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Miro Žbirka

Miroslav Žbirka
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Žbirka backstage at the Krištáľové krídlo awards for the year of 2011.
Background information
Birth name Miroslav Žbirka
Born ( 1952-10-21) October 21, 1952 (age 64)
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Genres Pop rock, new wave, folk
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter
Instruments Guitar
Years active 1968–present
Labels OPUS, Bonton, Sony BMG
Associated acts Modus, Marika Gombitová, Ladislav Lučenič
Website www.zbirka.cz

Miroslav Žbirka (born October 21, 1952) is a Slovak pop music singer and songwriter. He performs in Slovak, Czech, and English (he has a Slovak father and an English mother).

Žbirka was born in Bratislava. In the late 1970s, Žbirka co-founded two Czechoslovak pop music bands Modus and Limit. He currently lives and works in Prague.

In 1982, he received the annual Zlatý slavík award for the best male singer in Czechoslovakia. After the separation of Czechoslovakia, he repeated this achievement in the Slovak annual Slávik award, coming number one in the annual end of year charts in 2002, 2004 and 2005.

He had some performances with Jon Anderson in 2012.


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