Daniel Ochoa

Daniel Ochoa (born 17 August 1979) is a German baritone.

Biography

Daniel Ochoa was born in 1979 and studied with Anthony Baldwin, Hans-Joachim Beyer, and Thomas Quasthoff. Among his additional teachers are Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Matthias Goerne, Rudolf Piernay, Christa Maria Ziese, and Michael Rhodes.

In 2003 Ochoa received the 1st prize at the Albert Lortzing Competition in Leipzig, and the following year was awarded a Richard Wagner Award scholarship.

As an opera singer he has appeared at various opera houses in roles including the title roles in Rossini's Il barbiere di siviglia, Mozart's Don Giovanni, Joseph Haydn's Lo Speziale

Ochoa has also performed as a soloist at the Berliner Philharmonie, the Semperoper Dresden, the Wiener Konzerthaus, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, the Dresdner Frauenkirche, the Konzerthaus at Berlin’s Gendarmenmarkt, the Stiftskirche Stuttgart, the Izumi Hall in Osaka, the Hitomi Hall in Tokyo, International House of Music in Moscow and the Konzerthaus DeSingel in Antwerp and at festivals such as Lucerne Festival in Switzerland, the Leipzig Bach Festival, the Festival of Flanders, and the Dresden Days of Contemporary Music with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Thomanerchor, the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Dresden Philharmonic.

Daniel

Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means, "God is my judge", and derives from two early biblical figures, primary among them Daniel from the Book of Daniel. It is a common given name for males, and is also used as a surname. It is also the basis for various derived given names and surnames.

Background

The name evolved into over 100 different spellings in countries around the world. Nicknames (Dan, Danny) are common in both English and Hebrew, although in some instances "Dan" may be a complete given name rather than a nickname. The name "Daniil" (Даниил) is common in Russia. Feminine versions (Danielle, Daniela, Daniella, Dani, Danitza) are prevalent as well. The Dutch names "Daan" and "Daniël" are also variations of Daniel. A related surname developed as a patronymic, Daniels. Other surnames derived from "Daniel" include McDaniel and Danielson.

In the United States, the U.S. Social Security Administration reports that Daniel has peaked as the fifth most popular name for newborns in 1985, 1990, 2007, and 2008. The U.S. Census Bureau reported that in the 2000 census, "Daniels" was the 182nd most common surname in the U.S., while "McDaniel" was ranked at 323, and "Daniel" (without a final "s") was ranked at 380.

Daniel (Bat for Lashes song)

"Daniel" is a song by English recording artist Bat for Lashes, from her second studio album, Two Suns. It is her best selling single to date, selling over 46,000 copies worldwide. The song was announced as the lead single from Two Suns in January 2009, then released as a digital download single on 1 March 2009, and as a 7" vinyl single on 6 April 2009. The track was written by Natasha Khan and produced by David Kosten, as with all tracks on the album. Ira Wolf Tuton from Yeasayer provided the bass lines for the song and Khan did the rest of the instrumentation herself. Khan said in an interview with The Sun newspaper that "Daniel" is based on a fictional character that she fell in love with as a teenager. The single's cover features Khan with an image of the character Daniel LaRusso, from the film The Karate Kid, painted on her back. A character much like LaRusso also features at the end of the music video which goes with the song. The B-side of the 7" is a cover version of a 1980 single by The Cure.

Daniel (department store)

Daniel is an English department store chain and Royal Warrant holder, with its flagship store situated in central Windsor. It was established in 1901 by Walter James Daniel, and is privately owned.

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Coordinates: 51°28′55″N 0°36′35″W / 51.4820°N 0.6097°W / 51.4820; -0.6097