Miroslav Žbirka Explained

Miroslav "meki" Žbirka
Background:	solo_singer
Alias:	Miro Žbirka
Birth Date:	21 October 1952
Birth Place:	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Death Place:	Prague, Czech Republic
Genre:	Pop rock, new wave, folk
Occupation:	Singer, songwriter
Instrument:	Guitar
Years Active:	1968–2021
Label:	OPUS, Bonton, Sony BMG
Current Member Of:	Modus, Limit

Miroslav "Miro" Žbirka (21 October 1952 – 10 November 2021) was a Slovak pop and rock singer and songwriter, widely popular in 1980s Czechoslovakia. Born in Bratislava to a Slovak father and an English mother, he sang in Slovak, English, and Czech. He sometimes recorded in London, but lived in Slovakia and since early 1990s in Prague, Czech Republic, where he died.

In the late 1970s, Žbirka co-founded two Czechoslovak pop music bands, Modus^[1] and Limit. In 1982, he rose to fame by winning the annual Zlatý slavík award for the best male singer in Czechoslovakia. After the 1992 division of Czechoslovakia, he repeated this achievement in the Slovak annual Slávik Awards, coming number one in the annual end of year charts in 2002, 2004 and 2005.^[2]

Žbirka had some performances with Jon Anderson in 2012. Asteroid 5895 Žbirka, discovered by Czech astronomer Zdeňka Vávrová in 1982, was named in his honor (the official was published by the Minor Planet Center on 27 August 2019). He died from pneumonia in Prague on 10 November 2021, leaving behind recorded vocals for his 15th studio album, Posledné veci (Last Things), which was completed by his son David Žbirka in Konk Studios by May 2022.

Discography

See main article: Miroslav Žbirka discography.

Studio albums

• 1980: Doktor Sen
• 1982: Sezónne lásky
• 1983: Roky a dni
• 1984: Nemoderný chalan
• 1986: Chlapec z ulice
• 1988: Zlomky poznania
• 1990: K.O.
• 1993: Songs for Children (designed for children)
• 1994: Samozrejmý svet
• 1997: Meky
• 1999: Songs for Boys & Girls (designed for children)
• 2001: Modrý album
• 2005: Dúhy
• 2009: Empatia
• 2015: Miro
• 2018: Double Album
• 2022: Posledné veci

Export albums

• 1981: Doctor Dream (aka Miro and/or Like a Hero)
• 1982: Light of My Life
• 1983: Giant Step (aka Dear Boy)
• 1989: Step by Step

Awards

Major awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Category	Result	Ref
1977	"Úsmev" with Modus	Bratislavská lýra	Audience Choice		^[3]
			Czechoslovak Authors
1982	"Atlantída"				^[4]
	"The Love Song"	Villach Music Festival	—
		Hitradio Ö3	—
1983	"Nechodí"	Bratislavská lýra	Czechoslovak Authors
2002	"Čo bolí, to prebolí" feat. Martha	Aurel Awards	Song of the Year		^[5]
2003	Himself		Best Male Vocal Performance		^[6]
2004					^[7]
2005					^[8]
2006			Hall of Fame		^[9]
2007			Best Male Vocal Performance		^[10]
	Doktor Sen	Best Slovak Album of All Time	—		^[11]
	Sezónne lásky
	Modrý album
2009	Empatia	Anděl Awards	Album of the Year		^[12]

Music polls

Zlatý slavík by Mladý svět, Czechoslovakia Year Nomination Category Result Ref 1979 Himself Male Singer ^[13] 1980 ^[14] 1981 1982 ^[15] 1983 1984 ^[16] 1985 1986 ^[17] 1987 1988 ^[18] 1989 1990 ^[19] 1991 Český slavík by Mattoni, Czech Republic Year Nomination Category Result Ref 2000 Himself Male Singer ^[20] 2001 ^[21] 2002 2003 ^[22] 2004 2005 ^[23] 2006 2007 ^[24] 2008 2009 ^[25] 2010 2011 ^[26] 2012 2013 ^[27] 2014

Slávik by FORZA, Slovakia Year Nomination Category Result Ref 1998 Himself Male Singer ^[28] 1999 ^[29] 2000 ^[30] 2001 ^[31] 2002 ^[32] Rádio Expres Slávik 1 ^[33] 2003 Male Singer ^[34] 2004 ^[35] 2005 ^[36] 2006 ^[37] 2007 ^[38] 2008 ^[39] 2009 ^[40] 2010 ^[41] 2011 ^[42] 2012 ^[43] OTO by Art Production Agency, Slovakia Year Nomination Category Result Ref 2001 Himself Male Singer ^[44] 2002 ^[45] 2003 ^[46] 2004 ^[47] 2005 ^[48] 2006 ^[49] 2007 ^[50] 2008 ^[51] 2009 ^[52] 2010 ^[53] 2011 2012 2013 2014

