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"Self-portrait Thomas Schweicker (December 21, 1540 - October 7, 1602) was a German artist and calligrapher. He was noted for being a painter even though he had no arms or hands. Life Schweicker was born in Schwäbisch Hall, to Hans and Dorothea Schweicker. His father was a baker and a councilor, and later a judge. Schweicker was the 6th of 8 children, and had four brothers and three sisters. He was born without arms, presumably due to amniotic band syndrome. Nevertheless, he learned not only to master every day tasks like washing and dressing himself, but also to write, by using his feet. By age seven, he began his schooling, and by age twelve, he was enrolled in the Schwäbisch Hall Latin school. Calligraphy and Celebrity Status Schweicker had a talent for calligraphy, and soon became adept at creating elaborate documents. This, combined with his ‘unusual’ technique soon made him a celebrity. Many visitors came to Schwäbisch Hall to see him, watch him work, and buy a piece of his art. In 1570, he met both Kaiser Maximilian II and Prince-elector August of Saxony, and impressed them with his work. In 1584 he was invited to come to Heidelberg, to perform at court for audiences. Schweicker stayed there until 1598, working mainly as a painter. Death Schweicker died in the early morning hours of October 7, 1602 following a short illness. Memorial plaque to Thomas Schweicker at St Michael's church, Schwäbisch Hall He was buried at St Michael’s, where his Death Certificate, created by himself ten years before, along with a depiction of him at work, are still on display. References * Category:1540 births Category:1602 deaths Category:People from Schwäbisch Hall Category:People without hands Category:Mouth and foot painting artists "

— Thomas Schweicker 🍄

"Antonio Pedrotti (1956) Antonio Pedrotti (August 14, 1901 - May 15, 1975 in Trento) was an Italian conductor and composer. He studied literature at the university and music at the conservatory in Rome. In 1924 he completed his composition studies under Ottorino Respighi and continued studying conducting with Bernardino Molinari. From 1938 to 1944 he was Molinari's assistant and co-director of Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. He collaborated also with La Scala and l'Orchestra dell'Angelicum in Milan as well as with the Vienna State Opera and with soloists like Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli or David Oistrakh. According to the family tradition, he supported the musical life in his home town and became conductor of the philharmonic orchestra and director of the conservatory ("Liceo Musicale") in Trento. As a composer he collaborated also with the SAT man's chorus Trento. Since 1989, an international conducting competition takes place every year in that city in his honor ("Concorso internazionale per Direttori d'Orchestra Antonio Pedrotti"). Pedrotti had also a long association with orchestras in then Czechoslovakia. From 1950 to 1972 he was a frequent guest conductor of the Czech Philharmonic, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra (SOČR) and Slovak Philharmonic, with whom he made a large number of outstanding performances and recordings (over twenty first Czech recordings of compositions of Johannes Brahms, Gustav Mahler, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Antonio Vivaldi, Modest Musorgsky, Ottorino Respighi, Béla Bartók, Igor Stravinsky etc.). With the Czech Philharmonic he collaborated more than forty times, including concerts in Switzerland and Great Britain (London). He was well respected particularly for his interpretations of impressionistic and classical music. His way of working with the orchestra as well as his intellect, imagination and sense of facture and colour continued Václav Talich's tradition and played an important role in the development of the Czech Philharmonic. References * * * External links * František Sláma (musician) Archive. More on the history of the Czech Philharmonic between the 1940s and the 1980s: Conductors * "Antonio Pedrotti" International Conducting Competition - Concorso internazionale per Direttori d'Orchestra A. Pedrotti * * Pedrotti and the SAT man's chorus Trento Category:1901 births Category:1975 deaths Category:Italian male conductors (music) Category:Italian male composers Category:20th-century Italian conductors (music) Category:20th-century Italian composers Category:20th- century Italian male musicians "

— Antonio Pedrotti 🍄

"The World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup is one of the four major golf tournaments for women on the LPGA of Japan Tour. It was founded in 1973 by Nippon Television and has been classified as a major since 2008. The annual tournament is held at the Ibaraki Golf Club in Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki, and Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical serves as the title sponsor. Tournament names *1973–84 World Ladies Golf Tournament *1985–86 Roku Konishi Cup World Ladies Golf Tournament *1987–92 Konica Cup World Ladies Golf Tournament *1993 World Ladies Golf Tournament *1994–99 Gunze Cup World Ladies Golf Tournament *2000–04 Nichirei Cup World Ladies Golf Tournament *2005–07 Salonpas World Ladies Golf Tournament *2008–present World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup Winners *2019 Hinako Shibuno *2018 Jiyai Shin *2017 Kim Ha-neul *2016 Lexi Thompson *2015 Chun In-gee *2014 Misuzu Narita *2013 Hiromi Mogi *2012 Ahn Sun-ju *2011 Ahn Sun-ju *2010 Morgan Pressel *2009 Shinobu Moromizato *2008 Akiko Fukushima *2007 Mi-Jeong Jeon *2006 Shiho Oyama *2005 Yuri Fudoh *2004 Rui Kitada *2003 Annika Sörenstam *2002 Yuri Fudoh *2001 Karrie Webb *2000 Karrie Webb *1999 Yoko Inoue *1998 Liselotte Neumann *1997 Tseng Hsiu-feng *1996 Haga Yukiyo *1995 Kaori Higo *1994 Yuan Zaishu *1993 Mayumi Hirase *1992 Yuuko Moriguchi *1991 Beth Daniel *1990 Beth Daniel *1989 Fukumi Tani *1988 Kayoko Ikoma *1987 Ayako Okamoto *1986 Casey Chan *1985 Ai-Yu Tu *1984 Cai Lixiang *1983 Tomiko Ikebuchi *1982 Ai-Yu Tu *1981 Jan Stephenson *1980 Masako Sasaki *1979 Beth Daniel *1978 Yuko Moriguchi *1977 Ayako Okamoto *1976 Jane Blalock *1975 Jane Blalock *1974 Hisako Higuchi *1973 Hisako Higuchi External links * Category:LPGA of Japan Tour events Category:1973 establishments in Japan Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1973 Category:Sport in Ibaraki Prefecture Category:Nippon TV original programming "

— World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup 🍄

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