Eva Pilarová - born on 9 August 1939 in Brno

Brno

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, is a Czech singer and actress. Four times winner of the Golden Nightingale in category singers in accordance to the reader's poll Czech Nightingale

Czech Nightingale

Český slavík is a Czech award, similar in nature to the American "Grammy Award" to recognize outstanding achievement and annual popularity in the czech music industry. It was established in 1996 as the successor of Zlatý slavík awards, which was established in 1962 in Czechoslovakia by magazine...

. In 1967 she won the International Intervision Song Contest

Intervision Song Contest

The Intervision Song Contest was the Eastern Bloc equivalent to the Eurovision Song Contest. Its organiser was the Intervision, the network of Eastern Europe television stations. It took place in the Forest Opera in Sopot, Poland....

 in Bavaria

Bavaria

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 and was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque

Grand Prix du Disque

The Grand Prix du Disque is the premier French award for musical recordings. The award was inaugurated by l'Académie Charles Cros in 1948 and offers prizes in various categories. The categories vary from year to year, and multiple awards are often made in any one category in the same year...

 for her interpretation of "Requiem".

She was singing since childhood, including classical music. In 1960 she became a member of Semafor

Semafor

Semafor is a Czech theatre in Prague established by Jiří Suchý in 1959. It belongs to the so called "Theatres of small stages". Suchý himself has performed there for many years and is the current owner...

 theater where she performed, among other things, with the legendary couple Jiří Suchý

Jirí Suchý

Jiří Suchý is a Czech film actor, writer and stage actor. He also writes music. Currently he is the owner of the theatre Semafor in Prague where he has performed for many years and helped establish in 1959.-References:...

 and Jiří Šlitr

Jiří Šlitr

Jiří Šlitr was a Czech songwriter, pianist, singer, actor and painter. Together with Jiří Suchý he significantly influenced Czech pop music and theatre in the 1960s.- Biography :...

. In 1962 for a short time left to sing in Theaters Rokoko, but in 1964 returned to Semafor. In the same year they also played a minor role in the film If a Thousand Clarinets (as a chorus-singer of the girl school - with Naďa Urbánková and others). During her long singing career she sang large number of hits including duets with Waldemar Matuška

Waldemar Matuška

Waldemar Matuška was a Czech singer who became popular in his homeland during the 1960s and 1970s. In 1986, he emigrated to the United States.-Early career:...

, Karel Gott

Karel Gott

Karel Gott is a Czech Schlager singer, and an amateur painter. He is considered as the most successful male singer in former Czechoslovakia and currently in the Czech Republic; he has being voted the Most Favorite Male Singer in the annual national pool Český slavík in total thirty-six times...

 and other singers.

Eva Pilarová is a singer with a voice flowing with addition of superior singing technique. With the increasing trend are increasingly focuses on the genres of jazz and swing area. In 1977, to continue to act, she signed the Anticharta.