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Marika Gombitová

March 07, 2024

Marika Gombitová (Slovak: [ˈmarika ˈɡɔmbitɔʋaː]; born 12 September 1956) is a Slovak singer-songwriter and musician. Once a member of Modus, Gombitová started to gain early acclaim as a former female vocalist of the group. Nevertheless, she gradually developed her public image as a solo artist, making own debut on short play in 1977. Subsequently, after topping the local music charts with "Študentská láska" (1978),[1] her debut set entitled Dievča do dažďa (1979) saw its eventual results on OPUS Records.[2] The album's lead "Vyznanie",[3] earned several music awards; most notably at the 4th Intervision Song Contest held in Poland (1980).[4][5] In years to come later, the love anthem was to be celebrated as "The Hit of the Century" (2007) in her country.

Marika Gombitová
Singer at Neoluxor book store in Prague, Czech Republic on 28 November 2016.
Born
Mária Gombitová

(1956-09-12) 12 September 1956 (age 67)
Turany nad Ondavou, CSSR
Occupations
  • singer-songwriter
  • musician
  • author
Years active1975–present
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)
  • Piano
  • keyboard
  • guitar
  • harmonica
  • bongos
  • vocals
Labels
Websitemarikagombitovaofficial.com
Signature

Shortly before launching the second LP, Môj malý príbeh (1981),[6] her career was adversely affected by a single-car crash.[7] She was reliant on a wheelchair, possibly for life, due to the resulting multiple injuries. Following her partial recovery, Gombitová returned to the spotlight scoring new top rankings and even touring again. Her comeback album Slnečný kalendár (1982),[8] continued with the previously established sound, such as mainly pop rock. Soon after that, she began to explore other styles too. While her guitar-based double effort Mince na dne fontán (1983),[9] received the Gold Arms award as the best-selling record,[10][11] its successor called №5 (1984)[12] would find her experimenting with electronic music, giving Gombitová some of her strongest reviews, for a change.

More recently the singer has carried on achieving commercial success through a radio-friendly format. Her consecutively running synthpop outputs, such as Voľné miesto v srdci (1986)[13] and Ateliér duše (1987),[14] they both enjoyed a series of airplay hits, being accompanied with a sold-out concert tour and a video album release, respectively. Unlike Kam idú ľudia? (1990),[15] which showcased a more rock-oriented sound and, eventually, it marked the end of the artist's prolific period of time. Gombitová however managed to sustain an indisputable level of popularity also off the scene. Prior to her long-term withdrawal from public life, she delivered on Jumbo Records Zostaň (1994),[16] her final studio collection of pop tunes to date.

Gombitová is regarded in popular culture as a dominant figure[17] whose influence reflect numerous awards and honorific titles to her credit. Besides, her contributions to the genre have made singer one of the most successful solo acts in the history of Slovak contemporary music,[17] having six out of nine full-length records listed among The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time.[18][19][20] In her homebase, she is often recognized as The Songstress of the 20th Century (2000),[21][22] and has been quoted as an inspiration by various local artists since. Inducted into the ZAI Hall of Fame at the age of barely forty years,[23][24] her work remains covered and a radio favorite in the region.

Biography edit

Early life and recordings edit

 
"Koloseum"
One of the singer's most recognized songs from 1987. The lyrics stress her interrupted career, culminating in the chorus: Coliseum, glory to fall ▪ How many times time's come to halt ▪ A stone is glorious after all ▪ Coliseum, fame is a fall ▪ How many times time's come to halt ▪ The stone is famous on its own ▪ Above all alone
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Marika Gombitová was born on 12 September 1956 in the village of Turany nad Ondavou, east Slovakia, as the seventh child of Michal (19 December 1913) and Margita (19 August 1921, née Novotňáková). However two of their older daughters – one of whom was already given the name Mária – died due to hypothermia.[25] Since the age of nine, she was taking piano lessons in the local Ľudová škola umenia (LŠU) in Stropkov. Following her failure to study singing at the Music school, she continued with engineering in Košice. While on high school, she sang with an amateur band called Profily. Later she would shortly perform for the orchestras of Juraj Szabadoš and Július Olajoš, respectively.[26]

In 1975, Gombitová made her first recordings ("Karta" and "Nájdem hviezdu") at Slovak Radio Košice. The next year, she received an offer from Janko Lehotský, frontman of the Modus band, to join his professional group. Following the leaving exam she, therefore, moved to Bratislava[26] and got an initial exposure in Slovak Television with songs "Lúčenie" and "Túto pieseň spievam vám" (both co-written by Lehotský), performed in Chvíľa pre pesničku in 1976.[27] At first, she would release a number of singles with Modus (such as "Veľký sen mora", "Margaréta", "Zažni" – all from 1977) as a backing vocalist. Her solo part came along with the Bratislavská lýra '77 winning composition "Úsmev" that featured also vocal contributions by Lehotský, Miro Žbirka and Miro Jevčák.[28] Subsequently, Gombitová recorded her debut solo single entitled "Boľavé námestie."[29] For the first time, her name appears in the national music poll Zlatý slavík, being ranked as the 46th Most Popular Female Singer in Czechoslovakia in 1977 (Modus scored at number #6).[30]

"Študentská láska," "Vyznanie," Intervision prize and car crash edit

Further information: Car crash of Marika Gombitová

"There's no way to deal with this, and if someone claims such thing, you don't buy it."

