Who wouldn’t remember legendary hits like “Sprayer-frayer” or the immortal “Mandarinka Darinka”? In the 1990s, almost all children and teenagers in Slovakia sang these songs. Their performer Michaela Pašteková was a huge child star at the time. However, she hung up her musical career at the age of eighteen.
Today, Michaela Hučko Pašteková started her career at the age of 8, when the musician Peter Nagy chose her in an audition. “I was not one of the favorites. Peter also said that they took me “into the number”. The first album Hrajme sa na Petra was recorded, two years later Peter Nagy and children, where I am By coincidence she got the song Mandarinka Darinka. It was originally supposed to be sung by another girl, but it was changed to operatic singing,” she revealed in 2024 to .
It was the well-known musician who wanted to bring an idol for young people to the Slovak scene, and with Miška (and later Martin Madej) he hit the nail on the head. Pašteková released three successful solo albums, won two gold records and hit the charts. However, with the arrival of adulthood in 2000, she decided on a radical cut and with concerts she cut it.
Although Pašteková withdrew from the world of show business, from time to time he will still stand on stage. This happened some time ago and she delighted her fans with her legendary song “Sprayer-frayer”. Like many other famous faces, she also speaks openly about the problems in the country. “Long live the free and open culture,” she declared publicly. Footage from her performance can be found in the video above the article.
It is not the first time that the former singing star touches on the topic of culture in Slovakia. In September 2024, she set the “Cultural Strike!” logo as her profile picture on the social network. As stated on their website, it is a coordinated movement of the cultural scene in Slovakia, which the goal is to stop the devastating interventions of the leadership of the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, led by Minister Martina Šimkovičová, in culture at all its levels.
The cultural strike requires competent and professional management of the department, which respects the freedom, rights and expertise of people working in the resort, and with its activity contributes to improving the conditions for the creation and operation of culture in Slovakia.
