Martin Ďurinda
Maťo Ďurinda | |
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 Ďurinda performing live at TopFest 2009 in Slovakia | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Martin Ďurinda |
| Born | 8 November 1961 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |
| Origin | Czechoslovakia |
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| Years active | 1985–present |
| Labels | EMI Czech Republic |
| Website | tublatanka |
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 of becoming a hockey player while teaching himself to play guitar and piano. Martin learned to sing from his mother, who was a high school music teacher. Between 1977 and 1980, he was a member of the pop group Nervy. In 1982, he enrolled at Comenius University in Bratislava, where he majored in pharmacy. It was there that he met and , and created the band Tublatanka.[1] Together with his band Tublatanka he represented Slovakia at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 in Dublin with the song "Nekonečná pieseň".[2] Ďurinda has had a lengthy career with his band Tublatanka and they continue to perform to this day. He has also released a solo album, titled Perfektný svet (Perfect World), which came out in 1997.
Discography[]
with Tublatanka[]
Studio albums[]
- 1985: Tublatanka
- 1987: Skúsime to cez vesmír
- 1988: Žeravé znamenie osudu
- 1990: Nebo – peklo – raj
- 1992: Volanie divočiny
- 1993: Poďme bratia do Betlehema
- 1994: Znovuzrodenie
- 2001: Pánska jazda
- 2005: Patriot
- 2006: Vianočný deň
- 2010: Svet v ohrození
Compilations[]
- 1994: Neverending Song (six-track rare CD composed of Czech and English mixes of the track "Neverending Song", issued on the occasion of the band's participation in the Eurovision contest)
- 1996: Najvačšie hity No.1 - Pravda víťazí
- 1998: Najvačšie hity No.2 - Ja sa vrátim!
- 2002: Láska útočí (credited as Maťo Ďurinda, Tublatanka)
- 2003: Zlatá Tublatanka - 20 rockov
- 2006: Gold (credited as Tublatanka, Maťo Ďurinda)
- 2012: Najvačšie hity No.3 - Cítim sa fajn
Solo[]
- 1997: Perfektný svet
See also[]
References[]
External links[]
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- Comenius University alumni