Jarmila Šuláková

Jarmila Šuláková performing in 2009
From 1994 to 2011 she has collaborated with the Czech folk-rock group Fleret

Jarmila Šuláková (born 27 June 1929[1]) is a Czech folk singer and occasional actress. She is a significant exponent of Moravian traditional music, and she is sometimes called the "queen of the folk song".[2]

She was born in Vsetín, Moravian Wallachia, into an artistic family. Her mother was an actress, dancer and singer, her father was a musician. She studied to be a seamstress.[3] In 1950 she began working as a sales assistant in the Supraphon shop in Vsetín,[3] where she remained until her retirement in 1985.[1] She married the violinist Ludvík Schmidt (died in 1970[1]). They had one child, Zuzana.[1]

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 has performed in the former Czechoslovakia and abroad (Vietnam, China, Mongolia, the Soviet Union, Korea, Cuba, Belgium, United Kingdom, Senegal, Bulgaria, Romania, Japan, USA,[4] Canada, Poland, Germany, Netherlands, Finland, Denmark). Her collaboration with BROLN lasted up to October 1993. From 1994 to 2011 she regularly performed with the folk-rock group Fleret.[3]

Her songs appeared on numerous audio recordings. In 1979, she was awarded the title Merited Artist and in 1989 she was named National Artist.[5] Additionally, she won 1955 bronze award and 1957 silver award at the World Festival of Youth and Students.

Selected discography

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Pustějovská, Ivana (21 February 2003). "Rozsévačka písní Jarmila Šuláková". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). iDNES. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Královna lidové písně slavila tradičně: na Valašsku a s cimbálem" (in Czech). Czech Television. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Zpěvačka Jarmila Šuláková končí" (in Czech). novinky.cz (originally ČTK). 26 October 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Kovaříková, Kateřina (22 August 2012). "Folklorní okénko 22. srpna 2012: Jarmila Šuláková" (in Czech). Radio Proglas. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 Suchá, Lenka (22 August 2009). "Šuláková: Muzika je pro mě lékem na všechny rány". Deník (in Czech). denik.cz. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
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