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

He comes from a musical family. He was introduced to music at an early age by his father, a violinist at the Slovak National Theatre . He studied the violin in his youth. As a member of the Železničiarske Art Ensemble orchestra, he played folk , classical and modern dance songs under the direction of a conductor .

At the age of sixteen, he started playing the guitar , which became his signature musical instrument. In 1963, he founded the group Prúdy . He composed the first song in the group Prúdy, entitled "Spievam si pieseň", in 1965. Two years later, Marián Varga began playing with Prúdy . The band's court lyricists at that time were Kamil Peteraj and Boris Filan , with whom Pavol Hammel has collaborated to this day. Since 1972, Hammel has recorded five separate albums with Marián Varga.

In 1994, he founded the promotional agency Rock Pop Bratislava, and in 1999, another one called Rock Production Bratislava, where he still works today. He also worked for the Slovak music publishing house Opus .

Pavol Hammel graduated from the Faculty of Law of Comenius University in Bratislava in 1976. He lives in Bratislava-Devín . He is married for the second time, has two daughters: Veronika (Kika) and Linda (Lindee), who are also involved in music ( This Is Kevin , or as a DJ ). Pavol Hammel is an amateur artist - painting and sculpture and has several successful exhibitions to his credit.

On July 28, 1976, Pavol Hammel escaped almost certain death when, after a socially awake night in Prague, he overslept and missed his morning flight to Bratislava. He thus found himself on the passenger list of the Bratislava Golden Sands air disaster , which claimed 76 lives, and inadvertently caused shock and moments of anxiety to those closest to him. A few hours later, unsuspecting, he flew to Bratislava on the next plane.

Despite the fact that Pavol Hammel appears in the State Security registration protocols as a confidant, designated by the relevant nomenclature as "D", he was not a conscious collaborator.