Jana Kirschner (born Jana Kirschnerová; 29 December 1978 in

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) is a Slovak singer, songwriter and multiple award winner across several music genres. In 1996 she released her first album ''Jana Kirschner,'' however, it was her second record ''V cudzom meste'' which brought Jana Kirschner widespread recognition and popularity in Slovakia and later in the

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. She won four

ZAI Awards The ZAI Awards (''Hudobný fond'' or HF) are a Slovak music accolade presented by '' Zväz autorov a interprétov populárnej hudby'' (ZAI) to recognize outstanding achievements in the industry for the preceding year in the region. In the early ...

including the New Artist of the Year (1997), Album and Music Artist of the Year respectively (1999), and Female Singer of the Year (2000). In 1999, she topped the local Slávik poll–based awards. In the years 2003 and 2007, she won two

Aurel Awards The Aurel Awards were Slovak music accolades presented by ''Slovenská národná skupina Medzinárodnej federácie fonografického priemyslu'' (SNS IFPI) to recognize outstanding achievements in the industry for the preceding year in the regio ...

as Female Singer of the Year. In 2013 and 2014, Jana Kirschner released a two-album project titled ''Moruša: Biela'' and ''Moruša: Čierna'' produced by British musician, composer and arranger

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.The tracks from both albums were brought to life again in 2015 on the album ''Moruša: Remixed'' which contains 12 songs remixed by various producers from Central Europe.

Discography

* ''Jana Kirschner'' (1997) * ''V cudzom meste'' (1999) * ''Pelikán'' (2002) * ''Veci čo sa dejú'' (2003) * ''Shine'' (2007) * ''Krajina rovina'' (2010) * ''Moruša: Biela'' (2013) * ''Moruša: Čierna'' (2014) * ''Moruša: Remixed'' (2015) *Živá (2017)

Other appearances

*2006: ''

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'' with

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*2007: ''

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'' with Hapka & Horáček *collaborations with many artists :

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, Lenka Filipová,

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, Para,

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and others

Personal life

She lives in London together with her husband, British producer

, and two children.

References

External links

Official website

(in English) 1978 births Living people People from Martin, Slovakia 21st-century Slovak women singers 20th-century Slovak women singers {{Slovakia-bio-stub

Discography

Other appearances

Personal life

See also

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