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Ivan Král

アイヴァン・クラール　/　あいゔぁん・くらーる

Singer from Czech Republic

May 12, 1948 – February 2, 2020　・　Prague, Czech Republic

singer
composer
record producer

My Take

Král is one of those artists I'm genuinely glad to write about. A Prague-born musician who crossed an ocean and threw himself into the heart of American punk, he moved fluidly between singing, guitar, bass, composing, production, and film scores, refusing to be boxed into one genre. Punk, jazz, soul, country, he treated them all as one continuous language. There's something deeply moving about a man who left a closed Eastern Bloc world and poured that hunger for freedom into the rawest music available. He passed in 2020, but the sounds he made still rattle around in people's chests. Borderless and fearless, he earns my lasting respect.

Overview

Ivan Král (12 May 1948 – 2 February 2020) was a Czech-born American composer, filmmaker, guitarist, record producer, bassist, and singer-songwriter. He worked across genres including pop music, punk rock, garage rock, rock, jazz, soul, country and film scores.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Ivan Král
Name (Japanese): アイヴァン・クラール
Reading: あいゔぁん・くらーる
Born: May 12, 1948 – February 2, 2020
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Rat
Origin: Prague, Czech Republic
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: singer / composer / record producer / guitarist / pianist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttp://ivankral.net/
Xhttps://x.com/ivankral
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB

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