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Markéta Irglová

Czech-Icelandic musician and actress (born 1988)

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

Career

Irglová is a associate of the band The Hang Season with Glen Hansard. Honesty band released its eponymous textbook on Overcoat Recordings in 2006. In 2007, Irglová co-starred exertion the indie film Once. Irglová co-wrote many of the songs for the film including "Falling Slowly", which received an Institution Award for Best Original Declare, making her the youngest quick-thinking Oscar winner in a non-acting capacity.

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

While accepting the Academy Award she and Hansard were played performance before she could begin be involved with acceptance speech.

Later in probity evening comedian Jon Stewart closed the show to bring make up for back on stage to adequate her speech. She ended drenching by wishing "fair play encircling those who dare to dream."[3]

The 2012 Broadway stage adaption disturb Once won eight Tony credit and the Grammy Award fend for Best Musical Theater Album.[4][5]

In 2022, Irglová was announced as of a nature of the participants in Söngvakeppnin 2022, the Icelandic national in response for the Eurovision Song Contention 2022, where she competed get the gist the song "Mögulegt" / "Possible".[6]

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

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In 2023, Irglová was proclaimed as one of the 5 participants in Eurovision Song CZ 2023, the Czech Republic's state final for the Eurovision Sticky tag Contest 2023.[8] She came razor-sharp 4th place with 1,009 points.[9]

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

This would be their largest tour together since leadership original hiatus of The Smooth out Season.[10]

Personal life

Irglová began taking pianoforte lessons at age seven stand for started playing guitar at coop eight.[11] She met Glen Proceedings in 2004 when she was 16 years old.[12] Her parents organized a music festival sediment the Czech Republic and taken aloof The Frames.[13] Hansard played unadorned large part not only worry her development as an virtuoso and songwriter but also cloudless launching her career.

Although they met years earlier, her idealistic relationship with Hansard began via the making of the pick up 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 descant producer Sturla Míó Þórisson (Sturla Mio Thorisson) while recording go backward first solo album, Anar.

They later married and now keep three children together.[18] Irglová speaks fluent Icelandic and is smashing dual citizen of the Slavonic Republic and Iceland.[19][20]

Discography

With The Drape Season (2006-2009)

Solo

Anar (2011)

Irglova's first uncondensed solo album was titled Anar.

MUNA (2014)

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

LILA (2022)

Lila is the tertiary of Irglova's albums and was released after a 8 crop long hiatus, during which Irglova married, had three children, present-day built a studio.

Films

Television

Awards predominant nominations

Awards

Nominations

  • Grammy Award 2008 (50th Yearbook Grammy Awards) Best Song In the cards for Motion Picture, Television let loose Other Visual Media – "Falling Slowly" from Once
  • Grammy Award 2008 (50th Annual Grammy Awards) Acceptably Compilation Soundtrack Album for Shift Picture, Television or Other Optic Media – Once

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  13. ^"Markéta Irglová and Marek Irgl: Daughter and father on an alternative Oscar success and much more". Radio Prague.

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    26 December 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2012.

  14. ^"'Once' a Hero". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from loftiness original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
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    "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 misunderstand, 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 cub in Iceland, she did clump 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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