—Gombitová on account of her suffered damages[31]

The second solo single by Gombitová, "Študentská láska," was issued in 1978. The song won two awards at the Bratislavská lýra '78 festival, being classified as the most selling SP in July in Slovakia.[32] She also recorded four tracks on the Motion Picture Soundtrack of Smoliari (issued in 1979), and her position in annual Zlatý slavík skyrocketed to number #4 this time (Next year she scored at #3, while at #2 in 1980).[33] Following her contribution to the Collegium Musicum's full length project entitled On a Ona, Gombitová along with Modus was headed in February 1979 to the recording studio to work on their self-titled debut album. In addition, she would also release her own debut set Dievča do dažďa. With its pilot single "Vyznanie," Gombitová entered the 4th Intervision Song Festival held in Sopot, Poland on 20–23 August 1980. As a result, she received the first prize in the competition representing record companies, shared with Nikolai Gnatiuk from Russia (for the song "Dance on a Drum").[4]

Artistry edit

Voice and timbre edit

Prior to crash
 
"Muž Nula"
While continuing her musical evolution with Mince na dne fontán in 1983, singer helped popularize electronic musical instruments. In a more comprehensive manner to receive a synthesized voice in place of her own, she utilized vocoder for such tracks as "Skúška prvých šiat" and "Muž Nula".[34]
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With ambitus registered at F♯2, Gombitová possesses an over two-octave vocal range and has the ability to reach notes beyond H2, when using head register.[35] In the early phase of her solo career, she underwent vocal training with coach František Tugendlieb,[36][37] whose supervision included a broad range of her peers recording artists. Tugendlieb had become proverbial for dividing off head register from chest voice, allowing production of nasal tones, which resulted in a greasy-voiced sound distinctive for overtone singing, or rather children.[37] As such it was popularized by Bee Gees.[38] Unlike her later imitators (e.g. Darina Rolincová as the most notorious in the 1980s[39]), Gombitová's vocal style was not similar to other pop stars of that period and she soon introduced her own modus, establishing herself as The Songstress of the Century in the 20th century.[21][22]

Reactions to the "childlike quality"[40] of her vocals changed with the release of her solo debut album Dievča do dažďa (1979). Peter Lipták praised Gombitová for "[her] beautifully metallic, a bit heavily-sounding voice",[2][41] while František Horáček from Populár went in his superlative review even further when compared "[her] original, metallic-sharp timbre" to "the tonal compression of organ pipes". He would also emphasize her "absolutely extraordinary way to split a melody" and "phrasing that brings an outstanding tension – the bigger the slower is [her] composition".[42][43] Other critics, such as one of the Czech most intransigent Jan Rejžek, he described Gombitová's voice as "circularly laserlike",[44] and even later looked up to artist as a "self-sufficient and sovereign rival of Zlatý slavík-winning singers" who is aware when "to set toxic heights to make your flesh so longly-for creep – making it a party, instead public holiday".[45] In response to her second set Môj malý príbeh (1980), record producer Július Kinček stated that writing about "[her] original vocal, excellent technique, sound sense for rock genre, flawless phrasing and great musicianship... [it] has already become by now bringing the wood to the forest". He also attributed much of her success to Gombitová's "admirable way to seize emotional tension of compositions on the first place".[46] Nevertheless, Marián Jaslovský as the only criticized most of the singer's vocal outputs from the soundtrack Neberte nám princeznú (1980), and reportedly for her "traditionally artificial exhibition", which he saw unsupportive toward fluidity of Ursiny's songs.[47]

After crash

"In Vyznanie I have one part in awful heights. That can't be managed just technically, I must put into it with all my body. As I [am to] sit, my strain is twice as big. Those tones hang above me before each concert."

—Artist about her tour de force internationally known as "Why (Must I Always Fail)?"[48]

Following the crash, Gombitová lost perception over two-thirds of her bodily function including the lower part of her lungs, a significant area for breath control. She had to acquire a new vocal technique.[49] Curiously enough, condition of her voice had seemed to be untouched and reviewers continued with being enthusiastic. Populár music columnist Dagmar Kolářová complimented Gombitová on her "singing artistry", no less her attitude for "expressive style" she delivered on her comeback album Slnečný kalendár (1982).[50] Miloš Skalka of Mladá fronta praised her ensuing live performances on Mince na dne fontán Tour (1983) for "[her] excellent vocal dispositions and secure intonation".[51][52] Život magazine, for a change, documented "the sincerity of [her] testimony, persuasiveness of [her] interpretation, which extends to simplicity."[34] Author Vladimír Petr from Rytmus circumscribed her vocalizing in depth, pointing for the singer's voice out "[it] is none of average that would disturb, or attract. The other way around, [and] for which applies only two extreme options as maximum – either you accept it as it comes with its provocative metallic pitches and [her] girlish whisper, or you are not capable of listening to, due to all said attributes."[53]

