Martin Ďurinda

Slovak musician (born 1961)

Heavy metal
hard rock
alternative

Occupation(s)

Musician
songwriter

Instrument(s)

Vocals
piano
guitar
bass

Years active1985–presentLabelsEMI Czech RepublicWebsitetublatanka.sk

Musical artist

Martin "Maťo" Ďurinda (born 8 November 1961) is the vocalist and guitarist for the Slovak hard rock/heavy metal band Tublatanka. His hometown is Bratislava, Slovakia.

Biography

In his youth, Ďurinda had aspirations of becoming a hockey player while teaching himself to play guitar and piano. Martin learned to sing from his mother, who was a high school music teacher. Between 1977 and 1980, he was a member of the pop group Nervy. In 1982, he enrolled at Comenius University in Bratislava, where he majored in pharmacy. It was there that he met Juraj Černý and Pavol Horváth, and created the band Tublatanka.^[1] Together with his band Tublatanka he represented Slovakia at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 in Dublin with the song "Nekonečná pieseň".^[2] Ďurinda has had a lengthy career with his band Tublatanka and they continue to perform to this day. He has also released a solo album, titled Perfektný svet (Perfect World), which came out in 1997.

Discography

with Tublatanka

Studio albums

1985: Tublatanka
1987: Skúsime to cez vesmír
1988: Žeravé znamenie osudu
1990: Nebo – peklo – raj
1992: Volanie divočiny
1993: Poďme bratia do Betlehema
1994: Znovuzrodenie
2001: Pánska jazda
2005: Patriot
2006: Vianočný deň
2010: Svet v ohrození
2023: Uprostred chaosu

Compilations

1994: Neverending Song (six-track rare CD composed of Czech and English mixes of the track "Neverending Song", issued on the occasion of the band's participation in the Eurovision contest)
1996: Najvačšie hity No.1 - Pravda víťazí
1998: Najvačšie hity No.2 - Ja sa vrátim!
2002: Láska útočí (credited as Maťo Ďurinda, Tublatanka)
2003: Zlatá Tublatanka - 20 rockov
2006: Gold (credited as Tublatanka, Maťo Ďurinda)
2012: Najvačšie hity No.3 - Cítim sa fajn

Solo

1997: Perfektný svet

References

^ Martin Durinda – Biography
^ eurovision.tv/country/slovakia

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Martin Ďurinda.

Tublatanka official website

ZAI Award for Best Song

Annual

"Pravda víťazí" (by Tublatanka) – Martin Ďurinda (1990)
"Spomienka na Amsterdam" (by Fermata) – František Griglák (1991)
"Vráť trochu lásky medzi nás" – Money Factor (1992)
"Amnestia na neveru" (by Elán) – Ján Baláž and Jozef Ráž (1993)
"Snívam o tebe" (by Salco) – Juraj Gahér and Pavol Novotný (1994)
"Komáre" – O.B.D. (1995)

Grammy Awards

Grammy West "Svet lásku má" (by P. Habera, P. Dvorský, K. Gott) – Pavol Habera (1996)
Grammy Slovakia "Slovenská" (by Gladiator) – Miloš Hladký (1997)