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Žentour
Žentour is a Czech pop rock group led by Janek Ledecký. They have been active since the early 1980s and has gone through a number of lineup changes over the years, as well as several prolonged breaks. They have released four studio albums as well as three albums of English versions of their Czech material. As of March 2020, Žentour is on hiatus, and they haven't released any new music since 2014. History In 1981, jazz musician Jan Šulc was looking for people to start a band with at the Prague Conservatory. Bass guitarist Jan Černý, keyboardist Petr Ackermann, drummer Václav Kabát, and guitarist and singer Janek Ledecký joined the project. Šulc originally kept the name of his previous band, Hemenex, with the assumption that they would play jazz. The other members leaned toward rock, however. The name was changed to Žentour after the title of one of their first songs. Šulc switched to playing guitar instead of keys, and their sound began to fit the New wave music, new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janek Ledecký
Jan Ledecký (born 27 July 1962), better known as Janek Ledecký, is a Czech singer, songwriter, guitarist, and composer born in Prague. After graduating from Karla Sladkovského high school, he attended the law faculty of Charles University in Prague, earning a degree in law. Since 1981, he has played in the multiple award-winning rock band Žentour as lead vocalist and guitarist. In 1992, he launched a solo career, which he maintains to this day, having released over a dozen successful albums. He has also written and performed in several musicals, including ''Galileo'', ''Hamlet'', and ''Iago''. Ledecký has been a judge on the Czech singing show '' Tvoje tvář má známý hlas'' since 2016. Family Janek's son, Jonáš Ledecký (born 1993), is an artist, cartoonist, and musician. His daughter, Ester Ledecká, (born 1995) is a snowboarder and alpine skier. She was double junior world champion in 2013, world champion in 2015, and is a three-time Olympic champion, winning in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |