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
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in
Prague
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, 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''.
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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
Ester Ledecká (, born 23 March 1995) is a Czech snowboarder and alpine skier. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Ledecká won gold medals in the super-G in alpine skiing and in the parallel giant slalom in snowboarding, becoming the ...
, (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
2018
Events January
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* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
and
2022
The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
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Janek's brother, David Ledecký, died of a drug overdose when Janek was still young.
Ledecký is the son-in-law of former professional ice hockey player
Jan Klapáč.
Discography
with Žentour
* ''Žentour 001'' (1986)
* ''Žentour 002'' (1986 - English version of ''Žentour 001'')
* ''Žentour 003'' (1990)
* ''Žentour 004'' (1990 - English version of ''Žentour 003'')
* ''Žentour 005'' (1991)
* ''Žentour 006'' (1991 - English version of ''Žentour 005'')
* ''Žentour 007'' (2014)
Solo
Studio albums
* ''Na ptáky jsme krátký'' (1992)
* ''Právě teď'' (1993)
* ''Některý věci jsou jenom jednou'' (1995)
* ''Sliby se maj plnit o Vánocích'' (1996)
* ''Mít kliku'' (1997)
* ''Na chvíli měj rád'' (2001)
* ''Ikaros'' (2005)
* ''12 Vánočních nej'' (2007)
* ''Všichni dobří andělé'' (2014 - duets album)
* ''Na konci duhy'' (2015)
Compilations
* ''Promilujem celou noc'' (1999)
Live albums
* ''Jenom tak'' (1994)
* ''Sliby se maj plnit...live'' (2017)
* ''Unplugged'' (2019)
* ''Symphonic'' (2022)
Soundtracks
* ''Hamlet'' (1999)
* ''Galileo'' (2002)
* ''Galileo - Gold Edition'' (2003)
* ''Galileo - 2CD Complete Edition'' (2004)
* ''Hamlet - The Rock Opera'' (2012)
* ''Sliby se maj plnit o Vánocích - 20 let'' (2016)
Video albums
* ''Retro life'' (2006)
Musicals
* ''Pěna dní'' (1993)
* ''Hamlet'' (music: Janek Ledecký; libretto: Janek Ledecký) (1999)
* ''Galileo'' (music: Janek Ledecký; libretto: Janek Ledecký) (2003)
* ''Vánoční zázrak aneb Sliby se maj plnit o Vánocích'' (music: Janek Ledecký; libretto: Janek Ledecký) (201
* ''Hamlet - The Rock Opera'' (201
* ''Iago'' (2016
Awards
*
Anděl Awards, Anděl Award - Singer of the year (1996)
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ledecky, Janek
Czech rock singers
Czech pop singers
1962 births
Living people
20th-century Czech male singers
Czech guitarists
Czech male guitarists
Czech musical theatre composers
Czech composers
Czech male composers
Musicians from Prague
21st-century Czech male singers
Czechoslovak male singers
Charles University alumni