Lenka Dusilová

Lenka Dusilová
Background information
Birth name Lenka Dusilová
Born December 28, 1975 (1975-12-28) (age 36)
Origin Karlovy Vary
Czech Republic
Genres Alternative rock, Acoustic
Occupations Singer-songwriter
Instruments Guitar
Years active 1988–present
Labels B&M
Universal
Independent
Website lenkad.com

Lenka Dusilová (born December 28, 1975) is a Czech Angel Award-winning singer-songwriter.

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Career

Dusilová began her professional career in 1988, joining the world-renowned children's choir Bambini di Praga at the age of 13.

Earlier she enjoyed her family band RSP with her mother and brother. They did own folk music which was set on old Czech and Polish poetry.

During the '90s, Dusilová was a member of several groups, most notably Lucie, the Czech Republic's biggest pop-rock band, playing guitar and singing on several CDs. The band opened for the 1995 Rolling Stones show in Prague's Strahov Stadium.

From 1991 to 1995 she was leader of the rock band Sluníčko (Little Tiny Sun), which released an eponymous CD in 1994, won the Marlboro Rock '94 competition, and opened the Open Air Gampell music festival in Switzerland. Dusilová was nominated for the 1994 "Discovery of the Year" Angel Award.

After Sluníčko she formed Pusa (Kiss/Mouth) with two members of Lucie. Their song "Muka" (Wheels of Desire) was nominated for an Angel Award in 1996. She and Lucie's David Koller also collaborated on the soundtracks for two films, and several of her recent songs have been included on film soundtracks.

Dusilová won the Angel Award as best female vocalist in 2000. She has been voted best female vocalist every year since 2000 by readers of the premier Czech music magazine, Report. She performs and records with her band, Secret Service.

Since 2000 Dusilová, in addition to her solo work, has recorded and performed with the Czech Republic's preeminent folk-rock band, Czechomor. She appeared on the band's breakthrough album, "Proměny" (Transformations) produced by punkster-turned-classical-composer Jaz Coleman, who characterized her as "a great talent". Coleman merged Czechomor's electrified traditional sound with the rich symphonic power of the Czech Philharmonic Collegium. Dusilová's duet with Czechomor's Franta Cerny of the CD's title song was a fixture on the Czech charts for months in 2001 and won the Angel Award as song of the year. The "Proměny" CD went multiple platinum and won the Angel for album of the year.

Dusilová records for Universal Music, tours regularly in the Czech Republic, and appears on stages throughout Europe. Her earlier solo efforts, "Lenka Dusilová" and "Spatřit světlo světa" also achieved gold record status, and the single "Pro Tebe" (For You) from her debut CD spent eight weeks in the IFPI Top 20.

2005: Mezi Světy / Between Worlds

Her latest 2005 CD "Mezi Světy" (Between Worlds) took the Czech music world by storm and reached gold record status within weeks of its release. "Mezi Svety" won the 2006 Czech Academy of Music Angel Award (the Czech Grammy) for best rock album and Lenka herself won as best female vocalist. The CD was produced by U.S. wunderkind Ben Yonas at Coast Recorders in San Francisco and New York with Dusilová and guitarist Martin Ledvina as co-producers. Backing them up on the CD were renowned San Francisco session musicians Jon Evans (bass) and Scott Amendola (drums).

2006 - 2008

Last two years Dusilová has been touring across United States with her American band and simultaneliously she crossed the Czech country with her Czech band which join Czech top musicians Beata Hlavenkova, Peter Binder or Rasto Uhrik and Danko Soltis from Vertigo Quintet.

She also performed and recorded with other bands like "Vertigo Quintet" ( CD "Live u Staré Paní") or Czech songwritter/poet "Jan Burian" (CD's "Dívčí Válka", "Muži jsou křehcí")..

Discography

Studio albums

As lead artist
As featured artist
  • 1994: Sluníčko with Sluníčko, BMG Ariola
  • 1996: Pusa with Pusa, BMG Ariola
  • 2008: Eternal Seekers, with Clarinet Factory quartet and jazz composer Beata Hlavenková, label: Respekt Publishing[1]
Other appearances

Awards and nominations

Year Nominated work Award Category Result Ref
2000 Herself Ceny Akademie populární hudby (aka Ceny Anděl) Best Female Vocal Performance Won [2]
2003 Nominated [3]
2005 Won [4]
Mezi světy Album of the Year - Rock Won
2006 Herself Best Female Vocal Performance Nominated [5]
2008 Won [6]

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ "Ceny Akademie populární hudby 2000" (in Czech). Akademie populární hudby. APH. cenyandel.cz. http://www.cenyandel.cz/historie-vysledku/rocnik-2000/. Retrieved 2011-10-27. 
  3. ^ "Žánrové ceny Anděl 2003 - Nominace k vyhlášení cen Akademie populární hudby Anděl 2003" (in Czech). Muzikus. Muzikus.cz. 2004-03-07. muzikus.cz. http://www.muzikus.cz/publicistika/Zanrove-ceny-Andel-2003~07~brezen~2004/. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 
  4. ^ "Anděl Allianz 2005" (in Czech). Akademie populární hudby. APH. cenyandel.cz. http://www.cenyandel.cz/historie-vysledku/rocnik-2005/. Retrieved 2011-10-27. 
  5. ^ "Nominace na Anděly 2006" (in Czech). Superbeat.cz. Superbeat.cz. 2007-02-10. superbeat.cz. http://www.superbeat.cz/clanek/10142-nominace-na-andely-2006.html. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 
  6. ^ "Ceny Anděl 2008" (in Czech). Akademie populární hudby. APH. cenyandel.cz. http://www.cenyandel.cz/historie-vysledku/rocnik-2008/. Retrieved 2011-10-27. 

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