Nikol Bóková is a musician dedicated to many genres of music. As a performer of classical music, her repertoire ranges from Baroque to contemporary music but the 19th and 20th Century. At the same time, she is an extraordinary author of her own, unique music
Her work draws on her training as a classical pianist and combines elements of jazz, classical music, pop music, modern rock and minimalism. Over the space of five years, she recorded six albums that met with high critical acclaim. Her debut album INNER PLACE, which was nominated for the Czech Music Academy Award, and the second album, UNRAVEL, she recorded with Michał Wierzgoń and Martin Kocián, who are foremost jazz musicians of the young generation. The third album PROMETHEUS was released in May 2021, less than a year after the release of Unravel. For the recording of Prometheus Nikol invited remarkable jazz musicians David Dorůžka and Jaromír Honzák, and world-renown French horn player Radek Baborák. In March 2022 she recorded her fourth author album in a line-up of the quartet when she decided to extend her trio by David Dorůžka.
While all previous albums were released by Animal Music label, Elements was released by SOLEIL ET PLUIE (Sun and Rain), a record label founded in the 2022 by Nikol Bóková and Jan Bók Vala. The Elements, therefore, occupies the ceremonial role of the first album released.
In December 2022 was released Nikol’s solo piano album Naked Pieces. During the year 2023, Nikol’s solo album “Expedition” was released on Soleil et Pluie, along with two albums by other artists—a debut cembalo album featuring Bach’s compositions and an orchestral album showcasing the works of Wagner and Strauss.
Besides composition and publishing activities, Nikol has pursued a solo career as a pianist, she regularly appears with foremost Czech orchestras, she performs solo recitals on Czech and European stages.
Nikol’s recent successes are the Jantar award 2022 for Elements and Naked Pieces for the best albums in category of popular music, the Anděl Award 2021 for the album Prometheus in a jazz category, awarded by the Czech Music Academy, the Anděl Award nomination for the best jazz album of the year 2019 for her debut Inner Place, second prize in the survey of the Czech journalists and promoters for the album Unravel, first prize in the survey of the Czech journalists and promoters for the album Prometheus, a nomination for the Jantar prize in the category of the best soloist of the year 2020 for Unravel, first prize in the competition of the Central European Jazz Showcase 2021, or an award for the best jazz composition of the year 2021 for the piece Prometheus, awarded by OSA.
