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11th ZAI Awards
11th ZAI Awards Artmedia Music Academy Awards ---- Presenter(s) ---- Broadcaster Markíza ---- Grand Prix Peter Lipa ---- ◄ 10th │ 12th ► The 11th ZAI Awards, honoring the best in the Slovak music industry for individual achievements for the year of 2000, took time and place on March 9, 2001 at the civic center Zrkadlový háj in Bratislava. The ceremony was held in association with the local Music Fund (HF) and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Slovakia (SNS IFPPI). As with the previous two editions, the accolades were named after the Artmedia Music Academy, established by ZAI and the related company in 1999. Winners Main categories Genre awards Others References * * External links Winners">ZAI Awards > Winners(Official site) (at ''SME'') {{DEFAULTSORT:11th Zai Awards 11 Zai Awards The ZAI Awards (''Hudobný fond'' or HF) are a Slovak music accolade presented by '' Zväz autorov a interprétov populárnej hudby'' (ZAI) t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 phase, the annual ceremonies were held in association with the local Music Fund (HF) and International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Slovakia (SNS IFPI). For that reason, their follow-up equivalents were frequently renamed; once after the American Gramies (1996–1997). Following a 1997 protest of the U.S. NARAS management against the Czech music awards, also called likewise, the Slovak organization decided to change the adopted name too, renaming then trophies after the Artmedia Music Academy (1998–2000), also established by ZAI. In 2001, the event was separately rebranded by SNS IFPI for the Aurel Awards (2001–2007), for a change, prior to their hiatus. Restored by the ZAI union in 2011 under their original title, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civic Center
A civic center or civic centre is a prominent land area within a community that is constructed to be its focal point or center. It usually contains one or more dominant public buildings, which may also include a government building. Recently, the term "civic center" has been used in reference to an entire central business district of a community or a major shopping center in the middle of a community. In this type of civic center, special attention is paid to the way public structures are grouped and landscaped. In some American cities, a multi-purpose arena is named "Civic Center", for example Columbus Civic Center. Such "civic centers" combine venues for sporting events, theaters, concerts and similar events. In Australia, a civic centre can refer to a civic precinct, a show or meeting venue, or can also be used as a brand of Shopping Centre. Notable civic centers India * Delhi Civic Centre North America * Civic Center, Houston * Seattle Center * Forest Park, St Louis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SME (newspaper)
''SME'' or ''Denník SME'' (in English: ''WE ARE'' Daily) is one of the most widely read mainstream broadsheets in Slovakia. Their website, SME.sk, is one of the most visited Internet portals in Slovakia. History and profile ''SME'' was founded in mid-January 1993. ''SME'' appears 6 times a week. It is issued by Petit Press. The sister newspapers of ''SME'' include '' The Slovak Spectator'', '' Új Szó'', '' Korzár'' and various regional My noviny newspapers The former managing editors were Martin M. Šimečka and founding editor-in-chief was Karol Ježík. Its target group is very wide, but officially it focuses on readers in bigger cities and agglomerations. Its circulation in December 2006 was 76,590 copies. It was 53,000 copies in 2011. The paper had a circulation of 62,890 copies in September 2012. and 32,853 in January 2015 In 2014, the Namav, a subject subvenced by the Penta Investments group, announced the purchase of Petit Press, the publisher of the newspaper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenský Komorný Orchester
Bohdan Warchal (27 January 1930 in Orlová, Czechoslovakia – 30 December 2000 in Bratislava, Slovakia) was a Slovak violinist, a member of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and founder, chief conductor and soloist of the Slovak Chamber Orchestra. His Naxos Records discography includes the Bach Brandenburg Concerti and Handel's Water and Fireworks Music. For cpo he has recorded many of Michael Haydn's symphonies. Positions * 1957–1964 - concertmaster of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra * 1964 - artistic leader of the Slovak Chamber Orchestra * 1959–1963 - external pedagogue at the State Conservatory Bratislava * 1980 - pedagogue at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava ( sk, Vysoká škola múzických umení v Bratislave, abbr. VŠMU) is a university founded on June 9, 1949. The university consists of three faculties: *''Theatre Faculty'' (Acting, Directing, Dramatu ... * 1995 - moved from the Slovak Philhar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Babjak
Martin Babjak (born 15 September 1960 in Banská Bystrica) is a Slovak operatic baritone. The winner of several international singing competitions, he has been a principal singer at the Slovak National Theatre since 1989. He has also appeared as a guest artist at opera houses in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, France, Norway, Egypt, Canada, the United States, Japan and the Czech Republic. He has particularly excelled in portraying roles from the operas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giacomo Puccini, and Giuseppe Verdi. Biography Born in Banská Bystrica, Babjak is the son of the Slovak baritone Štefan Babjak. His brother, Ján Babjak, is an operatic tenor and his sister, Terézia Kružliaková, is an operatic mezzo-soprano. He attended elementary school in Banská Bystrica. From 1976 to 1980 he studied at the Technical School in Zvolen. He then entered the Bratislava Conservatory where he studied under Idy Černecké. In 1984, he won first prize in the school's singing co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMT Smile
