Zdeněk Bláha
Illustration — Zdeněk Bláha Zdeněk Bláha (27 December 1929 – 21 October 2025) was a Czech composer, editor and bagpiper.
Also recorded as Zdenek Blaha
Zdeněk Bláha
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- Born
- 1929 · Horní Bříza.
- Died
- 2025
- Nationality
- Czech Republic
- Occupation
- composer · bagpiper · folklorist · musician · collector · writer · radio editor · editing staff
- Fields
- folkloristics · music · radio · collecting
- Languages
- Czech
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Bláha was born in Horní Bříza on 27 December 1929. From 1955 he worked as a music editor for folklore at the Czech Radio Plzeň. He was the founder and presenter of the folklore program Hrají a zpívají Plzeňáci (Pilsners Play and Sing), which was broadcast from 1958 to 1998. In 1958, he founded the folklore ensemble Úsměv in Horní Bříza which soon became one of the best ensembles processing Czech folklore. In 1955 he co-founded Konrádyho dudácká muzika (Konrády's Bagpipe Band) in Domažlice. In 1986, he was awarded the Czechoslovak Radio Award. Bláha died on 21 October 2025, at the age of 95.
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1929
Zdeněk Bláha born at Horní Bříza.
2025
Zdeněk Bláha died.
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- 1.Vltava Labe Media. Zdeněk Bláha, který nestárne. Plzeňský deník. 2009-12-24.
- 2.Bláha, Zdeněk. Český hudební slovník.
- 3.Czech Television. Dudy jsou slyšet všudy - Folklorika.
- 4.Souček, Stanislav. Zemřel muzikant Zdeněk Bláha, s Antonínem Konrádym zakládali dudáckou kapelu. Domažlický deník. Vltava Labe Media. 2025-10-22.
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Zdeněk Bláha is recorded as composer, bagpiper, folklorist, musician and collector.
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