Katarína Knechtová is slovak

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 singer, guitarist

Guitarist

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 and songwriter

Songwriter

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. Known in Slovakia for her performances in band Peha.

Biography

Katarína was born in Prešov

Prešov

Prešov Historically, the city has been known in German as Eperies , Eperjes in Hungarian, Fragopolis in Latin, Preszów in Polish, Peryeshis in Romany, Пряшев in Russian and Пряшів in Rusyn and Ukrainian.-Characteristics:The city is a showcase of Baroque, Rococo and Gothic...

, where she attended Ján Adam Raymann Gymnasium. After finishing school, she studied philosophy. For seven years she was learning to play keyboard

Keyboard instrument

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, she is also a self-taught guitarist

Guitarist

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. She started her music career in local band named Prešovčatá. Katarína has younger sister, Veronika.

Music career

Katarína Knechtová debuted on slovak

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 music scene in 1996 in band IMT Smile led by Ivan Tásler

Ivan Tásler

Ivan Tásler is a Slovak singer, guitarist, composer and producer.His career is closely connected with the band IMT Smile. The history of IMT Smile started in 1992 when it was founded by brothers Ivan and Miro Táslers whose initial letters have given the name to the band...

. One year later she left the band with drummer and moved to Peha band, which was later in 1999 called the revelation of a year in Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

. Two years later Katarína won Aurel award as the best female singer (in 2005 she won again). She is also a winner of OTO award in 2007.

Even that she is herself a writer of a lot of lyrics, she admits that her "main writer" is Vlado Krausz.

In 2008 she left her band Peha and started a solo career.

With Peha

• Niečo sa chystá (1999)
• Krajinou (2001)
• Experiment (2003)
• Deň medzi nedeľou a pondelkom (2005)
• Best of Peha (2006)

External links

• Official page of Katarína Knechtova
• Katarína Knechtová on MySpace
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