Origin Czech Republic Website martha-tena.net Siblings Tena Elefteriadu | Years active 1960s–present Genre Pop Record labels Supraphon, Panton Records | |
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Members Martha Elefteriadu
Tena Elefteriadu Albums Zlatá kolekce, Kresby tuší, Řecké prázdniny Similar Tena Elefteriadu, Bob Frídl, Emanuel Sideridis, Dežo Ursiny, Jiří Suchý | ||
Martha a Tena is a Czech music duo whose members are sisters Martha Elefteriadu and Tena Elefteriadu.
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Martha Elefteriadu (* September 12, 1946 Bulkes, Yugoslavia) is a Czech singer of Greek origin, half of the duo Martha a Tena, together with her sister Tena.
Tena Elefteriadu, born as Partena Elefteriadu (* April 16, 1948) is a Czech singer of Greek origin, member of the duo Martha a Tena.
Personal life
Their family emigrated from Greece because of the Greek Civil War and settled in 1950 in former Czechoslovakia. Their mother died while they were children, so they grew up in orphanages, they went through 5 of them, including one in Ivančice.
Martha, after matura at a gymnasium (school) studied first general medicine, then changed major to psychology, and graduated from Charles University in Prague.
Tena has a son Marko Elefteriadis, a rapper who performs under stage name Ektor.
Career
At the end of the 1960s the sisters met a guitarist Aleš Sigmund from band Vulkán, who helped them create strong creative and musical foundations. Their first records are from 1968, in 1970 they released their first LP record with Panton Records Dál než slunce vstává. They quickly established themselves in Czech Pop music. They collaborated with a many notable artists. Martha and Tena enchiched Czech culture with their southern temperament and Greek spontaneity.
Currently their repertoire is focused on Greek folk songs and they also teach Greek dances.
Martha occasionally hosts a radio show Noční Mikrofórum at Český Rozhlas Dvojka.
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Songs
Řecké slunceZlatá kolekce · 2015
Píseň pro vás2014
Děti z PireaDál než slunce vstává · 2013