Tomáš Kočko & Orchestr

Singer Tomas Kocko became popular due to his recital featuring Wallachian poet Ladislav Nezdaril´s poetry set to music. He re-discovered the Wallachian bard who devoted his works to the Beskydy mountains,local people, customs and heroes of the region. Ladislav Nezdaril´s songs and poetry make up the major part of Kocko´s repertoire which he plays with his band called ”Tomáš Kočko & Orchestr”. Another important part of Kocko´s repertoire consists of original songs inspired by legends of outlaws, especially the legends and songs of Ondras a legendary hero of the Beskydy mountains. And finally, there are Kocko´s original renditions of Moravian traditional music.

Their album, ‘POPLOR,’ was in the TOP 20 of European World Music Charts for two months. Their previous album, ‘VELESU’ from 2016, stayed in the WMCE for four months in row and ranked as No. 25 of 2016 overview.

​The members of the group play acoustic instruments – guitars, the violin, the dulcimer and recorders as well as percussion and traditional folk instruments. It possesses a raw, natural sound and has expressive elements of rock, metal, folk music and jazz.

Line up:

Tomáš Kočko – lead vocal, guitars, mandoline

Helena Vyvozilová – recorders, quinton, dulcimer, vocal

Libuše Jelénková – violin, vocal, viola

Roman Plaširyba – doublebass, vocal

Pavel Plch – percussions, vocal

Tomáš Melichar – guest drums