Marek Dorcik, Slovak born, London based drummer is a classical conservatoire graduate in his home town Zilina. Originally moved to Manchester in 2006 and to London in 2013 to pursue his musical career. Marek has made appearances on well-known UK festivals including Manchester, London, Cheltenham and also famous jazz clubs such as Ronnie Scott’s, Vortex Jazz Club. Besides, UK Marek has performed extensively in Europe with a variety of projects such as the European Union Quartet, Lukas Oravec Quartet.
Slovakian born drummer Marek Dorcik is swiftly gaining a reputation as a sought after professional drummer on the international jazz scene, working with some of the UK’s leading jazz artists including Mike Walker, Alan Barnes, Stuart McCallum, Alice Zawadzki (as part of the Moss Project) and Matthew Halsall of Gondwana Records. His tenure bands such as the European Union Quartet and the Lukas Oravec Quartet, as well as performances at leading jazz festivals including jny: Manchester, jny: London and Cheltenham, ... read more
"Marek is a great listener... he plays the drums but more than that he plays music, with a warm heart too. I never had to think about what he was doing... it just felt right." - Mike Walker
“I recorded tracks with Marek for my second album ‘Colour, Yes’ and have to say it was an absolute pleasure, I really respected his mellow, egoless approach to drumming” – Matthew Halsall, Gondwana Records
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