Gaqo Çako (24 January 1935 – 1 August 2018) was an Albanian operatic tenor, awarded with the People's Artist of Albania title.
His family then moved to Kuçovë, and eventually he enrolled in the Jordan Misja Artistic Lyceum in Tirana.
He also pursued a specialization degree in the 1960s at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, in Rome, Italy.
He appeared in operas by Albanian composers, such as Mrika by Prenkë Jakova, Lulja e kujtimit (transl.
[1] Although Çako was an opera tenor, he became popular through 28 participations at the Festivali i Këngës,[1][3][4] and won first prizes in the 1967, 1970, and 1978 editions.