Over the course of her career, Gombitová's voice grew deeper and fuller as noticed by Populár in the middle of the 1980s. Ivan Kytka observed on her Adresa ja, adresa ty Tour (1985/87) that her "once thin laser voice gained new positions and keys", whereas he stressed that singer expanded her brand as a confident composer, too.[54] Her 1990s vocal input for Kam idú ľudia? (1990) was seen less favorably by critics, which then blamed her album performances for artificiality, arbitrary phrasing, as well "language-rape" as written in Andrej Turok's review.[55] Although, he did not disclaim Gombitová's constant "flawless intonation", or rather "[her] civilized singing" on down-tempo tracks, on the contrary.[56] Since the 21st century, Gombitová has sung in her medium-ranged voice ("Nespáľme to krásne v nás" and "Tajnosľubná"), with exception of her higher register for the chorus ("Prosba"). Following several abortive efforts to encourage artist to return to the studios, the media began to speculate on a loss of her voice in 2004. Czech Právo printed a statement, upon which "[she] refuses to return to the spotlight in fear her triumphant comeback could turn into a total fiasco". Those guessings were turned down by her lifetime lyricist Kamil Peteraj, who stated for the press that "[her] problem does not concern [her] voice but psychic." His opinion confirmed ex-opera singer and vocal pedagogue Dagmar Livorová, however, she admitted herself that such injuries as of bottom sections of abdomen may result in a collapse when vocally performing.[57] Žbirka, with whom Gombitová recorded two of her final recordings to date, finds difficult in essence to inspire artist with a new material.[58]

Music videos and live performances edit

Music videos

Prior to the music video-era, which arrived with the MTV broadcast in the early 1980s in the US, Czechoslovak audience had no representative music channel focusing predominantly on playing music videos either afterwards. The local artists presented their work through imagery of various TV programs delivered on the state-owned network.[59] Gombitová received her exposure on the national television on 30 November 1976, performing "Túto pieseň spievam vám" along with "Lúčenie" for Chvíľa pre pesničku. Two weeks later, on 11 December, she also appeared on the showbill of Vyberte si pesničku. This time around though, she introduced a song called "Ty vieš, mama",[60] issued as B-side of her debut single that followed shortly.[29] In 1978, her "Letná pieseň" found a rapport on additional televised charts, such as Našich 9,[61] which she eventually topped with duet "S tou nádejou choď spať" featuring Lehotský.[62] Needless to say, censorship had been a regular subject of intense debate during the red regime in her country[63][64] and the communist party maintained to supervise lyrical content of all public recordings by means of then devoted committees.[65][66] Gombitová thus would not gain a full control over her own creative outputs.[63] At least until the perestroika's initial period that allowed more independent actions towards cultural field, including some market-like reforms similar to Western style.[67]

Furthermore, her mobility impairment has led to herself being viewed as a physically disabled artist since 1981. It has largely impacted such aspects of her subsequent recording career as producing promotional video clips and, especially, her live performances. Nevertheless, singer would substantially contribute to the local music video even later. Her impact on the music video sphere equally document several wins of her songs on varied popular video charts, such as 5 x P and Triangel. While the first she entered with "Muž Nula" (1984), its successor served as instrumental to support her continual popularity in the region through additional number-one hits; namely "Zem menom láska" (1985), "Chlapci v pasci" (1986), "Koloseum" (1988) and "Paradiso" (1995)[68] In an attempt to afford more visual liberties and enhance her recorded work with more striking video clips, Gombitová teamed up with director Ladislav Kaboš and Ján Ďuriš (credited as camera operator) in 1987. The "trio" crafted a video album entitled Ateliér duše,[69] recognized as the first video release by any native-born artist. The videotape featured seven 35 mm films produced by Koliba Film Studios, six of which were to promote compositions from the corresponding studio album of the same title.[70] In addition and before the dissolution of the federal state in the 1990s, Gombitová became on 20 June 1990 the first local singer to appear on the Austrian video chart Die Großen Zehn, presenting for ORF "Babylónia", the lead single from her Kam idú ľudia? set.[71]

Live performances

Discography edit

Main article: Marika Gombitová discography
Studio albums

Filmography edit

Year Film Role Director(s) Notes
1978 Smoliari Mira (voice role) Dušan Kodaj [72]
1981 Neberte nám princeznú Katka Martin Hoffmeister [73]
1986 Pa a Pi (voice role) Miroslav Sobota and Dalimil Koutek
  • Short TV miniseries
 [74]

Tours edit

  • 2016: Marika Gombitová a priatelia (one-off concert featuring also a tribute by other artists)
  • 2017: Sen Mariky Gombitovej (upcoming one-off Christmas concert featuring also special guests)

Books edit

  • 2016: Úlomky spomienok (co-written with Miroslav Graclík)

Legacy edit

Honors and awards edit

Totals
Awards won 46
Nominations 124
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Marika Gombitová

"Guess you have realized I am not a racer but singer. I'm naturally glad about each success, but I don't suffer from the "Gold Nightingale" syndrome and [I] have no longing for aviaries."

—Singer commenting the public music poll[75]

Marika Gombitová has received numerous awards and accolades in recognition of her success in the music industry. At the turn of the 3rd millennium, she was named The Songstress of the Century[21][22] and her achievements in the music genre has made others to call her "The First Lady",[55] or rather "The Queen of Slovak Pop Music",[76][77][78] respectively. As of 2016, she has accumulated a total of 124 awards and/or nominations, and her list also includes a number of music recording certifications received for the sales of her studio albums.[68] Her double win at the Bratislavská lýra in 1978 with "Študentská láska" became a significant milestone in her solo career,[1] which led to the award's Silver equivalent in 1979 (for "Vyznanie"),[79] and its Bronze in 1980 (in favor of her duet with Lehotský "Tajomstvo hier").[80] Prior to surviving her car crash, she received an Intervision award from the East European International Radio and Television Organisation in response to her live performance of songs "Vyznanie" and "Chcem sa s tebou deliť", accomplished in 1980 in Sopot, Poland.[4][5] Besides, her signature song ("Vyznanie") won the countrywide competition run by Slovak public TV network in 2007 as The Hit of the Century.[81][82]

