Gienek Loska

{{Short description|Polish guitarist (1975–2020)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Gienek Loska

| image = Gienek loska.jpg

| caption = Gienek Loska performing in Warsaw
(May 2011)

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| birth_name = Henadzi Loska

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1975|1|8}}

| birth_place = Byelaazyorsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union {{avoid wrap|(now Belarus)}}

| origin = Wrocław, Poland

| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar}}

| genre = {{hlist|Rock|blues rock|blues}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|guitarist}}

| years_active = 1990–2018

| label = Sony Music Entertainment Poland

| associated_acts = {{ubl|Seven B|Gienek Loska Band}}

| website = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20130603032316/http://gienekloskaband.pl/|GienekLoskaBand.pl}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|9|9|1975|1|18|df=yes}}

| death_place = Byelaazyorsk, Belarus{{Cite web|url=https://euroradio.pl/u-belaazyorsku-pamyor-genek-loska-rok-muzyka-i-zorka-polskaga-x-factor|title=У Белаазёрску памёр Генэк Лоска — рок-музыка і зорка польскага X Factor|website=Навіны Беларусі | euroradio.fm|date=10 September 2020 }}

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Gienek Loska or Henadzi Loska ({{langx|be|Генадзь Лёска}}; 8 January 1975 – 9 September 2020) was a Belarusian and Polish{{cite magazine |last=Figaszewska |first=Olga |date=10 September 2020 |title=Wspomnienie: "Grałem jak chciałem". Przypominamy niezwykłą historię Gienka Loski |trans-title=Remembrance: "I played as I wanted". We remind you of the extraordinary story of Gienek Loska |url=https://viva.pl/magazyn-viva/gienek-loska-alkohol-krwiak-mozgu-kim-sa-zona-i-corka-gienka-loski-zdjecia-i-wywiad-vivy-31097-r3/ |magazine=VIVA! |location=Warsaw |publisher=Burda Media Polska |access-date=28 April 2023}} singer-songwriter, guitarist, and street performer; who rose to fame after winning the first season of the Polish X Factor in 2011. Since his arrival to Poland in early 1990s, he lived in Białystok, Kraków, and from 2004 in Wrocław, Poland.{{cite news|title=Gienek Loska Band |url=http://gienekloskaband.pl/ |accessdate=6 June 2011 |publisher=Original homepage stored at Wayback |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603032316/http://gienekloskaband.pl/ |archivedate=3 June 2013}}

Born in the town of Byelaazyorsk in the Brest Region of the Byelorussian SSR (now part of Belarus), Loska began playing guitar at the age of 13.{{cite news |last=Buba |first=Aleksandra |date=5 May 2011 |title=Gienek Loska prywatnie, we Wrocławiu... Zobacz zdjęcia |trans-title=Gienek Loska privately, in Wrocław... See photos |url=https://wroclaw.naszemiasto.pl/gienek-loska-prywatnie-we-wroclawiu-zobacz-zdjecia/ar/c13-893481 |language=Polish |work=Wrocław Nasze Miasto |publisher=Polska Press |access-date=28 April 2023}} His first performances were held at the Minsk Metro.

Loska was the co-founder and longtime member of the blues rock band Seven B, and also a lead singer and guitarist of Gienek Loska Band. He was known to the public due to his repeated performances on streets of bigger Polish cities. In 2009, he was invited to make a record with Alek Mrozek, a known Polish composer.

He took part in several TV talent shows:

• Szansa na Sukces – in 2004, with the band Wilki
• Mam talent! – third edition
• X Factor Poland – first edition – in 2011, winner of main prize