Biography: arts and entertainment

Georgi Wassiljewitsch Swiridow gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Komponisten der Sowjetunion und Meister der russischen Musik des 20.

Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa is on a quest to describe how she became an all-round performer after a childhood in a quiet and undramatic migrant family.

Iwan Konstantinowitsch Aiwasowski gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Marinemaler des 19.

The definitive biography of one of the world s most famous women.

In 2012 Joy Womack made history when she became the first American ballerina to sign a contract with the Bolshoi Ballet Theater in Moscow, Russia.

Step into the world of Renaissance art, where the genius of Michelangelo met the ambi-tions of the Popes.