In a career spanning more or less four decades, Gombitová had sold more than one million LP records in the vinyl era.[83][84] On 2 March 1996 she became the first female performer, as well as one of the first inductees ever into the Hall of Fame by the ZAI Academy.[23][24] She also holds the local record as the artist with the most releases listed among The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time.[18][20] Six of her solo studio albums were ranked as some of those best and the overall index features also her vocal contribution to additional nominated releases, such as co-recorded with Modus and Žbirka, or delivered for Neberte nám princeznú soundtrack.[18][20] Aside from her critical accomplishments, Gombitová has been frequently voted in national annual music poll Zlatý slavík and its subsequent equivalents, Slovenský slávik and Slávik Awards.[85] While eventually winning two editions as Slovenský slávik (1997–1998),[84][86] she topped eight times as the runner-up for the most popular Female Singer in the country; three times at Zlatý slavík (1980, 1982–1983), on five occasions for Slávik (1998, 2000–2002, 2005),[87] despite showing no particular interest in accepting these recognitions.[75] For her other cultural or lifetime achievements, she is also a recipient of the Main Prize by the Culture Ministry of the Czechoslovakia (1986),[88] the Freedom of the City of her birth municipality (2007),[21][89] as well of the town of Stropkov (2013)[90][91] and, among others, The Woman of the Year title (2008)[21][92] and the Hall of Fame OTO Award (2014).[93]

See also edit

References edit

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Bibliography edit

  • Graclík, Miroslav; Nekvapil, Václav (2008). Marika Gombitová: neautorizovaný životní příběh legendy československé pop music [Marika Gombitová: An Unauthorized Life Story of the Legend of Czechoslovak Pop Music] (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: XYZ. p. 446. ISBN 978-80-7388-115-3. OCLC 294939865. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
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Further reading edit

