Patricia Janečková | |||||||
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Born | Münchberg, Bavaria, Germany | 18 June 1998||||||
Died | 1 October 2023 Ostrava, Czech Republic | (aged 25)||||||
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Occupation(s) | Singer | ||||||
Years active | 2010–2023 | ||||||
Spouse(s) |
Vlastimil Burda (
m. 2023) | ||||||
YouTube information | |||||||
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Subscribers | 254,000 [1] (April 2024) |
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Total views | 50,086,184
[1] (5 October 2023) | ||||||
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Patricia Burda Janečková (18 June 1998 – 1 October 2023) was a Slovak–Czech coloratura soprano. At the young age of 12, she was the winner of the Czech–Slovak television show Talentmania in November 2010 [2] and gained international recognition through the broadcasting of CNN television shortly after winning. [3] [4]
Janečková was born in Münchberg to Slovak parents. [5] Shortly after, her family moved to Ostrava in the Czech Republic. [6] [7] She started singing at four years old. [5] After graduating from primary school, she began studying voice at the Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava . [5]
Janečková first performed publicly at the Antonín Dvořák Theatre, accompanied by the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra. [5] Subsequent to this, she went on to win the Talentmania competition in 2010, at age 12, having received over 1 million votes. [8] [9]
In 2014, she won the international singing competition at the Concorso Internazionale di Musica Sacra in Rome. [5] [10]
Janečková was noted for her passionate and emotive performances, and is known for receiving a standing ovation while performing Ennio Morricone's theme song from Once Upon a Time in the West at the Rudolfinum in Prague. [9] She continued to perform in public while studying privately with Czech soprano Eva Dřízgová-Jirušová . [11]
In 2017, she performed the role of Galatea in Handel's Acis and Galatea with Collegium Marianum as part of the Janáček Music Festival. [12]
Janečková released her self-titled début album in 2011, at age 13. [5] She went on to collaborate with Czech oboist Vilém Veverka on a Christmas album in 2022. [5]
Janečková married actor Vlastimil Burda in June 2023. [13]
On 10 February 2022, Janečková announced on her Instagram page that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and would take a career hiatus for an undetermined length of time. [14] [15] A fundraising concert was hosted in January 2023 by Radio Čas to support her treatment, featuring the well-known artists Čechomor, Martina and Lukáš Vlček , Hana Fialová and Tomáš Krpec., [16] Janečková returned to stage, 15 December 2022, performing the role of Esmerelda in the comic opera The Bartered Bride. Despite early signs of a successful treatment, Janečková died from the illness on 1 October 2023. She was 25. [16] [11]
Patricia Janečková | |||||||
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![]() Janečková in 2022 | |||||||
Background information | |||||||
Born | Münchberg, Bavaria, Germany | 18 June 1998||||||
Died | 1 October 2023 Ostrava, Czech Republic | (aged 25)||||||
Genres |
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Occupation(s) | Singer | ||||||
Years active | 2010–2023 | ||||||
Spouse(s) |
Vlastimil Burda (
m. 2023) | ||||||
YouTube information | |||||||
Channel | |||||||
Subscribers | 254,000 [1] (April 2024) |
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Total views | 50,086,184
[1] (5 October 2023) | ||||||
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Patricia Burda Janečková (18 June 1998 – 1 October 2023) was a Slovak–Czech coloratura soprano. At the young age of 12, she was the winner of the Czech–Slovak television show Talentmania in November 2010 [2] and gained international recognition through the broadcasting of CNN television shortly after winning. [3] [4]
Janečková was born in Münchberg to Slovak parents. [5] Shortly after, her family moved to Ostrava in the Czech Republic. [6] [7] She started singing at four years old. [5] After graduating from primary school, she began studying voice at the Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava . [5]
Janečková first performed publicly at the Antonín Dvořák Theatre, accompanied by the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra. [5] Subsequent to this, she went on to win the Talentmania competition in 2010, at age 12, having received over 1 million votes. [8] [9]
In 2014, she won the international singing competition at the Concorso Internazionale di Musica Sacra in Rome. [5] [10]
Janečková was noted for her passionate and emotive performances, and is known for receiving a standing ovation while performing Ennio Morricone's theme song from Once Upon a Time in the West at the Rudolfinum in Prague. [9] She continued to perform in public while studying privately with Czech soprano Eva Dřízgová-Jirušová . [11]
In 2017, she performed the role of Galatea in Handel's Acis and Galatea with Collegium Marianum as part of the Janáček Music Festival. [12]
Janečková released her self-titled début album in 2011, at age 13. [5] She went on to collaborate with Czech oboist Vilém Veverka on a Christmas album in 2022. [5]
Janečková married actor Vlastimil Burda in June 2023. [13]
On 10 February 2022, Janečková announced on her Instagram page that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and would take a career hiatus for an undetermined length of time. [14] [15] A fundraising concert was hosted in January 2023 by Radio Čas to support her treatment, featuring the well-known artists Čechomor, Martina and Lukáš Vlček , Hana Fialová and Tomáš Krpec., [16] Janečková returned to stage, 15 December 2022, performing the role of Esmerelda in the comic opera The Bartered Bride. Despite early signs of a successful treatment, Janečková died from the illness on 1 October 2023. She was 25. [16] [11]