Anna Maria Jopek (born 14 December 1970) is a Polish vocalist, songwriter, and improviser. She represented Poland in the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "

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" and finished 11th out of 25 participating acts; and in 2002, she collaborated on an album with

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. She has received numerous awards for her music, including

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's Personal Award in

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in 1994, as well as all of the awards for music in Poland, together with gold and platinum records.

Biography

She is the daughter of

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singer Stanisław Jopek (1935–2006), known as the "First Coachman of Poland" for his signature song "Furman" (The Coachman), and former Mazowsze dancer Maria Stankiewicz. Her 1999

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, ''Dzisiaj z Betleyem,'' features two duets with her father. Anna Maria's sister, Patrycja is a violinist. In Poland she has sung with

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and

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. Abroad she has performed with

, Youssu'n Dour,

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, Ivan Linz,

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and

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among others. In 2017 Jopek also sung a duet with

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on a New Year's TV program. Jopek has performed at the world's leading concert venues such as

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, Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall,

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, The Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv or Hamer Hall in Melbourne. She has recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World studio, Abbey Road in London and Power Station in New York. In 2015 she received the Knight's Cross

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conferred by President

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for promoting Polish art worldwide. In 2019 Jopek released a new album "Ulotne" (Elusive) with

. Currently, she is working on a new concert project titled "Przestworza" (The Expanses). In August 2021, she will continue this tour at Poland's most popular concert venues. Over the past few years, Jopek has been experimenting with various stage forms. She has performed in "Czas Kobiety" (A Woman's Time), a play staged at Teatr Stary in Lublin, directed by the legend of Polish theatre – professor Leszek Mądzik. The music was written by Jopek and Robert Kubiszyn. In 2014, she accepted Song of the Goat Theatre's invitation to perform in an oratory "Return to the Voice". They held a series of performances over a month as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where she was noticed by Michael Hirst, creator of HISTORY's flagship series ''

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''. The producers offered her to record a song to be featured in the show.

Discography

Solo albums

Collaborative albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Video albums

Music videos

References

External links

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