  • Graclík, Miroslav; Nekvapil, Václav (2008). Marika Gombitová: Neautorizovaný životný príbeh legendy česko-slovenskej pop music (in Slovak) (1st ed.). Bratislava, Slovakia. p. 446. ISBN 978-80-7388-120-7. OCLC 298779121. Retrieved 17 December 2011. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Vejvoda, Jiří (1990). Nárok na ro(c)k: Dvacet vyznání československých pop/rockových hvězd (in Czech) (1st ed.). Prague, Czech Republic: Supraphon. p. 230. ISBN 978-80-7058-222-0. OCLC 38721273. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  • Zajíc, Miroslav (1989). Inventura aneb Dvacet let fotoreportérem Mladého světa (in Czech) (1st ed.). Prague, Czech Republic: MAFRA. p. 255. ISBN 978-80-204-0123-6. OCLC 24669912. Retrieved 17 December 2011. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  • Kamenistý, Ján (1990). Ako kopú múzy: Rozhovory s umelcami. Edícia Orientácia (in Czech and Slovak) (1st ed.). Bratislava, Slovakia. p. 263. ISBN 978-80-221-0036-6. OCLC 23772235. Retrieved 17 December 2011. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Matzner, Antonín; Poledňák, Ivan; Wasserberger, Igor (1990). Encyklopedie jazzu a moderní populární hudby (in Czech) (1st ed.). Prague, Czech Republic: Supraphon. p. 649. ISBN 978-80-7058-210-7. OCLC 7579266. Retrieved 17 December 2011. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  • Žbirka, Miroslav; Kollár, Jozef (2002). Meky (in Czech and Slovak) (1st ed.). Bratislava, Slovakia: IKAR. p. 165. ISBN 978-80-249-0134-3. OCLC 53266790. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  • Krůta, Jan; Hucek, Miroslav; Zajíc, Miroslav (2003). Klec na slavíky: O zpívání do zlata i do bláta – Zlatý (Český) slavík 1962–2002 (in Czech) (1st ed.). Prague, Czech Republic: Epocha. p. 360. ISBN 978-80-86328-27-0. OCLC 56872847. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  • Paulička, Ivan (2002). Všeobecný encyklopedický slovník: G – L (in Czech) (2nd ed.). Prague, Czech Republic: Ottovo nakladatelství. p. 943. ISBN 978-80-7181-659-1. OCLC 51189343. Retrieved 17 December 2011. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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marika, gombitová, slovak, ˈmarika, ˈɡɔmbitɔʋaː, born, september, 1956, slovak, singer, songwriter, musician, once, member, modus, gombitová, started, gain, early, acclaim, former, female, vocalist, group, nevertheless, gradually, developed, public, image, sol. Marika Gombitova Slovak ˈmarika ˈɡɔmbitɔʋaː born 12 September 1956 is a Slovak singer songwriter and musician Once a member of Modus Gombitova started to gain early acclaim as a former female vocalist of the group Nevertheless she gradually developed her public image as a solo artist making own debut on short play in 1977 Subsequently after topping the local music charts with Studentska laska 1978 1 her debut set entitled Dievca do dazda 1979 saw its eventual results on OPUS Records 2 The album s lead Vyznanie 3 earned several music awards most notably at the 4th Intervision Song Contest held in Poland 1980 4 5 In years to come later the love anthem was to be celebrated as The Hit of the Century 2007 in her country Marika GombitovaSinger at Neoluxor book store in Prague Czech Republic on 28 November 2016 BornMaria Gombitova 1956 09 12 12 September 1956 age 67 Turany nad Ondavou CSSROccupationssinger songwritermusicianauthorYears active1975 presentMusical careerGenresPoprockelectronicInstrument s PianokeyboardguitarharmonicabongosvocalsLabelsOPUSJumboUniversalMonitorWebsitemarikagombitovaofficial comSignatureShortly before launching the second LP Moj maly pribeh 1981 6 her career was adversely affected by a single car crash 7 She was reliant on a wheelchair possibly for life due to the resulting multiple injuries Following her partial recovery Gombitova returned to the spotlight scoring new top rankings and even touring again Her comeback album Slnecny kalendar 1982 8 continued with the previously established sound such as mainly pop rock Soon after that she began to explore other styles too While her guitar based double effort Mince na dne fontan 1983 9 received the Gold Arms award as the best selling record 10 11 its successor called 5 1984 12 would find her experimenting with electronic music giving Gombitova some of her strongest reviews for a change More recently the singer has carried on achieving commercial success through a radio friendly format Her consecutively running synthpop outputs such as Voľne miesto v srdci 1986 13 and Atelier duse 1987 14 they both enjoyed a series of airplay hits being accompanied with a sold out concert tour and a video album release respectively Unlike Kam idu ľudia 1990 15 which showcased a more rock oriented sound and eventually it marked the end of the artist s prolific period of time Gombitova however managed to sustain an indisputable level of popularity also off the scene Prior to her long term withdrawal from public life she delivered on Jumbo Records Zostan 1994 16 her final studio collection of pop tunes to date Gombitova is regarded in popular culture as a dominant figure 17 whose influence reflect numerous awards and honorific titles to her credit Besides her contributions to the genre have made singer one of the most successful solo acts in the history of Slovak contemporary music 17 having six out of nine full length records listed among The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time 18 19 20 In her homebase she is often recognized as The Songstress of the 20th Century 2000 21 22 and has been quoted as an inspiration by various local artists since Inducted into the ZAI Hall of Fame at the age of barely forty years 23 24 her work remains covered and a radio favorite in the region Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early life and recordings 1 2 Studentska laska Vyznanie Intervision prize and car crash 2 Artistry 2 1 Voice and timbre 2 2 Music videos and live performances 3 Discography 4 Filmography 5 Tours 6 Books 7 Legacy 7 1 Honors and awards 8 See also 9 References 10 Bibliography 11 Further reading 12 External linksBiography editEarly life and recordings edit nbsp Koloseum source source One of the singer s most recognized songs from 1987 The lyrics stress her interrupted career culminating in the chorus Coliseum glory to fall How many times time s come to halt A stone is glorious after all Coliseum fame is a fall How many times time s come to halt The stone is famous on its own Above all alone Problems playing this file See media help Marika Gombitova was born on 12 September 1956 in the village of Turany nad Ondavou east Slovakia as the seventh child of Michal 19 December 1913 and Margita 19 August 1921 nee Novotnakova However two of their older daughters one of whom was already given the name Maria died due to