Tomáš Mach, violinist, composer and educator.

Born in Czech Republic, he grew up in a musical family. From early childhood he was interested in Bluegrass (an acoustic form of American country music). He started teaching at Summer Bluegrass Workshop in Moravia when he was 16. There he met the Czech elite of this musical genre and together they gradually recorded several albums, from which the most successful were priced in prestiges American magazine Bluegrass Unlimited.

In 1995 he interrupted his studying at Conservatory in Teplice and went to the USA. In New York he met Matt Glaser (chairman of string department at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts) who invited him for few lessons. Tomáš accepted. He lived in New York, made his living by being personal driver, played with Italian guitarist Beppe Gambetta and kept on visiting Mr. Glaser in Boston.

A tragic event in his family in the fall of 1996 led him back to Czech. In 1997 he graduated with honors from Conservatory in Teplice, Czech Republic in the class of Prof., Doc. Vadim Skibin. In Freiburg, Germany at an audition he received scholarship to Berklee College of Music but he never returned there. Instead of that he stayed in Europe and spent some time touring with Tony Trischka, legendary American banjo player, creator of modern finger-picking style and main influence to other giants including Multiple Musical Award Winner Béla Fleck.

In the fall of 1997 he become a member of North-Czech Philharmonic Orchestra where he stayed for two years. Then, his musical activities led him to the field of jazz.

In the fall of 1999 he got an offer for engagement from leader of Melody Makers, Ondrej Havelka. Melody Makers is a swing orchestra focusing on authentic interpretation of swing music from 20's and 30's. Tomáš traveled with MM until the end of 2001. Meanwhile, he was teaching the violin at Conservatory of Jaroslav Jezek in Prague.

In January 2002, Tomáš Mach was engaged by Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, where he stayed playing for two years. He also led master courses at Bangkok Symphony Music School (BSS).

Now, Tomáš Mach lives in

He appears on number of CD's of various genres including classical music, country an