Aurelio Voltaire Aurelio Voltaire Aurelio Voltaire Hernández (born January 25, 1967), professionally known as Aurelio Voltaire or by the mononym Voltaire, is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and musician. His professional name is his given middle name, which was the pen name of the famous French Enlightenment writer François-Marie Arouet. Voltaire is also an experienced animator and comic artist, and is a professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. In the past, when asked about his real name, Voltaire avoided the question or implied that his real name is in fact Voltaire. Voltaire chose to use his middle
Fran Landesman albums in his back catalogue, but this album fulfilled a promise he made to her to devote an entire album to her songs. In 1996, Fran Landesman appeared on "Desert Island Discs" and requested a supply of cannabis seeds as her luxury item. The BBC received a number of complaints. In the 1970s, Fran Landesman also began writing and publishing poetry. In the UK she became better known for this work than for her songs. She published several volumes of poetry, and performed her work at festivals and on BBC Radio. In the last 10 years of her life, Landesman