Fedor Frešo (6 January 1947 – 26 June 2018) was a Slovak rock and jazz bassist.

He was the son of composer and the conductor of Slovak National Theatre Tibor Frešo. His mother was the director and editor at the Czechoslovakian radio in Bratislava.

He studied double bass and bass guitar at the conservatismof music.

He played in several important Slovak groups. These included Soulmen with Dežo Ursiny, Prúdy with Pavol Hammel and Marián Varga, Collegium Musicum with Marián Varga, Fermata with Fero Griglák, T+R Bandwith Peter Lipa, Traditional Clubu with Ján Lehotský and the Czechoslovak group Blue Effect with Radim Hladík.

After finishing his studies, Frešo became a producer and musical director. Up to 1989 he worked for Slovenský rozhlas.

In 2011 he published his book Sideman“, where he recounted his career from his beginnings with Soulmen to his latest concert with Marián Varga as a member of Collegium Musicum.

Collegium Musicum 

Is a Slovak art rock / progressive rock band formed by Marián Vargain Czechoslovakia in late 1969, best known for their complex, predominantly instrumental compositions centred around Varga's keyboards/organ, and for their interpretations of classical works by Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky, Bartok, and others. While never achieving mainstream popularity, the band was among the most influential formations on the Czech/Slovak music scene in the 1970s, drawing comparisons to the Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and featured some of the foremost Slovak rock instrumentalists, including Fedor Frešo (bass), František Griglák (guitar), and others. Known for their live performances, Collegium Musicum enjoyed a revival through touring in the late 1990s and late 2000s, particularly among younger generations.