:Janek Ledecký
{{short description|Czech musician (born 1962)}}
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| name = Janek Ledecký
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| birth_name = Jan Ledecký
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|07|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia
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| genre = {{hlist|Alternative rock|pop rock}}
| occupation = Musician
| instrument = {{hlist|Guitar|vocals}}
| years_active = 1981—present
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| current_member_of = Žentour
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Jan Ledecký (born 27 July 1962), better known as Janek Ledecký, is a Czech singer, songwriter, guitarist, and composer born in Prague. After graduating from Karla Sladkovského high school, he attended the law faculty of Charles University in Prague, earning a degree in law. Since 1981, he has played in the multiple award-winning rock band Žentour as lead vocalist and guitarist. In 1992, he launched a solo career, which he maintains to this day, having released over a dozen successful albums. He has also written and performed in several musicals, including Galileo, Hamlet, and Iago.
{{cite web|title=Janek Ledecký: Boží mlýny melou pomalu |url=https://www.novinky.cz/zena/styl/clanek/janek-ledecky-bozi-mlyny-melou-pomalu-40050535 |website=novinky.cz |date=18 November 2017 |accessdate=23 March 2020 |language=cs |trans-title=Janek Ledecký: The mills of God grind slowly}}
Ledecký has been a judge on the Czech singing show Tvoje tvář má známý hlas since 2016.
Family
Janek's son, Jonáš Ledecký (born 1993), is an artist, cartoonist, and musician.{{cite web|title=Jonáš Ledecký: Živí mě komiks, akty vystavuju kvůli tátovi |url=https://magazin.aktualne.cz/jonas-ledecky-zivi-me-komiks-akty-vystavuju-kvuli-tatovi/r~ae3632485a9c11e49b26002590604f2e/ |website=magazin.aktualne.cz |date=30 October 2014 |accessdate=24 March 2020 |language=cs |trans-title=Jonáš Ledecký: Comics feed me, I do exhibits thanks to my dad}}
His daughter, Ester Ledecká, (born 1995) is a snowboarder and alpine skier.{{cite web|title=Skiing or Snowboarding? Ester Ledecka Chose Both |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/27/sports/olympics/ester-ledecka-skiing-snowboarding.html |website=The New York Times |date=27 November 2017 |accessdate=24 March 2020}} She was double junior world champion in 2013, world champion in 2015, and is a three-time Olympic champion, winning in 2018 and 2022.
Janek's brother, David Ledecký, died of a drug overdose when Janek was still young.{{cite web|title=Ledecký utajoval dluhy i vzácnou nemoc! |url=https://nasehvezdy.cz/ledecky-utajoval-dluhy-i-vzacnou-nemoc/ |website=nasehvezdy.cz |date=17 May 2019 |accessdate=24 March 2020 |language=cs |trans-title=Ledecký concealed debts and rare disease!}}
Ledecký is the son-in-law of former professional ice hockey player Jan Klapáč.{{cite web|title=Ledecký: Kdybychom neměli peníze, dcera se na olympiádu nedostane |url=https://www.idnes.cz/revue/spolecnost/janek-ledecky-a-jeho-dcera-ester.A131203_163943_lidicky_zar |website=idnes.cz |date=4 December 2013 |accessdate=24 March 2020 |language=cs |trans-title=Ledecký: If we don't have money, my daughter won't get to the Olympics}}
Discography
=with Žentour=
- Žentour 001 (1986)
- Žentour 002 (1986 - English version of Žentour 001)
- Žentour 003 (1990)
- Žentour 004 (1990 - English version of Žentour 003)
- Žentour 005 (1991)
- Žentour 006 (1991 - English version of Žentour 005)
- Žentour 007 (2014)
=Solo=
Studio albums
- Na ptáky jsme krátký (1992)
- Právě teď (1993)
- Některý věci jsou jenom jednou (1995)
- Sliby se maj plnit o Vánocích (1996)
- Mít kliku (1997)
- Na chvíli měj rád (2001)
- Ikaros (2005)
- 12 Vánočních nej (2007)
- Všichni dobří andělé (2014 - duets album)
- Na konci duhy (2015)
Compilations
- Promilujem celou noc (1999)
Live albums
- Jenom tak (1994)
- Sliby se maj plnit...live (2017)
- Unplugged (2019)
- Symphonic (2022)
Soundtracks
- Hamlet (1999)
- Galileo (2002)
- Galileo - Gold Edition (2003)
- Galileo - 2CD Complete Edition (2004)
- Hamlet - The Rock Opera (2012)
- Sliby se maj plnit o Vánocích - 20 let (2016)
Video albums
- Retro life (2006)
Musicals
- Pěna dní (1993)
- Hamlet (music: Janek Ledecký; libretto: Janek Ledecký) (1999)
- Galileo (music: Janek Ledecký; libretto: Janek Ledecký) (2003)
- Vánoční zázrak aneb Sliby se maj plnit o Vánocích (music: Janek Ledecký; libretto: Janek Ledecký) (2011)[http://www.vanocnizazrak-muzikal.cz/fotogalerie/]
- Hamlet - The Rock Opera (2012)[https://www.hamlettherockopera.com/flash.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316132542/http://www.hamlettherockopera.com/flash.html |date=16 March 2016 }}
- Iago (2016) [http://www.iagomusical.cz/]
Awards
References
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External links
- {{official|icemusic-ledecky.cz}}
{{Anděl Award for Best Male Singer}}
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Category:20th-century Czech male singers
Category:Czech male guitarists
Category:Czech musical theatre composers
Category:Musicians from Prague
Category:21st-century Czech male singers