Patricia Burda JaneÃÂková (18 June 1998 â 1 October 2023) was a Slovak coloratura soprano. At the age of 12, she was the winner of the CzechâÂÂSlovak television show ' in November 2010 and gained international recognition through the broadcasting of CNN television shortly after winning.
JaneÃÂková was born in Münchberg to Slovak parents Martin JaneÃÂek, double bassist and Zuzana JaneÃÂková who used to play the violin. Shortly after, her family moved to Ostrava in the Czech Republic. She started singing at the age of four. After graduating from primary school, she began studying voice at the .
JaneÃÂková first performed publicly at the AntonÃÂn Dvoà Âák Theatre, accompanied by the JanáÃÂek Philharmonic Orchestra. Subsequent to this, she went on to win the Talentmania competition in 2010, at age 12, having received over 1 million votes.
In 2014, she won the international singing competition at the Concorso Internazionale di Musica Sacra in Rome.
JaneÃÂková was noted for her passionate and emotive performances, and is known for receiving a standing ovation while performing Ennio Morricone's theme song from Once Upon a Time in the West at the Rudolfinum in Prague. She continued to perform in public while studying privately with Czech soprano .
In 2017, she performed the role of Galatea in Handel's Acis and Galatea with Collegium Marianum as part of the JanáÃÂek Music Festival.
JaneÃÂková released her self-titled début album in 2011, at age 13. She went on to collaborate with Czech oboist Vilém Veverka on a Christmas album in 2022.
JaneÃÂková married actor Vlastimil Burda in June 2023.
On 10 February 2022, JaneÃÂková announced on her Instagram page that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and would take a career hiatus for an undetermined length of time. A fundraising concert was hosted in January 2023 by to support her treatment, featuring the well-known artists ÃÂechomor, Martina and , and TomÃ¡à ¡ Krpec. JaneÃÂková returned to the stage on 15 December 2022, performing the role of Esmeralda in Smetana's comic opera The Bartered Bride. Despite early signs of a successful treatment, JaneÃÂková died from the illness on 1 October 2023. She was 25. She is buried in Ondrejský Cemetery in Bratislava.