Five years without Miro Žbirka. Celebrations of his 75th birthday anniversary will culminate in a star-studded concert at Brno's T Arena

Five years have passed since the death of Miro Žbirka on November 10. The singer, songwriter and guitarist, whom no one called anything but Meky, died on November 10, 2021, in Prague at the age of 69. His hits such as Atlantída, Biely kvet and 22 dní, however, have become part of popular folklore, and listeners of various generations still return to them today. Zoznam.sk ↗

"When I'm no longer here, my songs will be," Meky used to say often, according to the organizers of memorial events. His songs resound today from radios, television screens and concert stages, appealing to fans across generations. Rock & Pop ↗

The culmination of the celebrations of his 75th birthday anniversary will be the tribute concert of Czech and Slovak pop music stars, Meky Žbirka 75. It will take place on December 1, 2027, at Brno's T Arena. In their original arrangements, the songs Balada o poľných vtákoch, Atlantída, Biely kvet and Múr našich lások will be performed, as well as lesser-known tracks. Rock & Pop ↗

"There will certainly be more. We are also preparing further surprises, which we will announce gradually. The celebrations will culminate in a concert in Brno, symbolically halfway between Prague and Bratislava, two cities that were home to Meky," says Katka Žbirková. According to her, Brno's T Arena also offers the facilities and technical capabilities that allow the concert to be prepared in a way worthy of Meky's music. Rock & Pop ↗

The concert at T Arena at the Brno Exhibition Centre starts at 7:00 p.m., and tickets are already on sale. Ticketportal ↗

The jubilee year will, however, open earlier – on June 29, 2027, with the concert Miro Žbirka Symphonic Night at Šimák Castle in Pezinok. Šimák Castle Pezinok ↗

At this year's Symphonic Night concert at Prague's Municipal House on October 20, performers included 4 Tenoři, David Kraus, Martha, and opera singer Soňa Godárska. In the autumn, a new album, Miro Žbirka: Special, was also released. zbirka.cz ↗

According to the organizers' press release, Symphonic Night also took place this year in Valašské Meziříčí and in Trenčín. Special features rare songs not found on the regular albums, and in September a reissue of the album Songs for Boys and Girls was also released, for the first time on both LP and CD.

Žbirka was born in 1952 in Bratislava; his mother was from England, and British music – especially The Beatles – accompanied him throughout his life. He lived through the first major chapter of his career in the band Modus together with Ján Lehotský and Marika Gombitová; with the song Úsmev they achieved significant success at the Bratislavská lýra in 1977. In 1982, Žbirka became the first Slovak winner of the Zlatý slávik poll, surpassing Karel Gott. Zoznam.sk ↗

Notable lyricists also stood behind his songs – Kamil Peteraj, Jozef Urban and Boris Filan – and the duet V slepých uličkách with Marika Gombitová surpassed the careers of both performers. In 2012, Meky entered London's Abbey Road Studios for the first time, where he recorded the songs Love Shines and In the Sun, and he returned there while working on the 2015 album Miro. Zoznam.sk ↗

Atlantída, one of the songs to be performed in Brno, is also available on Meky's official channel.



Photo: Tomáš Martinek / pro:messa (Symphonic Night, Municipal House Prague, October 20, 2026)