hypothermia 25 Since the age of nine she was taking piano lessons in the local Ľudova skola umenia LSU in Stropkov Following her failure to study singing at the Music school she continued with engineering in Kosice While on high school she sang with an amateur band called Profily Later she would shortly perform for the orchestras of Juraj Szabados and Julius Olajos respectively 26 In 1975 Gombitova made her first recordings Karta and Najdem hviezdu at Slovak Radio Kosice The next year she received an offer from Janko Lehotsky frontman of the Modus band to join his professional group Following the leaving exam she therefore moved to Bratislava 26 and got an initial exposure in Slovak Television with songs Lucenie and Tuto piesen spievam vam both co written by Lehotsky performed in Chviľa pre pesnicku in 1976 27 At first she would release a number of singles with Modus such as Veľky sen mora Margareta Zazni all from 1977 as a backing vocalist Her solo part came along with the Bratislavska lyra 77 winning composition Usmev that featured also vocal contributions by Lehotsky Miro Zbirka and Miro Jevcak 28 Subsequently Gombitova recorded her debut solo single entitled Boľave namestie 29 For the first time her name appears in the national music poll Zlaty slavik being ranked as the 46th Most Popular Female Singer in Czechoslovakia in 1977 Modus scored at number 6 30 Studentska laska Vyznanie Intervision prize and car crash edit Further information Car crash of Marika Gombitova There s no way to deal with this and if someone claims such thing you don t buy it Gombitova on account of her suffered damages 31 The second solo single by Gombitova Studentska laska was issued in 1978 The song won two awards at the Bratislavska lyra 78 festival being classified as the most selling SP in July in Slovakia 32 She also recorded four tracks on the Motion Picture Soundtrack of Smoliari issued in 1979 and her position in annual Zlaty slavik skyrocketed to number 4 this time Next year she scored at 3 while at 2 in 1980 33 Following her contribution to the Collegium Musicum s full length project entitled On a Ona Gombitova along with Modus was headed in February 1979 to the recording studio to work on their self titled debut album In addition she would also release her own debut set Dievca do dazda With its pilot single Vyznanie Gombitova entered the 4th Intervision Song Festival held in Sopot Poland on 20 23 August 1980 As a result she received the first prize in the competition representing record companies shared with Nikolai Gnatiuk from Russia for the song Dance on a Drum 4 This section needs expansion with 1980s to present You can help by adding to it June 2012 Artistry editVoice and timbre edit Prior to crash nbsp Muz Nula source source While continuing her musical evolution with Mince na dne fontan in 1983 singer helped popularize electronic musical instruments In a more comprehensive manner to receive a synthesized voice in place of her own she utilized vocoder for such tracks as Skuska prvych siat and Muz Nula 34 Problems playing this file See media help With ambitus registered at F 2 Gombitova possesses an over two octave vocal range and has the ability to reach notes beyond H2 when using head register 35 In the early phase of her solo career she underwent vocal training with coach Frantisek Tugendlieb 36 37 whose supervision included a broad range of her peers recording artists Tugendlieb had become proverbial for dividing off head register from chest voice allowing production of nasal tones which resulted in a greasy voiced sound distinctive for overtone singing or rather children 37 As such it was popularized by Bee Gees 38 Unlike her later imitators e g Darina Rolincova as the most notorious in the 1980s 39 Gombitova s vocal style was not similar to other pop stars of that period and she soon introduced her own modus establishing herself as The Songstress of the Century in the 20th century 21 22 Reactions to the childlike quality 40 of her vocals changed with the release of her solo debut album Dievca do dazda 1979 Peter Liptak praised Gombitova for her beautifully metallic a bit heavily sounding voice 2 41 while Frantisek Horacek from Popular went in his superlative review even further when compared her original metallic sharp timbre to the tonal compression of organ pipes He would also emphasize her absolutely extraordinary way to split a melody and phrasing that brings an outstanding tension the bigger the slower is her composition 42 43 Other critics such as one of the Czech most intransigent Jan Rejzek he described Gombitova s voice as circularly laserlike 44 and even later looked up to artist as a self sufficient and sovereign rival of Zlaty slavik winning singers who is aware when to set toxic heights to make your flesh so longly for creep making it a party instead public holiday 45 In response to her second set Moj maly pribeh 1980 record producer Julius Kincek stated that writing about her original vocal excellent technique sound sense for rock genre flawless phrasing and great musicianship it has already become by now bringing the wood to the forest He also attributed much of her success to Gombitova s admirable way to seize emotional tension of compositions on the first place 46 Nevertheless Marian Jaslovsky as the only criticized most of the singer s vocal outputs from the soundtrack Neberte nam princeznu 1980 and reportedly for her traditionally artificial exhibition which he saw unsupportive toward fluidity of Ursiny s songs 47 After crash In Vyznanie I have one part in awful heights That can t be managed just technically I must put into it with all my body As I am to sit my strain is twice as big Those tones hang above me before each concert Artist about her tour de force internationally known as Why Must I Always Fail 48 Following the crash Gombitova lost perception over two thirds of her bodily function including the lower part of her lungs a significant area for breath control She had to acquire a new vocal technique 49 Curiously enough condition of her voice had seemed to be untouched and reviewers continued with being enthusiastic Popular music columnist Dagmar Kolarova complimented Gombitova on her singing artistry no less her attitude for expressive style she delivered on her comeback album Slnecny kalendar 1982 50 Milos Skalka of Mlada fronta praised her ensuing live performances on Mince na dne fontan Tour 1983 for her excellent vocal dispositions and secure intonation 51 52 Zivot magazine for a change documented the sincerity of her testimony persuasiveness of her interpretation which extends to simplicity 34 Author Vladimir Petr from Rytmus circumscribed her vocalizing in depth pointing for the singer s voice out it is none of average that would disturb or attract The other way around