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Ľubomír Belák
Ľubomír Belák
	Ľubomír Belák in 2007
Born	5 January 1951 (age 73); Bratislava
Nationality	Slovak
Other names	Ľubo Belák
Occupation(s)	composer, TV producer
Years active	1968–present
Known for	music director of various music festivals
Website	http://www.lubobelak.sk

Ľubomír Belák (born 5 January 1951 in Bratislava) is a Slovak musician, vocalist, music composer and TV producer.^[1] His father Michal Belák was a presenter, singer and actor, and his mother Pavla Adámková Beláková was a singer in choir of the Slovak National Theater. His older sister Jana Beláková was a singer and his younger sister Daniela Luthová is a vogue designer. In 1983 he graduated from Philosophical Faculty at the Comenius University in Bratislava.

Career

In 1960s Belák started in bigbeat group The Players [sk]^[2] formed at the basic school. Since 1968 his orchestra played with the Slovak popular singers Eva Kostolányiová and Karol Duchoň. Later with his sister Jana he created a vocal duo performing with his group "Skupina Ľuba Beláka". In 1981 he founded the rock group LBT that published an LP in the Opus Records. The same year he helped to produce another LP for popular entertainment duo Milan Lasica and Július Satinský.

Belák was a music director of various music festivals including Bratislavská lýra, Bratislavské džezové dni, etc. Since 1984 he worked at the Slovenská televízia.

From 1992 he is an independent TV producer, created TV shows include "Čo dokáže ulica", "Rhytmick", "Život zvaný droga", "Music klub", etc.

Discography

1980 – Karol Duchoň – skupina Ľuba Beláka
1981 – Milan Lasica, Július Satinský a Jaroslav Filip – Bolo nás jedenásť
1981 – Rezsõ Soltész – Robot love
1982 – Mixed Co. – Islands
1983 – Radošinské naivné divadlo – Jááánošík (double album)
2008 – Ľubo Belák – Bigbíťák

Film music

Autobus – short film
Droga – short TV film
Slovensko – medium long film
Slniečko na rukavičke – TV series
Mať tak o koliesko viac – animated TV series^[3]

TV production

Čo dokáže ulica (series)
Rhythmick (series)
Keď odchádza kapela (series)
Príbeh zvaný droga (series)
Ide pieseň okolo (series)
Detektívka (music film of popular Slovak group Elán)
Papierové lásky (TV dramatization of the story with songs)

Theoretical research – mass communication

Projekt Verejnoprávnej televízie – 2006
Punk a nová vlna (dissertation work at Philosophical Faculty of Comenius University)

References

^ "Ľubo Belák". discogs. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ "THE PLAYERS – INSTRUMENTAL BIGBEAT (1965–1967) (LP vinyl) (LIMITED EDITION) – Slovak popmusic". Cdmusic.cz.
^ "Have a screw loose!: Robot (TV Short 2015)". IMDb.

External links

[1] "Ľubo Belák". discogs. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

[2] "THE PLAYERS – INSTRUMENTAL BIGBEAT (1965–1967) (LP vinyl) (LIMITED EDITION) – Slovak popmusic". Cdmusic.cz.

[3] "Have a screw loose!: Robot (TV Short 2015)". IMDb.

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