Wojciech Niedziela
Leading jazz pianist, present on the Polish jazz scene since the early 1980s. During his debut he won many competitions (Jazz Juniors, Jazz Improvisation Competition, Jazz Pianists Competition in Kalisz and International Jazz Federation Festival in Leverkusen). It was then that he received the Stanisław Wyspiański Ministerial Artistic Award for Young Artists (1986). For many years he was the leader of the New Presentation ensemble with soloists Lora Szafran and Piotr Wojtasik. He took part in the recording of 35 albums, min. with Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Piotr Baron, Henryk Miśkiewicz, Michał Kulenty, Piotr Wojtasik, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Krzysztof Popek, Jacek Niedziela, Maciej Sikała and others. He recorded four albums under his own name – New Presentation - Trio, Lonesome Dancer, To Kiss the Ivories and Domingos Tunes. Wojtek has been a long-time member of Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski's Quartet and Sextet, with whom he has been associated since the mid-1990s to the present day. He was nominated for the Fryderyk Award for his album To Kiss the Ivories and the album Ptaszyn Wróblewski Real jazz. He has performed in many European countries (e.g. in renowned jazz clubs – New Morning in Paris, Montmartre in Copenhagen, A-trane in Berlin) as well as in Cuba and the USA - in the famous New York club Birdland.
Currently, he also conducts extensive teaching activities at the Jazz Institutes at the Academy of Music in Katowice (he heads the Department of Jazz Creativity and Interpretation) and at the State Higher Vocational School in Nysa (he is the director of the local Jazz Institute). He is a lecturer at the summer Jazz Workshops in Puławy, Chodzież and Leszno. He has also given guest lectures at the Universities of Louisville (Kentucky) and Cinncinatti in the USA.
About Wojciech Niedziela
Leading jazz pianist, present on the Polish jazz scene since the early 1980s. During his debut he won many competitions (Jazz Juniors, Jazz Improvisation Competition, Jazz Pianists Competition in Kalisz and International Jazz Federation Festival in Leverkusen). It was then that he received the Stanisław Wyspiański Ministerial Artistic Award for Young Artists (1986). For many years he was the leader of the New Presentation ensemble with soloists Lora Szafran and Piotr Wojtasik. He took part in the recording of 35 albums, min. with Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Piotr Baron, Henryk Miśkiewicz, Michał Kulenty, Piotr Wojtasik, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Krzysztof Popek, Jacek Niedziela, Maciej Sikała and others. He recorded four albums under his own name – New Presentation - Trio, Lonesome Dancer, To Kiss the Ivories and Domingos Tunes. Wojtek has been a long-time member of Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski's Quartet and Sextet, with whom he has been associated since the mid-1990s to the present day. He was nominated for the Fryderyk Award for his album To Kiss the Ivories and the album Ptaszyn Wróblewski Real jazz. He has performed in many European countries (e.g. in renowned jazz clubs – New Morning in Paris, Montmartre in Copenhagen, A-trane in Berlin) as well as in Cuba and the USA - in the famous New York club Birdland.
Currently, he also conducts extensive teaching activities at the Jazz Institutes at the Academy of Music in Katowice (he heads the Department of Jazz Creativity and Interpretation) and at the State Higher Vocational School in Nysa (he is the director of the local Jazz Institute). He is a lecturer at the summer Jazz Workshops in Puławy, Chodzież and Leszno. He has also given guest lectures at the Universities of Louisville (Kentucky) and Cinncinatti in the USA.