Pierończyk ( Adam )

Adam Pieronczyk, born January 24, 1970 Elblag (Poland), is a leading Polish jazz saxophone player and one of the most important and creative artists of today’s jazz scene in Poland. As a leader and member of numerous groups and projects Pieronczyk: - won the top position in the annual “Jazz Forum” magazine ranking as The New Hope Of Polish Jazz (1997); - was nominated for the Polish music award “Fryderyk” as The Best Jazz Artist Of The Year (1997,1998, 2009); – has been given the prize of the Musician Union in Poland as The Best Artist Of The Year (1999); - was voted in the main Polish daily newspaper “Gazeta Wyborcza” one of the most influential jazz musicians in Poland for the XXI century” ( 2000); - has been given the jazzfestival prize of Bielsko-Biala Angel Of Jazz (2003); - won the top position in the annual Jazz Forum magazine ranking as The Best Soprano Saxophonist Of The Year (from 2003 to 2008).

Adam Pieronczyk has cooperated with: Gary Thomas, Greg Osby, Sam Rivers, Archie Shepp, Bobby McFerrin, Tomasz Stanko, Ted Curson, Anthony Cox, Joey Calderazzo, Ed Schuller and has performed all over Europe (Poland, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, England, Sweden, Denmark, Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia), Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Morocco, Israel, Brazil and USA…

More on Adam Pieronczyk can be found on adampieronczyk.com.

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