Michal David (born name Vladimír Štancl, 14 July 1960,

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

) is a Czech pop-singer, songwriter and producer.

Biography and career

He started his music career during his studies in

Prague Conservatory The Prague Conservatory or Prague Conservatoire ( cs, Pražská konzervatoř) is a music school in Prague, Czech Republic, founded in 1808. Currently, Prague Conservatory offers four or six year study courses, which can be compared to the level ...

in the 1970s where he created a jazz band with his friends, as jazz has been Michal's main passion and an academic concentration. However, after a short period of time, he was hired by a successful pop-music producer František Janeček as a piano player, singer and a song-writer and soon became a teenage girls' idol. Michal David had a very successful career as a singer and composer, however after the Czechoslovak

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in 1989, he as well many other Czechoslovak popular singers fell on hard times, since the political situation changed rapidly and the market started to open to other foreign artists and domestic artists lost their popularity for a while. He was also called a pro-regime singer by some critics. During this time Michal David was mainly focusing on composing and songwriting rather than performing. His popularity was restored again in 1998 when he composed and sang "hymn" for the

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, which won the Nagano Winter Olympics that year. Then, in 2000, he contributed to the comeback of another famous Czech female singer Helena Vondráčková by writing her a hit song "Dlouhá noc". Faces of Death

In 2002 Michal David officially composed his first musical show called "Kleopatra" which premiered in Prague theatre '' Broadway''. Since then, Michal has composed more than 5 other musicals, where he was not only a songwriter but the producer as well. Kleopatra along with some of his other musical shows were sold to South Korea where they became instantly successful. His song "Třetí Galaxie" appeared in

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's movie " Hostel". Michal David was a vocal coach on the TV reality talent show '' The Voice'', starting in February 2011 on Czech and Slovak National TV.

Personal life

Michal David is currently living in Prague, Czech Republic with his wife Marcela (

Marcela Skuherská Marcela Skuherská-Davidová (born 14 February 1961) is a former professional tennis player who represented Czechoslovakia. Biography Skuherská, who was born in Přerov, played on the professional circuit in the 1980s. She was a member of the Cz ...

), a former successful professional tennis player from the 1980s. (She won the Fed Cup in 1983 and 1984 with her team members

Helena Suková Helena Suková () (born 23 February 1965) is a Czech former professional tennis player. During her career, she won 14 major doubles titles, nine in women's doubles and five in mixed doubles. She is also a two-time Olympic silver medalist in do ...

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and

Iva Budařová Iva Budařová (born 30 July 1960) is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia. Budařová played on the WTA Tour from 1978 until 1991, winning four doubles titles. She achieved a career high singles ranking of world No. 24 (i ...

, and participated in competitions such as US Open, Australian Open and Wimbledon). Michal's daughter Klára obtained her bachelor's degree in arts in New York, followed by postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford. David has been associated with many charities and non-profits since the death of his second daughter Michaela who died of

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at the age of 11.

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Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:David, Michal 1960 births Living people Musicians from Prague Czech songwriters 21st-century Czech male singers 20th-century Czech male singers Czechoslovak male singers

Biography and career

Personal life

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