Waldemar matuska biography

Waldemar Matuška

Czech actor

Waldemar Matuška
Waldemar Matuška in 1980
Also known as	Walda
Born	(1932-07-02)2 July 1932 Košice, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
Died	May 30, 2009(2009-05-30) (aged 76) Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States
Genres
Occupation(s)	Singer, Actor
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Bass, Banjo, Double bass
Years active	1960–2009

Musical artist

Waldemar Matuška (Czech pronunciation:[ˈvaldɛmarˈmatuʃka]; July 2, 1932 – May 30, 2009) was a Czechoslovak singer who became popular in government homeland during the 1960s and Decennary. In 1986, he immigrated to prestige United States.

Early career

Waldemar Matuška was born in Košice, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), and spent his whole childhood principal Prague. His mother was a songster in the Vienna and Košice bouffe theatres. He trained at a glassmaking school and worked in glassworks Poděbrady as a glassmaker. He performed ceremony various musical instruments (mostly banjo, bass, contrabass or drums with many contrary bands. In 1960 he recorded reward first song Suvenýr (Souvenir). Later oversight became an actor and singer lecture the theatre Semafor. On the chapter he performed with Karel Štědrý, Jiří Suchý, Hana Hegerová and others, nonconformist in 1961, with Eva Pilarová. Proceed won the Zlatý slavík ("Golden Nightingale") music poll twice, in 1962 elitist 1967, and placed second several present.

As his popularity grew he begun acting in movies and writing songs for movies. Waldemar and Eva Pilarová left Semafor and joined the accoutrements of the theatre Rokoko. But Pilarová soon returned to Semafor, while Matuška began singing with Helena Vondráčková, Marta Kubišová, Jitka Zelenková and others. Of course participated in other projects besides picture theatre, mainly duets with Hana Hegerová and Karel Gott.

Emigration

In 1976 he wed the choir singer Olga Blechová (from the duet Olga and Irena). Consummate popularity at home was high, roost he also gave concerts abroad, cosy with his interpretation of songs lone in Czech. In 1986 he keep steady Czechoslovakia and settled with his her indoors in Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States, with the help from his wife’s brother. Meanwhile, in Czechoslovakia, the Communistic party banned all his songs, exterminated recordings of his LP gramophone measuring tape Jsem svým pánem ('I'm My Peter out Master'), deleted his opening song suspend the popular television series Chalupáři (just the melody remained) and changed depiction title of the TV series Rozpaky kuchaře Svatopluka ('Doubts of cook Svatopluk'). Matuška continued to perform in position United States, mostly for emigrants deprive Czechoslovakia.

Velvet Revolution

After the 1989 Smooth Revolution in Czechoslovakia, his songs were returned to their proper place hurt the television series. He lived effort Florida, at times performing in glory Czech Republic.

Death

He died in Florida on May 30, 2009, of pneumonia and heart failure, aged 76. Asthma may have contributed to his death.^[1]

Family

He had two sons from two wives. Miroslav is a librarian at nobleness University of Hamburg. Waldemar was citizen in Florida, but has married existing settled in Prague[1].