Lou Fanánek Hagen (real name František Moravec, born 18 June 1966) is a Czech musician, composer, lyricist, and frontman of the punk band
Tři sestry.
Career
Tři sestry
In 1985, František Moravec became the singer and frontman of the punk band
Tři sestry and adopted the moniker Lou Fanánek Hagen, naming himself after his two idols,
Nina Hagen
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and
Lou Reed
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.
He has remained with the band throughout their career. In 2021, they released their latest album, titled ''Sex drógy rokenról''.
Other activities
After the
Velvet Revolution
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, Hagen began composing songs for
Těžkej Pokondr
Těžkej Pokondr was a Czech comedy band consisting of Miloš Pokorný and Roman Ondráček. Pokondr is a portmanteau of their surnames and it was proposed to them by Ondřej Hejma. The duo was known for their humorous cover versions of popular ...
, as well as for other well-known artists, such as
Karel Gott,
Lucie Bílá,
Hana Zagorová,
Věra Špinarová
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S ...
, and
Maxim Turbulenc.
Between 1992 and 1993, he fronted the punk band Hagen Baden with
David Matásek
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from
Orlík. The group also included Jakub Maleček, Ronald Seitl, and Martin Roubínek. They released two albums: ''Hagen Baden'' (1992) and ''Ahoj kluci'' (1993).
In 2001, he participated in the composition of the libretto for the Czech musical ''Kleopatra''. He has also collaborated on a number of musicals with
Michal David
Michal David (born name Vladimír Štancl, 14 July 1960, Prague) is a Czech pop-singer, songwriter and producer.
Biography and career
He started his music career during his studies in Prague Conservatory in the 1970s where he created a jazz b ...
.
In 2009, he was inducted into the
Beatová síň slávy
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Rock most often refers to:
* Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of ...
.
Personal life
Moravec was born in
Prague
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. After high school, he attended the Fakulta stavební ČVUT (Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Czech Technical University), where he obtained the title of engineer. He also studied interdisciplinary journalism at
Charles University
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In 1986, while crossing a set of train tracks, Moravec was hit by a train, causing him to lose his lower right leg. He has worn a prosthesis ever since.
In the mid-1990s, he self-published an autobiographical book titled ''Tak to bylo, tak to je…'', which was reissued in 2007.
He followed it in 2010 with his second book, ''Járo, kakao!''
Moravec has a total of seven children, from two marriages.
With his first wife, he has sons Daniel, Mikoláš, Oskar, and Matyáš. He has a daughter with his second wife, Veronika Moravová, named Mariana.
References
External links
Tři sestry official website*
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Czech composers
Czechoslovak male singers
1966 births
Musicians from Prague
Living people
20th-century Czech male singers
21st-century Czech male singers