Irena Jarocka

Irena Jarocka

Irena Jarocka, Poznan , 2010
Background information
Born (1946-08-18)18 August 1946
Srebrna Góra, Poland
Origin Poland
Died 21 January 2012 (aged 65)
Warsaw, Poland
Genres Pop
Occupation(s) Singer
Years active 1966–2012
Labels Universal Music Poland
Website http://www.irenajarocka.pl

Irena Jarocka (18 August 1946 – 21 January 2012), was a Polish singer.

Career

Education

Jarocka was born in Srebrna Góra, Poland. She graduated from the V Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Stefana Żeromskiego, and the faculty of music studies at Średnia Szkoła Muzyczna in Gdańsk, studying under professor Halina Mickiewiczówna. She later graduated from a Faculty of Biology at a teachers’ college. Between 1969 and 1973 she lived in Paris on a scholarship, studying at Le Petit Conservatoire de la Chanson.[1]

Performance

Jarocka participated in amateur singing competitions, and worked with Zespół Estradowy Marynarki Wojennej Flotylla. In 1966, at 20 years old, she debuted at Klub Rudy Kot in Gdańsk, and first participated in the Krajowy Festiwal Piosenki Polskiej in Opole. She also performed at the Sopot Festival. She recorded albums for the Philips label and performed in concerts with Michel Sardou, Enrico Macias, Charles Aznavour, and Mireille Mathieu. She sang outside Poland, in such countries as Germany, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, Luxembourg, Australia and France, and for Polish communities in the USA and Canada. She worked with Polanie, Czerwone Gitary, Budka Suflera, and Exodus.[1]) [2]

Film and TV

Jarocka acted with Andrzej Kopiczyński in the film adaptation of Motylem jestem, czyli romans 40-latka (I am a butterfly, or a 40-year-old's romance), scripted and directed by Jerzy Gruza and Krzysztof Teodor Toeplitz. In the film Jarocka sang her own songs, including "Motylem jestem" ("I am a butterfly") and "Po prostu człowiek" ("Simply a human").[3]

Her performances and programs were recorded for Telewizja Polska stations in Gdańsk, Łódź, Poznań, Wrocław, Katowice, and Warsaw, including Irena Jarocka zaprasza (Irena Jarocka Invites You), Irena Jarocka i jej goście (Irena Jarocka and Guests), Spotkanie z gwiazdą (A Meeting with a Star), Mężczyzna na niepogodę (Man for Bad Weather), Największe przeboje Ireny Jarockiej (Biggest Hits of Irena Jarocka), Zwariowany dzień (A Crazy Day), and Bo wszystko jest piosenką francuską (Because Everything is a French Song). She also took part in Muzyka łączy pokolenia (Music Connects Generations) on TVP3.[3]

In 2006, in the USA, she took part in the Amerykańskie Rozmowy w toku (American Conversations) with Ewa Drzyzga. The show dealt with famous Poles trying to make a living abroad.[3]

Later life

From 1990 she lived in the United States with her second husband, Michał Sobolewski, whom she married in 1989 while being in relationship for 35 years till her last day, and their daughter, Monika. She was performing continuously in the States and European countries. Her first marriage, to Marian Zacharewicz, was dissolved.[4] She maintained continuous ties with her public in Poland while living periodically in Warsaw during her frequent concert tours there. In 2007, she published an autobiographical novel, Motylem jestem, czyli piosenka o mnie samej[5] She died, aged 65, in Warsaw, from brain cancer.[6]

Awards

Discography

Albums

Singles

Compilation albums

References and sources

  1. 1 2 "Nie żyje piosenkarka Irena Jarocka" (in Polish). Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Pogrzeb Ireny Jarockiej na Powązkach" (in Polish). 27 January 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 Wywiad w Super Expresie; accessed 2 October 2014. (in Polish)
  4. ↑ Wywiad w Wiadomości24.pl, wiadomosci24.pl; accessed 2 October 2014 (in Polish).
  5. ↑ Jarocka, Irena (2007) Motylem jestem, czyli piosenka o mnie samej, Proszynski I S-Ka; ISBN 978-83-7648-836-3; retrieved 2 May 2011
  6. ↑ Notice of death of Irena Jarocka, wiadomosci.onet.pl; accessed 2 October 2014.

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