• 1955 – 1961

    Primary Music School Bratislava (violin, viola)

  • 1961 – 1967

    Bratislava Conservatory (viola, Ján Albrecht)

  • 1961

    founder or rock group Tiene (Shadows) (V. Velčický – v, gui, S. Herko – elgui, Š. Szabo – pf, P. Ryšavý – bgui, D. Kuklovský – dr)

  • 1964

    co-founder of rock group Beatmen (Miroslav Bedrik – gui, v, S. Herko – gui, v, Marián Bednár – bgui, v, Peter Petro – dr)

  • 1964 – 1967

    member of Tatra Revue Bratislava; recording of movie music Kým sa skončí táto noc (Till This Night Will End) and Konečná stanica rytmus (Final Stop Rhythm)

  • 1967 – 1992

    member of Czechoslovak Radio Dance Orchestra in Bratislava

  • 1969 – 1985

    member of ensemble New Traditional

  • since 1967

    as member of ensemble Radioquintet playing in the theater Na korze (On The Corso) in performances L + S and theater play Balady a testamenty (Ballads And Testaments, dir. Z. Kraus)

  • 1969

    as member of J. Dlouhý's Orchestra performed with Slovak National Theater Drama in Paris with play Tanec nad plačom (Dance Over Crying); cooperation with orchestras of Prague Radio, Prague Television, Gustav Brom, and Juraj Velčovský, and with the group ZA-JA-CE

  • 1974 – 1979

    member of VV System of Vlado Valovič

  • 1977

    member Peter Lipa's Combo

  • 1985

    member of Gustav Brom's Orchestra and Josef Audes's Combo

  • 1992

    member of T + R Band;, cooperation with Radio Big Band Bratislava

  • 1993

    tour in Netherlands and Germany (soloists Liza Minnelli, Shirley Bassey, Ray Charles)

  • 1996

    founder of Jazz Quartet (Martin Ďurdina – tr, fc, A. Danyi – pf, Stano Herko – bgui, J. Bilčík, Milan Ruček – dr, later: Martin Ďurdina, Ľuboš Šrámek, Stanislav herko, Peter Szapu)

  • 1999

    together with Maroš Bančej and Tibor Bogdan initiator of radio play Garáž (Garage) aimed at discovering of young musical talent; author of stage music of radio play Gilgameš; founder of 17' Man Big Band (with Kamil Paprčka and Martin Ďurdina), performance at the Bratislava Jazz Days 1999

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  • cooperation with:

    Jana Hubinská, Ladislav Chudík, Andrej Hryc, Zoro Laurinc, Jana Kocianová, Silvia Josifoska, Berco Balogh, Robo Opatovský, Dušan Grúň, Erich “Boboš” Procházka

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