Born in 1977 in Brno, Plech studied voice at Janáček Academy of Performing Arts during which time he was awarded a Laureate at the International M.S.Trnavský Singing Competition (1998, Slovakia) and was a finalist in the prestigious Feruccio Tagliavini Bel Canto competition (2002), whose jury members included G. Aragall and K. Riciarelli.
Other distinctions include receiving first prize in the 2005 Karlovy Vary Youth Theatre Festival Competition and in the same year nominations for the prestigeous Thalia Prize in the category of musical theatre for his performance as the King of the cats in Andrew Lloyd-Weber's Cats, and the Komerční banka Prize for the National Theatre's best performance in the role of Ramphis in Verdi's Aida. In 1998 the renown Czech composer Ilja Hurník wrote a one-act opera especially for his voice.