References

General

• Web site: Slovak Popular Music in the Years 1977–1989 – Modus Study. Oskar. Lehotský. Comenius University, Faculty of Arts. Bratislava, Slovakia. 23 April 2008. 7 April 2011. sk. 19 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110819231336/http://lehotsky-modus.szm.com/modusstudia.pdf. dead.

Specific

Bibliography

• Book: Meky. Miroslav Žbirka. Žbirka. Miroslav. Kollár. Jozef. IKAR. Bratislava, Slovakia. 165. 978-80-249-0134-3. 2002. 53266790. 1st. 17 December 2011.

Further reading

• Book: Marika Gombitová: Neautorizovaný životný príbeh legendy česko-slovenskej pop music.

  cs:Miroslav Graclík

  . Graclík. Miroslav. Nekvapil. Václav. XYZ. Bratislava, Slovakia. 446. 978-80-7388-120-7. 2008. 298779121. 1st. 17 December 2011.

External links

• • • Miroslav Žbirka at Billboard

Notes and References

1. Web site: Miro Žbirka zůstane ještě letos akustický. 24 February 2010. Czech Television. cs. 19 March 2010.
2. Web site: Slovenské slavíky mají Žbirka a Elán. 5 December 2005. Mladá fronta DNES. cs. 19 March 2010.
3. Book:

   cs:Miroslav Graclík

   . Graclík. Miroslav. Nekvapil. Václav. Marika Gombitová: neautorizovaný životní příběh legendy československé pop music. Marika Gombitová: An Unauthorized Life Story of the Legend of Czechoslovak Pop Music. XYZ. 2008. 978-80-7388-115-3. 56. 294939865. Prague, Czech Republic. 21 March 2011.
4. Web site: Osobnosti – Miro Žbirka – Ocenenia. Feminity. feminity.zoznam.sk. Zoznam.sk. 1 July 2012.
5. Web site: Ceny Aurel 2002 aj s bombovým útokom. 11 March 2003. Music Scaper. Rob . Verdi. musicscaper.sk. 1 July 2012.
6. Web site: V pátek rozdají slovenské hudební ceny Aurel. 4 March 2004. Právo. novinky.cz. Borgis. 1 July 2012.
7. Web site: Aurela dostala Zuzana Smatanová, Miroslav Žbirka aj kapela Desmod. 4 March 2005. Pravda. koktail.pravda.sk. Perex. 1 July 2012.
8. Web site: Nominácie na Aurela 2005 sú už známe. 14 March 2006. 24 hodín. 24hod.sk. Denník 24 hodín. 1 July 2012.
9. Web site: Aurel 2006 je už minulosťou. 20 April 2007. Music Scaper. Lucia . Kanky. musicscaper.sk. 1 July 2012.
10. Web site: Nominácie na ceny Aurel 2007 sú známe. 14 May 2008. Eva . Bacigalová. Metoo. metoo.cz. Kabel Plus. 1 July 2012.
11. Web site: Exkluzívny rebríček: 100 najlepších slovenských albumov. 22 September 2007. Nový čas. cas.sk. Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia. 1 July 2012.
12. Web site: Ceny Anděl – Ročník 2009. Ceny Anděl. cenyandel.cz. Akademie populární hudby. 1 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20110309121736/http://www.cenyandel.cz/historie-vysledku/rocnik-2009/. 9 March 2011.
13. Book:

