Biography
Who is Marta Kubišová?
Early life and career
Marta Kubišová was born in České Budějovice, Czechia. Her father worked as a cardiologist and her mother was a housewife who sold records in Prague. The family moved to Poděbrady in 1952. After finishing high school, she worked at a glassworks in Poděbrady to prepare for college.
Her musical path began with a dance group in Nymburk. She reached the finals of Hledáme nové talenty in 1961. After leaving her job at the glass factory in 1962, she auditioned for the Stop Theatre in Pardubice. By 1963, she moved to Plzeň to perform in the production Black Dream at Theatre Alpha.
Musical rise and political resistance
In 1965, she started working with Helena Vondráčková and Václav Neckář. She won the Zlatý slavík award in 1967. Her song Modlitba pro Martu became a symbol of resistance against the 1968 occupation by Warsaw Pact troops. She also formed the group Golden Kids with her colleagues in 1968.
Marta Kubišová recorded many songs, including the LP Songy a Balady in 1969. The government banned her from performing in 1970. She was a spokesperson for the Charter 77 proclamation between 1977 and 1978. During the Velvet Revolution in 1989, she sang the national anthem from a balcony on Wenceslas Square.
Family and personal life
Marta married film director Jan Němec and later married Jan Moravec after a divorce. She has one daughter, Kateřina Moravcová, who was born on 1 June 1979. In 1971, she survived clinical death following a miscarriage in her eighth month of pregnancy.
She successfully took the director of Supraphon to court for libel. After the fall of the communist regime in 1989, her rights were fully restored. She returned to recording and performing in 1990, releasing albums like Lampa and Songy a nálady.
Awards and later career
The singer has received several honors, including the Czech Medal of Merit and the Order of the White Double Cross. She was also awarded the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st class. In 2002, she received the St. Wenceslas Honours.
Marta Kubišová performed many concerts in places like Japan, Paris, and Berlin. She released the novelty album Vítej, lásko in 2005. Her first DVD was released by Supraphon in 2008. A play about her life was staged in Poland in 2011.
Birthday and age
Marta Kubišová was born on November 1, 1942, which makes Marta 83 years old today. That birthday falls under the Scorpio sign. Marta shares the date with 38 other famous people.
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