Jarmila Šuláková
Jarmila Šuláková (27 June 1929 – 11 February 2017) was a Czech vocalist and occasional actress. She was a significant exponent of Moravian traditional music, sometimes called the "queen of the folk song". She was born in Vsetín, Moravian Wallachia, into an artistic family.
Also recorded as Jarmila Sulakova
Jarmila Šuláková
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- Born
- 1929 · Vsetín.
- Nationality
- Czech Republic · Czechoslovakia
- Occupation
- salesperson · singer · actress · dancer
- Fields
- folklore · traditional folk song
- Movements
- traditional folk music
- Honours
- Národní umělec · Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia · Czech Medal of Merit
- Languages
- Czech
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Jarmila Šuláková (27 June 1929 – 11 February 2017) was a Czech vocalist and occasional actress. She was a significant exponent of Moravian traditional music, sometimes called the "queen of the folk song". She was born in Vsetín, Moravian Wallachia, into an artistic family.
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Filmography
• Ještě svatba nebyla (1954) • Všichni mají talent (1984)
Gravestone of Jarmila Šuláková in Wallachian Open Air Museum, Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, Vsetín District, Zlín Region, Czechia
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Her mother was an actress, dancer and singer, her father was a musician. She studied to be a seamstress. In 1950 she began working as a sales assistant in the Supraphon shop in Vsetín, where she remained until her retirement in 1985. They had one child, daughter Zuzana. Šuláková sang in various ensembles since her school years. Since 1952, she was a soloist of BROLN (The Orchestra of Traditional Folk Instruments of the Brno Radio), with which she performed in the former Czechoslovakia and abroad (Vietnam, China, Mongolia, the Soviet Union, Korea, Cuba, Belgium, United Kingdom, Senegal, Bulgaria, Romania, Japan, USA, Canada, Poland, Germany, Netherlands, Finland, Denmark). Her collaboration with BROLN lasted until October 1993. From 1994 to 2011 she regularly performed with the folk-rock group Fleret. Her songs appeared on numerous audio recordings. In 1979, she was awarded the title Merited Artist and in 1989 she was named National Artist. Additionally, she won 1955 bronze award and 1957 silver award at the World Festival of Youth and Students. Šuláková died in Vsetín on 11 February 2017 at the age of 87.
The recorded working language is Czech. The field of work recorded is folklore and traditional folk song. Places of work recorded in the authority are Vsetín. Distinctions recorded are Národní umělec, Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia and Czech Medal of Merit.
• Jarmila Šuláková (LP, Supraphon 1979, 1117 2549 G) • A vy páni muziganti. Folk Songs From Moravian Wallachia (CD, Supraphon 1993, 11 1839-2 711) • Fleret & Jarmila Šuláková (CD, 1995) • Kyčera, Kyčera (songs from 1954 to 1971, CD, Czech Radio + Galén 2014, originally Supraphon, G 14 061 2)
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- 1.Pustějovská, Ivana. Rozsévačka písní Jarmila Šuláková. Mladá fronta DNES. iDNES. 21 February 2003.
- 2.iDNES (originally ČTK). Ve věku 87 let zemřela známá folklórní zpěvačka Jarmila Šuláková. 11 February 2017.
- 3.Czech Television. Královna lidové písně slavila tradičně: na Valašsku a s cimbálem. 27 June 2014.
- 4.novinky.cz (originally ČTK). Zpěvačka Jarmila Šuláková končí. 26 October 2011.
- 5.Kovaříková, Kateřina. Folklorní okénko 22. srpna 2012: Jarmila Šuláková. Radio Proglas. 22 August 2012.
- 6.Suchá, Lenka. Šuláková: Muzika je pro mě lékem na všechny rány. Deník. denik.cz. 22 August 2009.
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