Iva Bittová

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Iva Bittová, 2007

Iva Bittová (born July 22, 1958 in Bruntál ) is a Czech singer, actress and violinist. She became internationally known as a musician through the documentary about Fred Frith Step Across the Border (1990), in which she can be seen together with Pavel Fajt .

life and work

Her father Koloman Bitto, a Roma of Slovak-Hungarian origin, played guitar, trumpet and bass in classical and folk ensembles. Her mother is the Jewish singer Ludmila Bittová (née Masařová). Her sister is the singer and musician Ida Kelarová that the group Romanó Council has established.

As a child of a musical family, Bittová received ballet and violin lessons at a young age. Later she studied acting, singing, violin (with Rudolf Šťastný) and composition. As a child, she played various roles in Czech films and television productions. In the early 1980s she devoted herself more and more to music and developed her own singing and violin style. Their music takes on very heterogeneous influences. Between jazz , avant-garde , Moravian folklore and classical songwriting, she is looking for new ways of expression, in which her variable, delicate to penetrating voice is always in the foreground. She gained international recognition in the 1990s and has since performed regularly in Europe, the USA and Japan.

The English avant-garde musician Fred Frith dedicated his 1st string quartet "Lelekovice" (1990) to her. She is successful as a soloist. In addition, she has u. a. worked with Hamid Drake , Marc Ribot , David Krakauer , Don Byron , Tom Cora , Phil Minton , David Moss , George Mraz , Jaromír Honzák and Bill Frisell .

In addition to her musical career, Bittová continued to work as an actress. In 2003 she played the role of Zena in the feature film Zelary , which was nominated for an Oscar for best foreign language film in 2004 .

Iva Bittová has two sons and lived with them for a long time in Lelekovice , a village near Brno . In 2007 she moved to the USA and has since lived in Rhinebeck , New York .

Discography

  • Fragments: ECM (2013)
  • Moravian Gems: Cube-Metier (2007)
  • Vladimír Godár - Mater: ECM (2007)
  • Susumu Yokota: Skintone (2006) Japonsko
  • Elida (2005)
  • The man who cried (2003)
  • Step a cross the border (2003)
  • Ples Upírů (2002)
  • Čikori (2001)
  • Echoes (2001)
  • Classic (1998)
  • Béla Bartók - 44 Duets for Two Violins (1997)
  • Bílé inferno (1997)
  • Bittová & Fajt (1997)
  • Iva Bittová (1997)
  • Pustit musíš (1996)
  • Divná slečinka (1996)
  • Kolednice (1995)
  • Ne nehledej (1994)
  • River of Milk (1991)
  • Dunaj (1988)
  • Svatba (1988)

Filmography

  • Ružové sny (English dubbing Rosy Dreams , in the role of Jolana, 1976)
  • The Isle of the Great Egrets (1976)
  • Jak se budí princezny (1977)
  • Balada pro Banditu (English Ballad for a Bandit , role of Erzsika, 1978)
  • L. Janáček: Zápisník zmizelého (1980)
  • Únos Moravanky (1983)
  • Mikola a Mikolko (1988)
  • Step Across the Border , documentary about Fred Frith (1990)
  • Něha (English dubbing Tenderness ) (1991)
  • In Stormy Times : Singing for the role of Suzie, played by Christina Ricci , in the songs Dido's Lament by Henry Purcell and Gloomy Sunday (2000)
  • Zelary (role of Žeňa, 2003)
  • Tajnosti (English dubbing Little Girl Blue , role of Julie, 2007)

Web links

Commons : Iva Bittová  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Famous Gypsies , in: imninalu.net
personal data
SURNAME Bittová, Iva
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech singer, actress and violinist
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Bruntál