Daniel Landa

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Daniel Landa, 2007

Daniel Landa (born November 4, 1968 in Prague ) is a Czech singer and actor.

Life

Landa studied musical dramaturgy and started a film career. He saw acting as a means of rebelling against the communist regime, which he lost interest in after the fall of the Iron Curtain . In the mid-1990s he played in two German television productions of " Alles bes Mord ", but mainly devoted himself to music.

In 1996 he and his wife Miriam, of German descent, realized the dream of producing a musical . “Krysař” (“Pied Piper”), however, was received controversially. Many saw in it allusions to his past as a skinhead during communist rule and his membership in the right-wing band “Orlík” (named after the bar in which the band was founded), which he now distances himself from.

In 2000 he brought out an album “ Best of Landa” and considered his singing career to be over. He wanted to focus on rallying but was still under contract with Monitor EMI and couldn't stop.

In 2003 he started the project “ Rockquiem ” and brought Mozart's Requiem into a modern version in collaboration with the German composer Stefan Wurz . The original Latin language was retained. A total of around 70 people were involved in the unusual project and 12 performances were staged. In January 2007 the ballet “Amadeus” by Ralf Rossa with music from Landa's “Rockquiem” was performed in the Halle Opera House .

For various reasons, he traveled to Afghanistan more often and also shot a music video with the Afghan singer Sediq Shobab . In an interview, he described what he did by saying that he wanted to find his real roots.

Controversy

The skinhead band Orlík only had a short career with two albums and was heavily criticized for their racist tones, especially towards the Czech Roma. However, the band denied these allegations, claiming that their music had been misunderstood, that it was not racist but patriotic.

Discography

  • Orlík - Oi! 1990
  • Orlík - Demise 1991
  • Valčík 1993
  • Chcíplý dobrý víly 1995
  • Krysař I. and II. 1996 - musical
  • Pozdrav z fronty 1997
  • Smrtihlav 1998
  • Konec 1999
  • Best of: Landa 2000
  • 9 mm argumentů 2002
  • Vltava tour 2003
  • Best of Landa 2 2004
  • Večer s písní Karla Kryla pro český národ 2004
  • Neofolk 2004
  • Bouře 2006,
  • Tajemství - musical
  • Nigredo 2009

Filmography

  • Třetí patro (TV) 1985
  • Případ Kolman (TV) 1986
  • Copak je to za vojáka ... 1987
  • Proč? 1987
  • Kainovo znamení 1989
  • Jen o rodinných záležitostech 1990
  • Tichá bolest 1990
  • Černí baroni 1992
  • Everything But Murder: Deadly Error (TV) 1995
  • Everything But Murder: Head Over Head (TV) 1996
  • Strážce plamene v obrazech 2006
  • Kvaska 2007
  • Touha 2007
  • Speedometer 2010
  • Vozová hradba 2011
  • The Devil's Lover (Lída Baarová) 2016 (co-producer)

Musical / show

  • Krysař I 1996
  • Krysař II 1996
  • Krysař 2002
  • Rockquiem 2003
  • Tajemství 2005
  • Touha 2008

Concert tours

  • Vltava Tour - 2003
  • Večer s písní Karla Kryla pro český národ - 2004
  • BOUŘE - 2005
  • Československo - 2008

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Radio.cz
  2. ^ Daniel Landa / Marek Černoch - Afghanistán - Debatní klub. Interview. Retrieved July 11, 2017 (Czech).

Web links

Commons : Daniel Landa  - collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Landa, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech singer, actor and racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH 4th November 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague , Czechoslovakia