IMT may refer to: * IMT, the IATA code for Ford Airport (Iron Mountain), Michigan, US * ''In Melbourne Tonight'', an Australian TV show * Individual Movement Techniques * International Military Tribunal * Institute for Military Technology at Royal Danish Defence College * an abbreviation of the word, Immortality Organizations * IMT Gallery, an art gallery in London, UK * Immortals, an American esports organization * Industry of Machinery and Tractors, a Serbian producer and vendor of tractors and agricultural machinery * Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse * Institut Mines-Télécom, a French public institution for higher education and research * Inter Moengotapoe, a Surinamese football club * FK IMT, a Serbian football club * International Marxist Tendency * Islamic Movement of Turkestan Science, technology and health * IMT-2000, mobile telecommunications specifications * Information manipulation theory, an interpersonal communication theory dealing with deceptive message ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Television
Music television is a type of television programming which focuses predominantly on playing music videos from recording artists, usually on dedicated television channels broadcasting on satellite, cable, or Streaming Platforms. Music television channels may host their own shows and charts and award prizes. Examples are MTV, Channel UFX, 4Music, 40 TV, Channel V, VIVA, Scuzz, MuchMusic, Kerrang! TV, RAC 105 TV, VH1, Fuse TV and Palladia. History Radio broadcast (1950s) Prior to the 1950s most musical broadcasts were on a radio format. Most radio broadcasts were live music such as Classical music broadcasts—for example, the NBC Symphony Orchestra. In the 1950s broadcast television such as NBC, CBS, and ABC sought to move their popular radio broadcasts to a television format, such as '' Texaco Star Theater'', which went from a radio broadcast to a telecast. As networks continued to abandon radio for popular music broadcasting, the recording industry sought to influe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Saudek
Jan Saudek (born 13 May 1935) is an art photographer and painter. Jan Saudek's art work represents a unique technique combining photography and painting. In his country of origin, Czechoslovakia, Jan was considered a disturbed artist and oppressed by authorities. His art gained more prominence during the 1990s, thanks to his collaboration with the publisher Taschen. During the 2000s, Saudek lost all his photo negatives in matrimonial dispute and his pictures are now displayed on internet for free. Jan claims they were stolen from him. Jan is the author of many “ mise en scene” that were re-taken and copied by other artists. The cliché of a naked man holding a naked new born baby with tenderness became a picture that was reproduced so many times that the composition became as commonplace as posing for a graduation picture. During his life in communist Czechoslovakia, Jan was labeled by the totalitarian regime as a pornographer. He lived in poverty using the only ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrej Šeban
Andrej Šeban (born 23 June 1962), is a Slovak jazz fusion musician, composer, producer, studio guitarist, and instructor. He is also an occasional actor. Life and career Šeban was born in Bratislava in 1962. As a child, he took piano lessons and beginning in 1977, he took classical guitar lessons. The same year, he joined the band Nervy (where Martin Ďurinda Martin Ďurinda (also known as Maťo Ďurinda, born 8 November 1961) is the vocalist and guitarist for the Slovak hard rock/ heavy metal band Tublatanka. His hometown is Bratislava, Slovakia. Biography In his youth, Ďurinda had aspirations ... sang and played guitar). From 1978 to 1979, he was a member of the jazz rock band Miting and in the early 1980s, he played with hard rock band Demikát. He joined the music faculty at Comenius University in 1986 and studied vocal performance. The same year, he wrote the score for the film ''Slané cukríky'' and briefly played in the groups Tristo hrmených and Burčiak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Name (Slovak Band)
No Name is a Slovak rock band. It was formed in Košice on 26 August 1996 by Viliam Gutray and three Timko brothers - Igor, Roman, and Ivan. Marián Čekovský joined No Name as a keyboardist and was replaced by Zoli Šallai after leaving the band. A few years later, the youngest Timko brother, Dušan, also became a member of No Name. No Name became known to Slovak audiences in part by playing the Bratislavská lýra festival , but their came with their second album, ''Počkám si na zázrak'' (I'll Wait for a Miracle), which featured the hit singles "Ty a Tvoja sestra" (You and Your Sister) and "Žily" (Veins). Band members Current members * Igor Timko - vocals * Roman Timko - guitar, vocals * Zoltán Šallai - keyboards, vocals * Ivan Timko - drums, vocals * Dušan Timko - guitar * Pavol Jakab - bass Past members * Marián Čekovský - keyboards * Viliam Gutray - bass Discography Studio albums * ''No Name'' (1998) * ''Počkám si na zázrak'' (2000) * ''Oslávme si život' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Kirschner
Jana Kirschner (born Jana Kirschnerová; 29 December 1978 in Martin) 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 Czech Republic. She won four ZAI Awards 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 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 Eddie Stevens.The tracks from both albums were brought to life again in 2015 on the album ''Moruša: Remixed'' which contains 12 songs remixed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Müller (singer)
Richard Müller (born 6 September 1961) is a Slovak singer, songwriter, and occasional actor. He is one of the most successful singers in both the Czech Republic and Slovakia, where he has sold more than one million records. Biography He started as a music journalist. In the beginning of the 1980s, while studying the theory of drama and screenplay at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU), he started writing for the daily paper and the only specialized periodical at the time, ''Popular'', and, later, for ''Gramorevue''. As a journalist, in his own words, he could get close to the musicians he admired easier. His first song, ''Radio'', was recorded with the Burčiak Pavla Daněka band. The track was very successful in the music chart 5xp, which encouraged Müller to start a band with Martin Karvaš, it was called Banket. Their debut album, ''Bioelektrovízia'' (1986) was full of hits, including the immortal song written by Vašo Patejdl – ''Po schodoch'' ("Up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
