Tomáš Kočko

to “rodnověří”, neo-pagan religious belief. The repertory is completed with unique adaptations of traditional Moravian folk songs.


In 1999 the debut album “HORNÍ CHLAPCI” (INDIES rec.1999) was published, the second CD “Do kamene tisane” or “ONDRÁŠ” (Indies rec. 2000), became a source of inspiration for later Polish theatre piece Ondraszek – master of Lysa Góra and followed by a tourist project called Ondrášovo-Ondraszkovo. There was the third album called “HODOVNICE” (Indies rec. 2001). The album “SADNÉ ZRNO” (TKA 2002) was published as an appendix to the fourth edition of poetic collection “Horní chlapci” by L. Nezdařil. The album called “DO TANCA!” (2003) was nominated for the Angel award 2003 by the Academy of popular music.
CD POPLÓR (Indies rec. 2006) has been appearing in Top 20 WMCE Charts for two months and has won an Angel award 2006 – The album of the year in world music category.

 The album KOLEDA (Indies rec. 2009) was nominated for the Angel Award in the category of world music.  

Besides concerting, Tomáš Kočko & ORCHESTRA cooperates with Těšínské Theatre (the projects Těšínské niebo and Ondraszek – pan Łysej Góry) and as a producer he was at the beginning of ethno-metal albums Relic Dances, Osamělí and Návaz (connection of metal and folk) by Silent Stream Of Godless Elegy band.