Katarína Knechtová

Katarína Knechtová (born March 14, 1981) is a Slovak singer-songwriter and guitarist, originally known for her work with the band Peha.

Biography Katarína was born in Prešov, to a Czech mother and Slovak father. In Prešov she attended the Ján Adam Raymann Gymnasium. After finishing school, she studied philosophy. For seven years she studied to play keyboard, she is also a self-taught guitarist. She started her music career in local band named Prešovčatá. Katarína has a younger sister, Veronika.

Music career Katarína Knechtová debuted on the Slovak music scene in 1996 with the band IMT Smile led by Ivan Tásler. One year later, she left the band together with its drummer and joined the band Peha, which was considered the revelation of the year in 1999. Two years later, Katarína won the Aurel award as the best female singer (in 2005, she won it again). She also won the OTO award in 2007.

Even though she wrote a lot of lyrics, she credits Vlado Krausz as her "main writer".

In 2008, she left her band Peha to pursue a solo career.

Discography Albums Studio albums Released: 1997 Label: Závodský/Škvrna (#167 013/210 059) Released: 1999 Label: Bonton (#495 354) Format: CD——2001Krajinou Released: 2001 Label: Epic (#500 740) Format: CD—842003Experiment Released: 2003 Label: Epic (#511 320) Format: CD—942005Deň medzi nedeľou a pondelkom Released: 2005 Label: B&M/Universal (#987 363/275 364) Released: December 1, 2008 Label: Universal (#179 399) Format: CD20— 2012Tajomstvá Released: February 13, 2012 Label: Universal (#279 541) Format: CD9— "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that region.

Compilations Released: October 1, 2006 Label: Epic (#88697 02194) Format: CD82010Donekonečna: Best of 1997–2010 Released: October 25, 2010 Label: Universal (#2755 161) Format: 2CD— "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that region.

Singles

Other appearances 2011: Tante Cose da Veder with Petr Hapka, Michal Horáček & Ondřej Brzobohatý