Elżbieta Dmoch

Elżbieta Dmoch (born September 29, 1951) is a Polish singer and flautist, a former member of the popular band 2 Plus 1.

Elżbieta Dmoch
ca. 1975
Background information
Born (1951-09-29) September 29, 1951
Warsaw, Poland
GenresPop, folk, country, synthpop, new wave, rock
Occupation(s)singer, flautist
Instrumentsflute, piano
Years active1968–1992, 1998–2002
Associated acts2 Plus 1

Career

Dmoch started to attend singing lessons in her earliest years. She went to a musical school, where she learned to play flute and piano.[1]

At the end of the 1960s, she became a member of Warszawskie Kuranty, a band founded by Janusz Kruk. In January 1971, both Janusz and Elżbieta formed a new group, 2 Plus 1, which enjoyed a massive popularity in Poland in the 1970s and the first half of the 1980s. In 1974, at the Sopot Festival, Dmoch was proclaimed the most beautiful singer. She received the same award at the Opole Festival two years later.

Dmoch composed the song "Naga plaża" for the 2 Plus 1 album Video, released in 1985.[2]

Private life

For over fifteen years, she has been the wife of Janusz Kruk, whom she met at the age of 17. They married in February 1973 and divorced in the late 1980s, after Janusz had left her for another woman.[3] His death in 1992 turned out to be a shock for Elżbieta, who gave up public and artistic life, and has since become reclusive.[4]

She speaks three foreign languages: English, German, and Russian.

References
  1. Elżbieta Dmoch. August 16, 2008.
  2. "2 plus 1 – Video (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs" (in Polish). discogs. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  3. "Oficjalna strona zespołu Dwa Plus Jeden – Biografia". dwaplusjeden.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on February 17, 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2011.
  4. "Wraca do świata i ludzi". Świat & Ludzie: 5. April 19, 2007.
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