Pavol Hammel
# Pavol Hammel

Pavol Hammel (born 7 December 1948, in Bratislava) is a Slovak musician, singer and producer.

Pavol Hammel was born to a family of musicians. His father played violin in the Slovak National Theatre, and influenced Pavol to become a promising violin player too.

He graduated from the Faculty of Law, Comenius University in Bratislava in 1976. He gained fame initially in the group Prúdy, but has since established a successful solo career.

He is married and has two daughters.

## Discography

### Studio albums

* Zvoňte zvonky (1969)
* Pokoj vám (1969)
* Pavol Hammel a Prúdy (1970)
* Som šťastný, keď ste šťastní (1971)
* Zelená pošta (1972)
* Šľahačková princezná (1973)
* Hráč (1975)
* Na II. programe sna (1976)
* Stretnutie s tichom (1978)
* On a Ona (1979)
* Vrabec vševed (1979)
* Faust a margréty (1980)
* Čas malín (1981)
* Now I Know (1982)
* Dnes už viem (1983)
* Všetko je inak (1989)
* Labutie piesne (1993)
* Život je... (1997)
* Prúdy 1999 (1999)
* Cyrano z predmestia (1999)
* Šálka čaju (2002)
* Starí kamoši (2002)
* Kreditka srdca (2004)
* Srdce bez anjela (2020)

## Prizes

* 1978 – Bratislava Golden Lyre for music to the song "Student Love"
* 1988 – Bratislava Bronze Lyre for music to the song "Today Love is an Anchor"
* 2009 – Paul Strauss Prize
