Lenka Dusilová

Lenka Dusilová
Lenka Dusilová standing onstage playing guitar, signing into a microphone
Dusilová in 2008
Background information
Born (1975-12-28) 28 December 1975 (age 48)
Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia
Genres
  • Alternative rock
  • acoustic rock
OccupationMusician
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • vocals
Years active1988–present
Labels
Formerly of
Websitelenkadusilova.art/en

Lenka Dusilová (born 28 December 1975) is a Czech singer-songwriter and multiple-Anděl Award winner.[1]

Career

Early years: 1988–2000

Dusilová began her career in 1988, joining the Bambini di Praga children's choir at age thirteen after singing in the family band RSP with her mother and brother. RSP played folk music set to Czech and Polish poetry. During the 1990s, Dusilová was a full and guest member of several groups.

Between 1991 and 1995, she led the rock band Sluníčko, which released an eponymous album in 1994, won the Marlboro Rock '94 competition, and opened the Open Air Gampell music festival in Switzerland. That year, Dusilová was nominated for the Discovery of the Year Anděl Award.

Between 1994 and 1997, the artist was a guest member of the rock band Lucie. In 1996, she formed the group Pusa with Lucie members David Koller and Marek Minárik. Their song "Muka" was nominated for an Anděl Award in 1996.

First three solo albums: 2000–2004

Dusilová won the Anděl Award for Female Singer of the Year in 2000 and the same year, she sang guest vocals on the Čechomor album Proměny, which was produced by Jaz Coleman and also featured David Koller on guest drums. The album's title track won an Anděl Award in 2001 for Song of the Year, while the record won Album of the Year. Also in 2000, she released her debut solo album, titled Lenka Dusilová. She followed it with Spatřit světlo světa in 2002 and UnEarthEd in 2004. This release was her first to be published in the United States.

Mezi Světy and Eternal Seekers: 2005–2008

Dusilová's 2005 album, Mezi Světy, went Gold within weeks of its release. It won the 2006 Anděl Award for Best Rock Album, and the musician received the award for Best Female Singer. The record was produced in the United States and featured Scott Amendola on drums, among other American session musicians.

In 2008, together with Beata Hlavenková and Clarinet Factory, Dusilová launched a project called Eternal Seekers. They recorded a self-titled album the same year, for which Dusilová won an Anděl Award in the Best Singer category.[2] The track "Smiluje" was used as the opening song for the 2011 film Long Live the Family! by Robert Sedláček. [3]

Subsequent albums and projects: 2011–present

In 2011, Dusilová released her fifth solo studio album, titled Baromantika.[4] She went on to form a group of the same name, which also included Eternal Seekers bandmate Beata Hlavenková. In 2013, they released the live album Live at Café v lese and followed up in 2014 with the studio recording V hodině smrti.[5]

In 2020, Dusilová released her sixth studio album, Řeka.

Discography

Solo

Awards and nominations

Year Work Award Category Result Ref
1994 Herself Anděl Awards Discovery of the Year Nominated
1996 "Muka" by Pusa Anděl Awards Song of the Year Nominated
2000 Herself Anděl Awards Female Singer of the Year Won [6]
2003 Herself Anděl Awards Female Singer of the Year Nominated [7]
2005 Herself Anděl Awards Female Singer of the Year Won [8]
2006 Mezi světy Anděl Awards Album of the Year – Rock Won
2006 Herself Anděl Awards Female Singer of the Year Won [9]
2006 Herself Óčko Music Awards Best Domestic Singer Won
2007 Herself Anděl Awards Female Singer of the Year Nominated
2008 Herself Anděl Awards Female Singer of the Year Won [10]
2011 Herself Anděl Awards Female Singer of the Year Won [11]
2011 Baromantika Anděl Awards Album of the Year Nominated [11]
2013 Herself Anděl Awards Female Singer of the Year Won
2020 Herself Anděl Awards Female Singer of the Year Won
2020 Řeka Anděl Awards Album of the Year Won
2020 "Vlákna" Anděl Awards Song of the Year Won
2020 Řeka Anděl Awards Album of the Year – Alternative & Electronic Nominated

References

  1. ^ "Lenka Dusilová | Celebwiki.cz". Celebwiki.blesk.cz. 28 December 1975. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Clarinet Factory/Lenka Dusilová/Beata Hlavenková – Eternal Seekers". animalmusic.cz. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Rodina je základ státu". ceskatelevize.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Lenka Dusilová vydává nové album" [Lenka Dusilová Is Releasing a New Album]. rockandpop.cz (in Czech). Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  5. ^ "RECENZE: Lenka Dusilová a Baromantika - i smrt jim sluší" [Review: Lenka Dusilová and Baromantika – Even Death Suits Them]. ireport.cz (in Czech). 26 September 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Ceny Akademie populární hudby 2000". Akademie populární hudby (in Czech). APH. cenyandel.cz. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  7. ^ "Žánrové ceny Anděl 2003 – Nominace k vyhlášení cen Akademie populární hudby Anděl 2003". Muzikus (in Czech). Muzikus.cz. 7 March 2004. muzikus.cz. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  8. ^ "Anděl Allianz 2005". Akademie populární hudby (in Czech). APH. cenyandel.cz. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  9. ^ "Nominace na Anděly 2006". Superbeat.cz (in Czech). Superbeat.cz. 10 February 2007. superbeat.cz. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  10. ^ "Ceny Anděl 2008". Akademie populární hudby (in Czech). APH. cenyandel.cz. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  11. ^ a b "Ceny Anděl 2011". Akademie populární hudby (in Czech). APH. cenyandel.cz. Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
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