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Jaroslav Hutka
Person · male · Czech Republic · Olomouc · born 1947 · recording since 1989
Czech poet, guitarist, writer and singer
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Also known as ヤロスラフ・フトカ
Timeline
13 events▣ Album 9✦ Award 2◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1940s
1980s
· Debut release
Debut release: Listopad 89
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1990s
2000s
2010s
Biography
English biography222 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1334398970
Biography
Jaroslav Hutka (born 21 April 1947 in Olomouc) is a Czech musician, composer, songwriter, and democracy and human rights activist. He was a signatory of Charter 77 and the 2008 Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism.
Hutka left Czechoslovakia in October 1978 due to persecution from the Communist authorities, and lived in exile in the Netherlands. After the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia on 26 November 1989, he returned to his native country. His works include Citizen Havel (2008), Schritte im Labyrinth (1990) and Bratřícek Karel (2016).
Early life
Hutka was born on 21 April 1947 in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia. His family was forced to leave their home when Hutka was five years old. Their house was made state property and the family of five consequently lived in one room adjacent to a police station.
Music career
In 1962, he began to study painting in Prague. He dropped out of school in 1966, and began performing music. Hutka and his friend Petr Kalandra were among the first to perform on Charles Bridge. Hutka co-founded the music group Šafrán, which was together until 1977. The StB pressured Hutka and his wife Daniela to emigrate to the Netherlands.
After the Velvet Revolution, Hutka returned to Czechoslovakia. Hutka still performs as a musician. He was interviewed by oral history organisation Post Bellum for their Stories of Our Neighbors project.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 10 | 82.3th |
| Studio albums | 9 | 90th |
| Awards recorded | 4 | 96.3th |
| Timeline events | 13 | 89.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 23 | 51.9th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (10 release groups · 9 studio albums)
Albums · 9
1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 48:02
1Slunecnice6:052Pravdepodobne vzdalenosti6:163Havlicku Havle4:074Praha6:025Haleluja tramvaje6:086Jezisek3:487Chodil Panbu na poli8Duse a telo9Litvinov6:1110Morava6:1611Tak ma mila3:091990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:07:02
1Slunečnice5:112Tkanička4:223Ježíšek3:304Tak má milá3:025Čtyři sloni3:416Hanči čiči a čevabčiči3:547Sociálni balada2:108Myš4:239Voják3:2810Hromádka smetí5:3711Morava6:3812Hospodskej13Abychom náhodou14Slovensko15Lidi16Minulost mává nám17Havlíčku Havle3:3918Kamna3:5719Cizinci4:1220Tango o Praze5:5821Náměšť3:201990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
A1Novinové SloupyA2Česká PoťouchlostA3Pracující DěvčataA4Studentské KolejeA5InstituceB1PůlnocB2Pro Koho Život JeB3UliceB4KrajinaB5Hluboko Tam Ve Vědomí1990 · studio album
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A1Vyjdi SlunkoA2Co Se Stalo V RatajiA3Zbojníkova ŽenaA4Za Turka ProvdanáA5PamátkaB1JaníčekB2ŠibeničkyB3Bude Vojna, BudeB4BojovniceB5Vdova1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 56:03
1Marie a anděl3:312Růže nad svatým Jánem4:193Svatý David5:004Ztracená ovečka4:445Marie a Alžběta3:366Panbů na poli4:557Marie a kovář4:308Kristus a dívka4:539Svatý Juří7:4310Chlápek na poli2:1311Svatá Anna2:4912Svatá Dorota7:501997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:13:28
1Stůj, Břízo Zelená4:192Svatý Vavřín4:253Ková Synek, Ková Vrata3:084Škaredý Věneček4:455Pacholek A Děvečka5:216Láska Neskončená4:017Ach, Má Milá6:018Janko2:469Smrt8:5810Supraphon5:0411Rozcvička4:4712Obrozenectví2:1013Kamna4:2014Reakce Publika3:3315Sociální Balada2:4516Přídavek0:3917Cizinci6:26Lidové balady ze sbírky Františka Sušila
2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 52:37
1David král4:562Žárlivec5:513Kříž2:074Šibeničky2:375Starala se máti má5:146Pánbů na poli4:457Marie a anděl3:518Svatý Vavřín3:589Památka5:3010Janošek a Maruška4:1511Stůj břízo zelená4:0712Pojď se mnou milá2:2113Duše a tělo3:052010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 47:28
1Pojď se mnou, milá1:492Církevní tatíci2:113Sobě a tobě4:034Havlíčku, Havle4:155Dovětek o tom, proč píseň Havlíčku, Havle nevychází u Supraphonu1:426Kat Mydlář6:287Galileo3:138Pravděpodobné vzdálenosti5:319Litvínov6:4110Šetři a buduj1:4011Sociální balada2:4412Kamna3:5513Prázdná kapsa3:162012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:11:42
1Vandrovali hudci5:532Janošek a Maruška4:163Jura6:194Starala se máti má5:025Rozbroj v kuchyni2:356Koleda2:417Hádala se duše s tělem2:488Žárlivec5:189Mračí se, mračí2:5510Červená hruška1:5311Z humen ven4:5012Soudili synečka3:3013Kdo to chodí po krchově7:4714Divoká Kačenka4:1315Šibeničky3:0716Hrajte že mi, hrajte3:1117Chodil pánbů po poli5:24
Single · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Havlíčku, Havle / NáměšťSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:591Havlíčku, Havle3:39 2Náměšť3:20 | 1990 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Jaroslav Hutka head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 10 | 82.3th |
| Studio albums | 9 | 90th |
| Awards recorded | 4 | 96.3th |
| Timeline events | 13 | 89.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 23 | 51.9th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | USTR Prize for Freedom, Democracy and Human Rights | won | |
| 2018 | honorary citizen of Prague 2 | won | |
| — | Award of the Minister of the Environment | won | |
| — | participant in the resistance and resistance against communism | won |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hutka.simecek.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0c8c2f79-385b-4df5-aad8-5f8345154ea9discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0c8c2f79-385b-4df5-aad8-5f8345154ea9core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3562318seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaroslav_Hutkabiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaroslav_Hutka
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Wikidata: Q3562318 · MusicBrainz: 0c8c2f79-385b-4df5-aad8-5f8345154ea9
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