Tomáš Kočko

Singer Tomáš Kočko became popular due to his recital featuring Wallachian poet Ladislav Nezdařil´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 Nezdařil´s songs and poetry make up the major part of Kočko´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 Ondráš, a legendary hero of the Beskydy mountains. And finally, there are Kočko´s original renditions of Moravian traditional music. The sound of the band is a strictly acoustic, stamped with traditional music of Moravia and Beskydy region, rock and world music. Tomas Kočko & Orchestr took part in many major Czech, Poland, and Slovak folk and alternative music festivals (Valašský špalíček, Nowa Tradycja, Folk Masowia festival, Porta, Excelentne roznosti, EBU folk festival etc…) The band collaborates with Czech Radio and Czech Television. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.