguese songwriter and singer who performs in many musical styles, including pop, folk and classical music. She is usually defined as a world music artist. Her songs contributed to the 1990s revival of Portuguese urban folk music called fado.

Biography[link]

Pontes was born in 1969 in Montijo, a town in the District of Setúbal, near Lisbon. She trained as a pianist, and started a career in singing after entering a competition in her hometown at the age of 18. She soon became an actress on Portuguese television and theater. In 1991, she won the national music festival with her song "Lusitana Paixão" (known in English as "Tell Me"), which led her to represent Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest. She finished 8th in the competition, which is to date the fourth-best finish for a Portuguese performer.

"Canção do Mar" (Song of the Sea), one of her many international hits, was later recorded by Sarah Brightman, under the name "Harem", and became a #1 Dance & Crossover hit in the US for Brightman.

Pontes started her career as a mainstream pop artist, but over the years she has evolved to become a world music singer. She blends traditional fado with contemporary styles and searches out new forms of musical expression. She introduced musical traditions of the Iberian Peninsula in her work, rediscovered many long forgotten popular tunes and found use for obsolete musical instruments. Her work is inspired and influenced not only by Iberian musical tradition, but also Arabic, African, Brazilian and Bulgarian sounds. She sings mostly in her native Portuguese, as well as Spanish, Galician, Mirandese, Italian, English, Arabic and Greek.

Dulce Pontes has collaborated with Cesária Évora, Caetano Veloso, Marisa Monte, Carlos Núñez, the Chieftains, Kepa Junkera, Eleftheria Arvanitaki, George Dalaras, Andrea Bocelli (O Mar e Tu, duet sung by Pontes in Portuguese and Bocelli in Neapolitan, for his 1999 album Sogno), and others. Her song "Canção do Mar" appeared on the soundtrack of Hollywood film Primal Fear. A 30-second piece of that same song serves as the theme to the NBC police drama Southland. Her album Focus is the fruit of a collaboration with Italian composer Ennio Morricone with whom she has also performed live.

In June 2006, Pontes prepared her double LP O Coração Tem Três Portas (The Heart Has Three Doors). It was recorded live without an audience in Convent of the Order of Christ in Tomar and St Mary Church in Óbidos. According to the artist, it is "her most personal and intimate album." It includes Portuguese folk music, mostly fado. "^[1] It was released in December 2006.

In 2009, Pontes released Momentos, a double disc collection that includes songs from her 20 year career as well as several previously unreleased tracks.^[2] Currently, she is working on an album of all new songs which is titled Nudez.

Discography[link]

• Lusitana (1992)
• Lágrimas (1993) (Tears)
• Brisa do Coração (1995) (Breeze of the heart) - album live recorded during a concert held May 6, 1995, in Porto.
• Caminhos (1996) (Paths)
• O Primeiro Canto (1999) (The first chant/song)
• Best Of (2002)
• Focus (2003) - with Ennio Morricone collaboration.
• O Coração Tem Três Portas (2006) (The heart has three doors) - including a DVD, recorded live in a convent and church
• Momentos (2009) (Moments)

References[link]

1. ^ http://www.hoy.es/prensa/20061116/sociedad/cantante-dulce-pontes-presentara_20061116.html La cantante Dulce Pontes presentará su último disco en Elvas
2. ^ http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/musica/dulce-pontes-entrevista-video-momentos-novo-disco-nudez/1067643-4060.html Dulce Pontes recorda 20 anos de carreira em disco

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Dulce Pontes

• (English) (Portuguese) Pontes's Official Website
• (English) Aviv Productions site
• (Spanish) Universal Music site