On September 18th at 8PM, Marketa Irglová will be appearing at Park Slope’s new Zora Space on Fourth Avenue near Third Street. The artist, who is one half of Swell Season, recently performed at Celebrate Brooklyn with her musical partner Glenn Hansard.
But at Zora Space, she’ll be performing her delicate, melodic music with Jake Clemons,
Irglová began playing music at age 7, and began playing piano at the age of 8 when her parents bought her a piano and sent her to lessons. When she was 9, her father bought her a guitar and she immediately began playing and learning songs by ear. Her mother insisted Markéta learn piano because, as a child, her mother’s family could never afford a piano even though she loved it so much.
Jake Clemons has been performing his whole life. As a child his family traveled cross-country singing and performing musical theater. He is the son of a former Marine Corps band director and nephew of an international rock and roll icon, Clarence Clemons.
Irglová and Hansard appeared in the Irish film, Once. Among the songs Irglová wrote with Hansard for Once was “Falling Slowly,” which received an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Irglová became the first Czech woman to win an Oscar, and at age 19 she was the youngest person to win an Oscar in a musical category. Hansard and Irglová performed the song live on the Oscar broadcast at Los Angeles.
This should be an amazing night at the very intimate Zora Space.