and for which applies only two extreme options as maximum either you accept it as it comes with its provocative metallic pitches and her girlish whisper or you are not capable of listening to due to all said attributes 53 Over the course of her career Gombitova s voice grew deeper and fuller as noticed by Popular in the middle of the 1980s Ivan Kytka observed on her Adresa ja adresa ty Tour 1985 87 that her once thin laser voice gained new positions and keys whereas he stressed that singer expanded her brand as a confident composer too 54 Her 1990s vocal input for Kam idu ľudia 1990 was seen less favorably by critics which then blamed her album performances for artificiality arbitrary phrasing as well language rape as written in Andrej Turok s review 55 Although he did not disclaim Gombitova s constant flawless intonation or rather her civilized singing on down tempo tracks on the contrary 56 Since the 21st century Gombitova has sung in her medium ranged voice Nespaľme to krasne v nas and Tajnosľubna with exception of her higher register for the chorus Prosba Following several abortive efforts to encourage artist to return to the studios the media began to speculate on a loss of her voice in 2004 Czech Pravo printed a statement upon which she refuses to return to the spotlight in fear her triumphant comeback could turn into a total fiasco Those guessings were turned down by her lifetime lyricist Kamil Peteraj who stated for the press that her problem does not concern her voice but psychic His opinion confirmed ex opera singer and vocal pedagogue Dagmar Livorova however she admitted herself that such injuries as of bottom sections of abdomen may result in a collapse when vocally performing 57 Zbirka with whom Gombitova recorded two of her final recordings to date finds difficult in essence to inspire artist with a new material 58 Music videos and live performances edit Music videosPrior to the music video era which arrived with the MTV broadcast in the early 1980s in the US Czechoslovak audience had no representative music channel focusing predominantly on playing music videos either afterwards The local artists presented their work through imagery of various TV programs delivered on the state owned network 59 Gombitova received her exposure on the national television on 30 November 1976 performing Tuto piesen spievam vam along with Lucenie for Chviľa pre pesnicku Two weeks later on 11 December she also appeared on the showbill of Vyberte si pesnicku This time around though she introduced a song called Ty vies mama 60 issued as B side of her debut single that followed shortly 29 In 1978 her Letna piesen found a rapport on additional televised charts such as Nasich 9 61 which she eventually topped with duet S tou nadejou chod spat featuring Lehotsky 62 Needless to say censorship had been a regular subject of intense debate during the red regime in her country 63 64 and the communist party maintained to supervise lyrical content of all public recordings by means of then devoted committees 65 66 Gombitova thus would not gain a full control over her own creative outputs 63 At least until the perestroika s initial period that allowed more independent actions towards cultural field including some market like reforms similar to Western style 67 Furthermore her mobility impairment has led to herself being viewed as a physically disabled artist since 1981 It has largely impacted such aspects of her subsequent recording career as producing promotional video clips and especially her live performances Nevertheless singer would substantially contribute to the local music video even later Her impact on the music video sphere equally document several wins of her songs on varied popular video charts such as 5 x P and Triangel While the first she entered with Muz Nula 1984 its successor served as instrumental to support her continual popularity in the region through additional number one hits namely Zem menom laska 1985 Chlapci v pasci 1986 Koloseum 1988 and Paradiso 1995 68 In an attempt to afford more visual liberties and enhance her recorded work with more striking video clips Gombitova teamed up with director Ladislav Kabos and Jan Duris credited as camera operator in 1987 The trio crafted a video album entitled Atelier duse 69 recognized as the first video release by any native born artist The videotape featured seven 35 mm films produced by Koliba Film Studios six of which were to promote compositions from the corresponding studio album of the same title 70 In addition and before the dissolution of the federal state in the 1990s Gombitova became on 20 June 1990 the first local singer to appear on the Austrian video chart Die Grossen Zehn presenting for ORF Babylonia the lead single from her Kam idu ľudia set 71 Live performancesThis section needs expansion with Live performances You can help by adding to it December 2011 Discography editMain article Marika Gombitova discography Studio albumsSolo1979 Dievca do dazda 1981 Moj maly pribeh 1982 Slnecny kalendar 1983 Mince na dne fontan 1984 5 1986 Voľne miesto v srdci 1987 Atelier duse 1990 Kam idu ľudia 1994 Zostan With Modus1979 Modus 1980 Balicek snov 1981 99 zapaliek 1983 Zahradna kaviaren English language albums1980 Modus with Modus 1981 Rainy Day Girl 1984 My Friend the Tree 1985 5Filmography editYear Film Role Director s Notes1978 Smoliari Mira voice role Dusan Kodaj Television musical 72 1981 Neberte nam princeznu Katka Martin Hoffmeister 73 1986 Pa a Pi voice role Miroslav Sobota and Dalimil Koutek Short TV miniseries 74 Tours editSolo1983 Mince na dne fontan Tour 1985 87 Adresa ja adresa ty Tour With Modus1977 78 Usmev Tour 1978 80 Balicek snov Tour As guest2016 Road to Abbey Road Tour with Miro Zbirka 2016 Marika Gombitova a priatelia one off concert featuring also a tribute by other artists 2017 Sen Mariky Gombitovej upcoming one off Christmas concert featuring also special guests Books edit2016 Ulomky spomienok co written with Miroslav Graclik Legacy editHonors and awards edit TotalsAwards won 46Nominations 124Main article List of awards and nominations received by Marika Gombitova Guess you have realized I am not a racer but singer I m naturally glad about each success but I don t suffer from the Gold Nightingale syndrome and I have no longing for aviaries Singer commenting the public music poll 75 Marika Gombitova has received numerous awards and accolades in recognition of her success in the music industry At the turn of the 3rd millennium she was named The Songstress of the Century 21 22 and her achievements in the music genre has made others to call her The First Lady 55 or rather The Queen of Slovak Pop Music 76 77 78 respectively As of 2016 update she has accumulated a total of 124 awards and or nominations and her list also includes a number