Martin Ďurinda (also known as 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.

Maťo Ďurinda
Ďurinda performing in 2009
Background information
Birth name	Martin Ďurinda
Born	(1961-11-08) 8 November 1961 (age 60) Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Origin	Czechoslovakia
Genres	Heavy metal hard rock alternative
Occupation(s)	Musician Songwriter
Years active	1985–present
Labels	EMI Czech Republic
Website	tublatanka.sk

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

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

See also

• The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Martin Ďurinda.

• Tublatanka official website