<p><span style="font-size: small; color: #ffff00;"><em>Ricardo Pellegrin <strong>El Kady</strong></em> is an artist, musician, author and composer of great talents.&nbsp; With origins from &ldquo;Guin&eacute;e-Bissau&rdquo;, he blends sounds from four continents <em>(Africa, South America, Asia &amp; Europe)</em>.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small; color: #ffff00;"><strong><em>El Kady</em></strong> was finalist in the 1994 <em>Radio France International contest</em>, chosen from 800 participants hailing from 52 countries.&nbsp; This troubadour of modern times is a pioneer and figurehead of World Beat in Canada.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small; color: #ffff00;"><strong><em>El Kady </em></strong>received the<strong><em> Gold Medal</em></strong> for best author-composer in the World music category at the prestigious international contest <em>SONG EXPO Benelux International 2000</em> in the Netherlands among more than 1000 participants from many countries.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small; color: #ffff00;">Among other awards and honors, <strong><em>El Kady</em></strong> has recently received a <strong>Certificate of Achievement</strong> from the<em> 12th Annual UNISONG International Songwriting Contest</em> and was among the <em>Top 20 Finalist</em> in the World Music category with the song <em>&ldquo;Ilha Dos Amores&rdquo;.</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small; color: #ffff00;"><strong><em>El Kady</em></strong> is also a <em>film and video producer</em> and <em>music for film composer</em>.&nbsp; He is a <em>guitarist, percussionist, singer, songwriter </em>and<em> poet.</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small; color: #ffff00;">Since 2009 to date (July 2011), <strong><em>El Kady</em></strong> musical work is among the<strong> Top 10 Artists and # 1 in the <em>World music category</em></strong> at the great International Contest <em>"IMA Hollywoodstar" </em>in the USA &ndash;LA-California.&nbsp; <span style="color: #ff6600;"><a href="http://imahollywoodstar.com/index.php">http://imahollywoodstar.com/index.php</a></span></span></p>