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    . Graclík. Miroslav. Nekvapil. Václav. Marika Gombitová: neautorizovaný životní příběh legendy československé pop music. Marika Gombitová: An Unauthorized Life Story of the Legend of Czechoslovak Pop Music. Zlatý slavík – Results. XYZ. 2008. 978-80-7388-115-3. 446. 294939865. Prague, Czech Republic. 21 March 2011. page 429. cs.
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    . Graclík. Miroslav. Nekvapil. Václav. Marika Gombitová: neautorizovaný životní příběh legendy československé pop music. Marika Gombitová: An Unauthorized Life Story of the Legend of Czechoslovak Pop Music. Zlatý slavík – Results. XYZ. 2008. 978-80-7388-115-3. 446. 294939865. Prague, Czech Republic. 21 March 2011. page 430. cs.
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    . Graclík. Miroslav. Nekvapil. Václav. Marika Gombitová: neautorizovaný životní příběh legendy československé pop music. Marika Gombitová: An Unauthorized Life Story of the Legend of Czechoslovak Pop Music. Zlatý slavík – Results. XYZ. 2008. 978-80-7388-115-3. 446. 294939865. Prague, Czech Republic. 21 March 2011. page 431. cs.
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    . Graclík. Miroslav. Nekvapil. Václav. Marika Gombitová: neautorizovaný životní příběh legendy československé pop music. Marika Gombitová: An Unauthorized Life Story of the Legend of Czechoslovak Pop Music. Zlatý slavík – Results. XYZ. 2008. 978-80-7388-115-3. 446. 294939865. Prague, Czech Republic. 21 March 2011. page 432. cs.
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    . Graclík. Miroslav. Nekvapil. Václav. Marika Gombitová: neautorizovaný životní příběh legendy československé pop music. Marika Gombitová: An Unauthorized Life Story of the Legend of Czechoslovak Pop Music. Zlatý slavík – Results. XYZ. 2008. 978-80-7388-115-3. 446. 294939865. Prague, Czech Republic. 21 March 2011. page 433. cs.
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    . Graclík. Miroslav. Nekvapil. Václav. Marika Gombitová: neautorizovaný životní příběh legendy československé pop music. Marika Gombitová: An Unauthorized Life Story of the Legend of Czechoslovak Pop Music. Zlatý slavík – Results. XYZ. 2008. 978-80-7388-115-3. 446. 294939865. Prague, Czech Republic. 21 March 2011. page 434. cs.
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    . Graclík. Miroslav. Nekvapil. Václav. Marika Gombitová: neautorizovaný životní příběh legendy československé pop music. Marika Gombitová: An Unauthorized Life Story of the Legend of Czechoslovak Pop Music. Zlatý slavík – Results. XYZ. 2008. 978-80-7388-115-3. 446. 294939865. Prague, Czech Republic. 21 March 2011. page 435. cs.
20. Web site: Český slavík 2000 – Results – Male Singers. Mattoni. ceskyslavik. 12 October 2011. cs. https://web.archive.org/web/20141027214036/http://www.ceskyslavikmattoni.cz/zpevaci-2000/cmsarticle/#.VOwK9Cz-ZV0. 27 October 2014.
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22. Web site: Český slavík 2003/2004 – Results – Male Singers. Mattoni. ceskyslavik. 12 October 2011. cs. https://web.archive.org/web/20150715235856/http://www.ceskyslavikmattoni.cz/zpevaci-2004/cmsarticle/#.VOwLWiz-ZV0. 15 July 2015.
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24. Web site: Český slavík 2007/2008 – Results – Male Singers. Mattoni. ceskyslavik. 12 October 2011. cs. https://web.archive.org/web/20150715220415/http://www.ceskyslavikmattoni.cz/zpevaci-2008/cmsarticle/#.VOwLmyz-ZV0. 15 July 2015.
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33. Web site: Slávik 2002 – Rádio slávik – Results. Produkčný dom FORZA. forza.sk. FORZA. 12 October 2011. sk.
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38. Web site: Slávik 2007 – Male Singer – Results. Produkčný dom FORZA. forza.sk. FORZA. 12 October 2011. sk.
39. Web site: Slávik 2008 – Male Singer – Results. Produkčný dom FORZA. forza.sk. FORZA. 12 October 2011. sk.
40. Web site: Slávik 2009 – Male Singer – Results. Produkčný dom FORZA. forza.sk. FORZA. 12 October 2011. sk.
41. Web site: Slávik 2010 – Male Singer – Results. Produkčný dom FORZA. forza.sk. FORZA. 12 October 2011. sk.
42. Web site: Slávik 2011 – Male Singer – Results. Produkčný dom FORZA. forza.sk. FORZA. 12 October 2011. sk.
43. Web site: Slávik 2012 – Male Singer – Results. Produkčný dom FORZA. forza.sk. FORZA. 12 October 2013. sk.
44. Web site: Osobnosť televíznej obrazovky (OTO) 2001 – Male Singer – Results. anketaoto.sk. Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia. 1 July 2012. sk. https://web.archive.org/web/20150224091610/http://oto.smartpage.sk/archiv/rok/2001/kategoria/spevak. 24 February 2015.
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