Jaroslav Filip

Jaroslav Filip (June 22, 1949, Hontianske Moravce – July 11, 2000, Bratislava), known as Jaro Filip, was Slovak musician, composer, humorist, dramaturgist, actor, columnist and promoter of the Internet in Slovakia with an extraordinary range of activities. His work includes numerous Slovak pop music hits in cooperation with the singer Richard Müller, including Cigaretka na dva ťahy, Milovanie v daždi or Daňový únik. From the 1970s Jaro Filip cooperated with comedians Milan Lasica and Július Satinský, creating numerous works such as the albums Bolo nás jedenásť, S vetrom o preteky, My and the cabaret Ktosi je za dverami. In the 1990s he was a member of the dominant group of Slovak humorists (with Stano Radič, Rasťo Piško and others) who appeared in several formats both on TV and radio commenting on political and social life in the country.