Dušan Jarjabek
Dušan Jarjabek | |
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Member of the National Council | |
Assumed office 29 October 1998 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) | 4 March 1953
Political party | SMER-SD (2005–ongoing) Previously: ĽS-HZDS (199?–2005) |
Education | Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava |
Dušan Jarjabek (born 4 March 1953 in Bratislava) is a baryton singer of opera and operetta as well as pop music, vocal coach and politician. He has served as a member of the National Council since 1998.
Music and teaching career
Jarjabek studied signing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, graduating in 1976. Afterward, he spent one year at the Teatro del Parco in Palermo.
In1980-1991 he was a singer at the New Scene theater. In 1996-1998 he was the director of the New Scene.[1] Since 1985 he has been a singer at the Slovak National Theater Opera ensemble.
In addition to performing, Jarjabek has taught singing at the Academy of Performing Arts since 1988.[1]
Political career
Jarjabek was elected an MP of the National Council in 1998 on the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia list, which he joined to express his support for the nationalistic policies of Vladimír Mečiar.[2] In 2005 he left the party and joined the Direction – Slovak Social Democracy over his dissatisfaction with what he perceived as tolerance of the government.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Dušan Jarjabek | osobnosti.sk | životopisy, diela, tvorba, články, linky". www.szemelyisegek.hu. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
- ^ "Jarjabek ostro kritizuje vládu! Najväčším odborníkom je podľa neho..." plus7dni.pluska.sk (in Slovak). 2022-01-16. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
- ^ "Poslanec Jarjabek odchádza z ĽS-HZDS". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). 2005-04-18. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
- Baritones
- Slovak opera singers
- Direction – Social Democracy politicians
- People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia politicians
- Slovak politicians
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- 1953 births
- Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1998-2002
- Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2002-2006
- Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2006-2010
- Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2010-2012
- Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2012-2016
- Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2016–2020
- Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2020–2023
- Musicians from Bratislava
- Politicians from Bratislava