He’s most likely the most important chameleon of Czech showbiz, each fashion-wise and musically. Jiří Korn began within the Nineteen Sixties within the rock band Rebels, then spent two years within the now legendary Olympic and eventually launched into a solo profession. And thank God for that, as a result of for nearly 60 years at the moment’s birthday boy Jiří Korn has been a fully unmissable persona of the Czech music scene.
Rock beginnings
The yr was 1967, and Jiří Korn and the musician Svatopluk Čech (only for enjoyable: he’s the brother of František Ringo Čech) based the rock band Rebels, and a yr later they launched their first album, named after their most likely best-known music, The Sleeping Magnificence.
In 1970, nonetheless, the band broke up and Jiří Korn settled within the Olympic band for 2 years, the place he sang and performed the bass guitar. However then he determined to go solo and the true trip began.
A star named Jiří Korn
Korn can do rather more than “simply” sing. He dances, faucets, performs the bass guitar, has appearing expertise and followers merely love his iconic voice.
Within the Nineteen Eighties, he was one of many regulars of the then-popular TV cabaret Perhaps even a magician will come, and his inseparable companion was Helena Vondráčková – Já go pou tam a te tam, Ja na brach blues, That Mr. Chopin, that is actually solely a small collection of well-known duets that they sang collectively. However after all Korn has numerous different well-known songs to his credit score. Or possibly you do not keep in mind Miss Moscow, Karel might be carrying tea, which he sang with Vilém Čok, Windsurfing…?
In 2002, Korn initiated the formation of the 4TET group consisting of Jiří Korn, Jiří Škorpík, Dušan Kollár and David Uličník. These 4 genius singers then gave a brand new coat to outdated Korn songs, however additionally they coated songs by different artists and compositions from classical music in an unconventional manner. That is how they gave a brand new coat to, for instance, the songs Lion Sleeps Tonight, Girl Carneval, but additionally the Czech nationwide anthem or the baroque carol Need to Sleep. However this yr, 4TET introduced its last breakup.
Nonetheless, Korn most likely does not have time to be unhappy, as a result of this extravagant elegant man is touring everywhere in the nation as a part of his spectacular Korncert live performance tour and is mainly offered out in all places.
Privateness is protected by Korn
Jiří Korn is certainly not one of many stars who like to speak about their privateness typically. He married 3 times. He married his first spouse, Hana, in 1972, however comparatively quickly every little thing resulted in divorce. His second spouse was Kateřina Kornová. The marriage came about in 1991, when she was already pregnant, and shortly after the marriage, their first son Filip was born. A yr after that, daughter Kristina was born.
Son Filip, nonetheless, has a extreme handicap – he was identified with cerebral palsy, a dysfunction within the improvement of the motor areas of the mind, and later epilepsy and autism. Each Jiří and Kateřina struggled with it, devoted themselves absolutely to their son, however their marriage collapsed within the second half of the Nineteen Nineties. However they parted amicably and have pleasant relations with one another.
After the collapse of his second marriage, Korn started to protect his privateness maybe much more, however someday round 2009, a sympathetic and 25 years youthful brunette Renata Cieslerová began appearing by his facet. They met taking part in golf, which they each love. In 2017, Korn hit it off for the third time, and it appears to be like like he is lastly discovered happiness in love.
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