of music recording certifications received for the sales of her studio albums 68 Her double win at the Bratislavska lyra in 1978 with Studentska laska became a significant milestone in her solo career 1 which led to the award s Silver equivalent in 1979 for Vyznanie 79 and its Bronze in 1980 in favor of her duet with Lehotsky Tajomstvo hier 80 Prior to surviving her car crash she received an Intervision award from the East European International Radio and Television Organisation in response to her live performance of songs Vyznanie and Chcem sa s tebou delit accomplished in 1980 in Sopot Poland 4 5 Besides her signature song Vyznanie won the countrywide competition run by Slovak public TV network in 2007 as The Hit of the Century 81 82 In a career spanning more or less four decades Gombitova had sold more than one million LP records in the vinyl era 83 84 On 2 March 1996 she became the first female performer as well as one of the first inductees ever into the Hall of Fame by the ZAI Academy 23 24 She also holds the local record as the artist with the most releases listed among The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time 18 20 Six of her solo studio albums were ranked as some of those best and the overall index features also her vocal contribution to additional nominated releases such as co recorded with Modus and Zbirka or delivered for Neberte nam princeznu soundtrack 18 20 Aside from her critical accomplishments Gombitova has been frequently voted in national annual music poll Zlaty slavik and its subsequent equivalents Slovensky slavik and Slavik Awards 85 While eventually winning two editions as Slovensky slavik 1997 1998 84 86 she topped eight times as the runner up for the most popular Female Singer in the country three times at Zlaty slavik 1980 1982 1983 on five occasions for Slavik 1998 2000 2002 2005 87 despite showing no particular interest in accepting these recognitions 75 For her other cultural or lifetime achievements she is also a recipient of the Main Prize by the Culture Ministry of the Czechoslovakia 1986 88 the Freedom of the City of her birth municipality 2007 21 89 as well of the town of Stropkov 2013 90 91 and among others The Woman of the Year title 2008 21 92 and the Hall of Fame OTO Award 2014 93 Year Nominated work Award Category1970s1977 Usmev Bratislavska lyra Audience Choice 94 1978 S tou nadejou chod spat Nasich 9 62 Studentenliebe Internationales Schlagerfestival Dresden Price of the State Committee for Radio at the Council of Ministers of the GDR 95 1979 Herself Melodie Best Female Singer 96 1980s1980 Vyznanie Chcem sa s tebou delit Intervision Best Female Vocal Performance 97 1983 Herself POPular Best Female Singer 68 1984 Muz Nula 5 x P 10 1985 Zem menom laska Zlaty triangel Best Video 68 1986 Chlapci v pasci Adresa ja adresa ty Tour Ministry of Culture of the Czechoslovakia Main Prize 98 Usti nad Labem National Contest of Musical Programs Audience ChoiceHerself POPular Best Female Singer1987 68 Atelier duse Best Album1988 Mlade rozletyHerself POPular Best Female SingerCentral Committee of the Slovak Women Union Gold Plaque 99 Koloseum Zlaty triangel Best Video 68 1990s1995 Paradiso Zlaty triangel Best Video 68 Herself Zlata nota Female Singer 24 1996 100 ZAI Awards Hall of Fame 24 1997 Slovensky slavik Female Singer 101 19982000s2000 Herself Songstress of the Century 95 2001 OTO Awards Female Singer 102 2007 Vyznanie Hit of the Century 81 Herself Freedom of the City Turany nad Ondavou 21 2008 Bratislava Leaders Woman of the Year2010s2013 Herself Mikova Festival of the Rusyns Culture Lifetime achievement 103 Freedom of the City Stropkov 90 2014 OTO Awards Hall of Fame 93 2015 Slovenka Awards Special Lifetime achievement 104 Note The years are listed in order of the respective calendar years the annual ceremonies are usually held the next See also editSlovak popular music The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time Honorific 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Retrieved 7 April 2011 Lehotsky Oskar 23 April 2008b Slovak Popular Music in the Years 1977 1989 Modus PDF in Slovak Bratislava Slovakia Comenius University Faculty of Arts Archived from the original PDF on 19 August 2011 Retrieved 7 April 2011 Further reading editGraclik Miroslav Nekvapil Vaclav 2008 Marika Gombitova Neautorizovany zivotny pribeh legendy cesko slovenskej pop music in Slovak 1st ed Bratislava Slovakia p 446 ISBN 978 80 7388 120 7 OCLC 298779121 Retrieved 17 December 2011 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help CS1 maint location missing publisher link Vejvoda Jiri 1990 Narok na ro c k Dvacet vyznani ceskoslovenskych pop rockovych hvezd in Czech 1st ed Prague Czech Republic Supraphon p 230 ISBN 978 80 7058 222 0 OCLC 38721273 Retrieved 17 December 2011 Zajic Miroslav 1989 Inventura aneb Dvacet let fotoreporterem Mladeho sveta in Czech 1st ed Prague Czech Republic MAFRA p 255 ISBN 978 80 204 0123 6 OCLC 24669912 Retrieved 17 December 2011 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help Kamenisty Jan 1990 Ako kopu muzy Rozhovory s umelcami Edicia Orientacia in Czech and Slovak 1st ed Bratislava Slovakia p 263 ISBN 978 80 221 0036 6 OCLC 23772235 Retrieved 17 December 2011 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help CS1 maint location missing publisher link Matzner Antonin Polednak Ivan Wasserberger Igor 1990 Encyklopedie jazzu a moderni popularni hudby in Czech 1st ed Prague Czech Republic Supraphon p 649 ISBN 978 80 7058 210 7 OCLC 7579266 Retrieved 17 December 2011 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help Zbirka Miroslav Kollar Jozef 2002 Meky in Czech and Slovak 1st ed Bratislava Slovakia IKAR p 165 ISBN 978 80 249 0134 3 OCLC 53266790 Retrieved 17 December 2011 Kruta Jan Hucek Miroslav Zajic Miroslav 2003 Klec na slaviky O zpivani do zlata i do blata Zlaty Cesky slavik 1962 2002 in Czech 1st ed Prague Czech Republic Epocha p 360 ISBN 978 80 86328 27 0 OCLC 56872847 Retrieved 17 December 2011 Paulicka Ivan 2002 Vseobecny encyklopedicky slovnik G L in Czech 2nd ed Prague Czech Republic Ottovo nakladatelstvi p 943 ISBN 978 80 7181 659 1 OCLC 51189343 Retrieved 17 December 2011 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help External links editMarika Gombitova at Wikipedia s sister projects nbsp Media from Commons nbsp Data from Wikidata Official website permanent dead link in English German and Slovak Official fansite on Facebook Official channel on YouTube Marika Gombitova at AllMusic Marika Gombitova on Discogs Marika Gombitova at IMDb Marika Gombitova at the TCM Movie Database nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Marika Gombitova amp oldid 1183973081, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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