Vladimír Merta
Vladimír Merta (born 20 January 1946 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech folk singer-songwriter. He was also journalist, writer, photographer, architect, filmmaker and author of film music. He has recorded many solo albums.
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Vladimír Merta
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- Name
- Vladimír Merta
- Born
- 20 January 1946
- Birthplace
- Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Nationality
- Czech Republic · Czechoslovakia
- Occupation
- singer · film director · composer · songwriter · poet · photographer · journalist · writer
- Fields
- traditional folk
- Education
- Academy of Performing Arts
- Honours
- participant in the resistance and resistance against communism
- Languages
- Czech
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Vladimír Merta (born 20 January 1946 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech folk singer-songwriter. He was also journalist, writer, photographer, architect, filmmaker and author of film music. He has recorded many solo albums.
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In 2011 he released the album Ponorná řeka with rock band Etc…. In the summer of 1976 and 1977 he performed at the Koncert mladosti festival in Pezinok, Slovakia.
Vladimír Merta during the 2016 anniversary of Velvet revolution, Prague, CZ
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• Name — Vladimír Merta • Landscape — yes • Born — 20 January 1946 • Birthplace — Prague, Czechoslovakia • Genre — Folk music • Instrument — Guitar, vocals, harmonica • Years Active — 1960s–present • Website — http: www.vladimirmerta.cz/
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Vladimír Merta is classed in the genre traditional folk music. Recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded as singer, film director, composer, songwriter and poet.
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1946
Vladimír Merta was born on 20 January 1946.
Discography
• Ballades de Prague (1969) • Pravda o Marii (recorded 1970, unreleased) • P.S. (1978) • Vladimír Merta 1 (1989) • Vladimír Merta 2 (1989) • Struny ve větru (1989) • Hodina vlka (1990) • Chtít chytit vítr (1992) • Bití rublem (1992) • Svátky trpělivosti (1992) • Sefardské inspirace (1996; with Jana Lewitová) • Nebuď nikdy sám (1997) • Obrázky v kartách (1998) • Svátky trpělivosti (1999) • Mít míň je víc (1999) • Ametysty (2000) • Bývaly časy (2001) • Drobné lži (2003) • Filmy v hlavě (2004) • Jánošík (2007) • Ve tmě mě zanechte... (2008; with Jana Lewitová; Czech versions of John Dowland's songs) • LIVE / Malostranská beseda 1988 (2010) • Ponorná řeka (2011; with Etc...) • Včerejší vydání (2011; with Jan Hrubý)
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