Barbora Řeháčková

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Barbora Řeháčková with Il Bohemo, 2019

Barbora Řeháčková (* 1979 in Jičín ) (also Barbora Mindrinu , Barbora Swinx ) is a Czech jazz singer .

Career

As a little girl, Barbora Řeháčková sang and danced in the Jičín folk dance group “Jičíňáček”. With her she performed all over Europe. In 1999 she graduated from the Teplice Conservatory with a degree in violin, and then played as a violist for three years with the Severočeská filharmonie Teplice.

During a jam session in 1999, her love for jazz singing was kindled. Soon after, she sang with leading musicians and jazz bands on Czech and foreign stages. In 2000 she toured the UK with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra under the musical direction of Paul Freeman and Libor Pešek . From 2008 to 2011 she sang in Greece under the stage name Barbora Mindrinu. Under this, she had also released the debut album "Close to You" with a fifteen-piece orchestra and Chantal Poulain as a guest.

After returning home, she took the stage name Barbora Swinx. In 2019 she performed with the music group "Barbora Swinx Boys" at the Prague jazz club Reduta . But she also performed every now and then in the exclusive Tower Park Oblaca in Prague. The repertoire, but also her artistic style, is shaped by the songs of Ella Fitzgerald . During her jazz career, Barbora Řeháčková performed with the stars of Czech jazz, pop and classical music. She took the stage with Vlasta Průchová , Eva Pilarová , Petra Janů , Dagmar Pecková , Leona Machálková, Petr Janda , Petr Pipa , and 4-Tet. She sang with Felix Slováček's band, Ferdinand Havlík's swing band , Bohemia Big Band Bohuslava Volfa, Golden Big Band Prague, Petra Soviče and the vocal quartet The Swings. She appeared at several national and international festivals such as "Jazz at the Castle".

Barbora Řeháčková initiated the Porgy & Bess project in the Czech Republic - an original jazz interpretation of operas by George Gershwin . As part of this project she sang with Lee Andrew Davison and the accompaniment of the Prague Film Orchestra under Jiří Korynta with the Polish-Baltic Philharmonic in Gdansk .

In 2019 and 2020 she opened the Prague opera season with the famous soloists of the National Theater Zdeněk Plecht, Pavel Švinger, Igor Loškár under the name II Bohemo as part of a festive concert.

Discography

  • Close to You (as Barbora Mindrinu), album, 2010
  • Colors of Love, Album, 2015, Arta Records
  • September Bossa, single
  • Lzi jak chces, single
  • If you would ask me, single

Awards

In 2012 she was named the “Most Beautiful Jazz Diva in the Czech Republic” by the Super.cz website.

Web links

Commons : Barbora Řeháčková  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reduta Jazz Club. 2020, accessed on June 10, 2020 (cz).
  2. ↑ Barbora Swinx Boys. In: www.jazz.sk. October 21, 2016, accessed June 10, 2020 (cz).
  3. ^ Porgy a Bess v Brně. In: zuzikovakultura.blogspot.com. 2010, accessed on June 10, 2020 (cz).
  4. ↑ Nalaďte se na svátky: Tahle prsatá asistentka Santy vám zaručeně zrychlítep. In: Super.CZ. 2015, accessed on June 10, 2020 (cz).
  5. ↑ Barbara Swinx - Colors Of Love on arta.cz, accessed on June 10, 2020
  6. ↑ A je to tu zase! Nejpůvabnější česká jazzová diva ukázala snovou postavu jen v titěrných bikinách. In: Super.CZ. 2012, accessed on June 10, 2020 (cz).
  7. ↑ TOP STAR magazine: Barbora Swinx Řeháčková. In: prima.cz. 2016, accessed on May 9, 2020 (cz).
personal data
SURNAME Řeháčková, Barbora
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mindrinu, Barbora (stage name); Swinx Barbora (stage name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech violinist and jazz singer
DATE OF BIRTH 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Jičín