Halina Benedyk

Halina Benedyk is a Polish pop singer most strongly remembered as one of the recognizable voices of the late-PRL festival and entertainment scene. For the wider public she remains above all the singer of “Mamy po 20 lat,” but her career began earlier and was shaped from the start by Poland’s festival circuit. Her musical preparation started in childhood, when she attended music school and developed not only as a vocalist but also instrumentally. The safest date for her first nationally visible career step is 1983, when she appeared at the Soviet Song Festival in Zielona Góra and won an award, opening the way to more high-profile opportunities. Her real breakthrough came a year later, when she was chosen to...