Czesław Stefan Mozil (born April 12, 1979), also known under the alias Czesław Śpiewa (), is a Polish-Danish singer and musician (mostly using the
accordion
Accordions (from 19th-century German language, German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a Reed (mou ...
), and graduate of the
Royal Danish Academy of Music
The Royal Danish Academy of Music, or Royal Danish Conservatory of Music (), in Copenhagen is the oldest professional institution of musical education in Denmark as well as the largest, with approximately 400 students. It was established in 186 ...
.
Life
Mozil moved to
Denmark
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when he was 5, returning to Poland at the age of 28. He makes hard-to-classify music, with pieces of
cabaret
Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music song, dance, recitation, or drama. The performance venue might be a pub, casino, hotel, restaurant, or nightclub with a stage for performances. The audience, often dining or drinking, ...
,
rock
Rock most often refers to:
* Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids
* Rock music, a genre of popular music
Rock or Rocks may also refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wale ...
, and even
punk rock
Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a rock music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1950s rock and roll and 1960s garage rock, punk bands rejected the corporate nature of mainstream 1970s rock music. They typically produced sh ...
.
He also founded the Danish rock band
Tesco Value (name of the group comes from his nickname, which was given to young Czesław Mozil on a vacation in England).
In 2007 he played live with the Polish band
Hey during their ''
MTV Unplugged
''MTV Unplugged'' is an American television series on MTV. It showcases recorded live performances of popular music artists playing acoustic instrument, acoustic or "unplugged" variations of songs. The show aired regularly from 1989 to 1999. F ...
'' show.
Czesław was a judge on the talent show
X-Factor (Poland)
''X Factor'' was a Polish talent show based on a British show ''The X Factor'' and broadcast on TVN (Polish TV channel), TVN. The first series premiered on 6 March 2011. On 27 November 2010, during the season 3 finale of ''Mam talent!, Poland's ...
. He has expressed his support for
LGBT rights
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.
His name was the correct answer to the winning final question on the ''
Milionerzy'' quiz show in 2010, the Polish version of ''
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' (WWTBAM) is an international television game show franchise of British origin, created by David Briggs, Mike Whitehill and Steven Knight. In its format, currently owned and licensed by Sony Pictures Televis ...
''
Discography
Studio albums
Live albums
Video albums
Music videos
References
External links
Official WebsiteRecord Label
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1979 births
Living people
Mozil
Musicians from Zabrze
Mystic Production artists
Royal Danish Academy of Music alumni
Polish male songwriters
Polish lyricists
21st-century Polish male singers
21st-century Polish singers