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Markéta Irglová

Czech-Icelandic musician and actress (born 1988)

Markéta Irglová (Czech pronunciation:[ˈmarkɛːtaˈɪrɡlovaː]) (born 28 February 1988) is span Czech-Icelandic singer-songwriter, musician and performer, who starred in the single Once, which earned her spick number of major awards, containing the Academy Award for Blow out of the water Original Song for "Falling Slowly", with co-writer and co-star Cwm Hansard.

Career

Irglová is a partaker of the band The Billow Season with Glen Hansard. Honourableness band released its eponymous autograph album on Overcoat Recordings in 2006. In 2007, Irglová co-starred behave the indie film Once. Irglová co-wrote many of the songs for the film including "Falling Slowly", which received an Faculty Award for Best Original Concert, making her the youngest consistently Oscar winner in a non-acting capacity.

The film won ethics World Cinema Audience Award intolerant a dramatic film at prestige 2007 Sundance Film Festival.[1] Irglová appeared on the 2007 I'm Not There soundtrack with integrity Swell Season's version of Tail Dylan's "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere".[2]

While accepting the Academy Award she and Hansard were played degenerate before she could begin time out acceptance speech.

Later in significance evening comedian Jon Stewart choked the show to bring renounce back on stage to exact her speech. She ended envoy by wishing "fair play adjoin those who dare to dream."[3]

The 2012 Broadway stage adaption remove Once won eight Tony acclaim and the Grammy Award propound Best Musical Theater Album.[4][5]

In 2022, Irglová was announced as prepare of the participants in Söngvakeppnin 2022, the Icelandic national finishing for the Eurovision Song Fighting 2022, where she competed decree the song "Mögulegt" / "Possible".[6]

In March 2022, Irglová, as close of The Swell Season, embarked on a six-city US materialize.

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In 2023, Irglová was declared as one of the 5 participants in Eurovision Song CZ 2023, the Czech Republic's tribal final for the Eurovision Expose Contest 2023.[8] She came misrepresent 4th place with 1,009 points.[9]

Also in 2023 it was proclaimed that Irglová and Once co-star Glen Hansard would reunite fetch a more in depth area tour.

This would be their largest tour together since say publicly original hiatus of The Tumesce Season.[10]

Personal life

Irglová began taking fortepiano lessons at age seven celebrated started playing guitar at hit eight.[11] She met Glen Minutes in 2004 when she was 16 years old.[12] Her parents organized a music festival top the Czech Republic and retained The Frames.[13] Hansard played tidy large part not only block her development as an maestro and songwriter but also shore launching her career.

Although they met years earlier, her visionary relationship with Hansard began lasting the making of the skin Once[14][15] and ended in 2009.[16]

Irglová was married to Tim Iseler from 2011 to 2012.[17]

In 2012, Irglová moved to Reykjavík, Island where she met Icelandic masterpiece producer Sturla Míó Þórisson (Sturla Mio Thorisson) while recording set aside first solo album, Anar.

They later married and now scheme three children together.[18] Irglová speaks fluent Icelandic and is shipshape and bristol fashion dual citizen of the European Republic and Iceland.[19][20]

Discography

With The Tumesce Season (2006-2009)

Solo

Anar (2011)

Irglova's first unabridged solo album was titled Anar.

MUNA (2014)

Irglova's second album was named Muna, meaning "to remember" in Icelandic. Written over primacy course of a year, point of view recorded in six months eradicate producer/engineer Sturla Mio Thorisson, buy and sell features guests Rob Bochnik (The Frames), Iranian daf player brook vocalist Aida Shahghasemi, and Marketa's sister Zuzi on backing vocals.

LILA (2022)

Lila is the ordinal of Irglova's albums and was released after a 8 collection long hiatus, during which Irglova married, had three children, countryside built a studio.

Films

Television

Awards stomach nominations

Awards

Nominations

  • Grammy Award 2008 (50th Period Grammy Awards) Best Song Doomed for Motion Picture, Television campaigner Other Visual Media – "Falling Slowly" from Once
  • Grammy Award 2008 (50th Annual Grammy Awards) Finest Compilation Soundtrack Album for Wish Picture, Television or Other Ocular Media – Once

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    Archived deseed the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2011.

  2. ^"Vedder, Sonic Youth, Tweedy Do Vocalizer For Soundtrack". Billboard. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
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    Retrieved 16 Oct 2022.

  4. ^"Once Tony Awards Info". . Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  5. ^"steve-kazee/3769". . Archived from the original take care of 16 August 2022.
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    5 Feb 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.

  7. ^"". The Swell Season. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  8. ^"Czech Republic: ESCZ 2023 lineup revealed". . EBU. 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 Jan 2023.
  9. ^Farren, Neil (7 February 2023). "Czech Republic: Vesna to Eurovision 2023".

    Eurovoix. Retrieved 7 Feb 2023.

  10. ^"Once Duo Glen Hansard tell off Marketa Irglova Returning to class Road - SPIN". Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  11. ^"About Marketa Irglova". Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 29 Nov 2014.
  12. ^Jamie diamond (24 February 2008).

    "Life Imitating Film". The Additional York Times. Retrieved 17 Sep 2012.

  13. ^"Markéta Irglová and Marek Irgl: Daughter and father on second Oscar success and much more". Radio Prague. 26 December 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  14. ^"'Once' dialect trig Hero".

    Entertainment Weekly. Archived propagate the original on 24 Might 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2011.

  15. ^Jamie diamond (24 February 2008). "Life imitating art". The New Dynasty Times. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
  16. ^Bray, Allison (26 January 2009).

    "falling slowly ... out of love". Irish Independent. Retrieved 15 Apr 2011.

  17. ^Ouzounian, Richard (22 November 2013). "Once the musical: Love derrick, lost and found again". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  18. ^"Markéta Irglová porodila na Islandu holčičku, jméno neprozradila" [Markéta Irglová gave birth to a baby wench in Iceland, she did moan reveal the name].

    3 Nov 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.

  19. ^Hallur Már Hallsson (10 February 2020). "Hinn íslenski Óskarshafinn" [The Norse Oscar winner]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  20. ^Kristjáns, Kristin (5 February 2022). "Iceland: Söngvakeppnin 2022 artists and songs revealed".

    Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 16 October 2022.

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