Karel Plíhal is a Czech guitarist, singer, arranger, songwriter and music director. He was born on August 23, 1958 in the heart of the flat Haná region, in the town of Přerov. He graduated from the Secondary Industrial School of Mechanical Engineering in nearby Olomouc, after which he became an engineer and stoker in the Olomouc Theatre. Although he had no musical education, he soon switched from a career as a hitchhiker to a career as a songwriter and lyricist, which, however, did not cause him any difficulties - he had been playing the guitar since he was 15 years old.
His first destinations were mainly Olomouc underground country-swing bands such as Hučka, Falešní hráči or Plíharmonyje. His first solo performance dates back to the still red-smelling year 1983. Between 1985 and 1993 he was accompanied by Emil Pospíšil and then, in 1995-1999, by Petr Freund.
He has already composed music for several productions of the Moravian Theatre in Olomouc - e.g. Goldilocks, Manon Lescaut, The Winter's Tale, Passions, The Servant of Two Masters, The Suffering of Don Perlimplín and Giroflé-Giroflé.
He has also set to music many poems by Kainar and directed many albums by Jaromír Nohavica, Petr Fiala, Bokomara and the Eben Brothers. In 2006, he published a collection of his poems, entitled As Cool as a Fence, together with illustrations by Miroslav Barták. Now he plans to release the album Vzduchoprázdniny.
Among his greatest "hits" are the albums Nebe počká (2004), music for the film Rok ďábla (2002), Kluziště (2000) and the older Imaginary Pub (1986).
Karel Plíhal is currently a four-time winner of the Porta Music Festival Competition Award.
Accompanying guitar.
The programme is not suitable for children under 12.
Admission:
290 CZK in advance sale.
390 CZK on the day and at the venue.
Annotation:
Karel Plíhal: Recital
