- Szymon Wydra
Infobox musical artist
Name = Szymon Wydra
Background = solo_singer
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Origin =Radom ,Poland
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Genre = Rock
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URL =Szymon Wydra [IPA-pl|'|sz|y|m|o|n|-|'|w|y|d|r|a] (born
March 11 1976 inRadom ) is a Polish rock vocalist, poet and finalist of the 1st edition of Polish "Idol".Career
Wydra's first music band, "Nadzieja" ("Hope"), existed for two years and played
punk rock . He has been vocalist and leader of his own band, Carpe Diem, since 1992. He took part in a popular Polish TV show "Szansa na sukces " ("Chance for success") in2001 and achieved respect but was not the winner. He performed again in the same show in February of the following year, singing a song byRyszard Rynkowski and being chosen by him as the winning participant. He officially debuted onDecember 13 , 2002, with his first album produced together with his band, titled "Teraz wiem" ("Now I know"). Their second album, "Bezczas" was released in 2005.In August, 2007, Szymon Wydra was placed among five performers in the semi-final of Polish qualifications for the
Sopot Festival . Then he performed with his band the song "Gdzie jesteś dziś" ("Where are you today?") but the group of jurors decided that Poland would be represented by another band, Feel with their song "A gdy jest już ciemno".Szymon Wydra has performed concerts all over Poland and is currently one of the most popular singers of his home country.
He strongly criticized illegal downloading of his work from the
Internet in one of his most recent interviews.Albums
* "Teraz wiem" (2002)
* "Bezczas" (2005)
* "Remedium" (2007)Private life
Szymon Wydra studies at Higher School of Promotion in
Warsaw . His secondary school speciality wasmechanics .He has a daughter, Simona, with his partner Anna.
References
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