Adam Bałdych (born 18 May 1986 in

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) is a Polish violinist, composer, and music producer. Baldych is an ACT MUSIC (Germany) recording artist. He is known from a series of record releases and collaborations with musicians like

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, Morten Lund, and Lars Danielsson.

Career

Adam Baldych and Helge Lien Trio at the 2016 Nattjazz

Bałdych picked up the violin at the age of 9 years and started at a music school in Gorzow Wielkopolski under guidance of Grazyna Wasilewska. He is a graduate of the Institute of Jazz and Popular Music at Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music and got a scholarship to continue at

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. At the age of 16 he had already achieved great recognition, and was called a "prodigy" in Poland. He started touring with prominent Polish and American musicians in Poland, Germany,

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, England,

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, Spain, France,

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and the US. His album ''Imaginary Room'' (2012), including musicians like Lars Danielsson, Jacob Karlzon, Verneri Pohjola, Morten Lund and

, have opened the most important music scenes for Bałdych, and he was invited to the biggest jazz festivals in Europe like the

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in Switzerland and the

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. Board draws the attention of many critics. Bałdych won the title Fiddler and Hope by Jazz Forum, the Top European jazz magazine in 2012, 2013 and 2014; was awarded the Record of the Year by Jazzarium.pl., and was the first ever Polish musician to get the ECHO Jazz Award in 2013, by the German music industry. His second album for ACT ''The New Tradition'' was recorded together with Israeli pianist Yaron Herman and released on 30 May 2014. Recently ACT released ''Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic IV - Accordion Night'' which is a recording from the concert within the Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic series. 28 August 2015 his third album for ACT will be released – Adam Bałdych &

Helge Lien Helge Lien (born 23 April 1975) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer and band leader. He has in recent years also developed a passion for photography and digital processing of images and has passion for powerful melancholy, dynamics and detail ...

Trio ''Bridges''. Adam was also nominated for the FRYDERYK Prize in 2013 and 2015 as an Artist of The Year in Jazz. Adam Bałdych received for the album ''The New Tradition'', the award for Best Jazz Album 2014. This award is granted every year within the Gala Grand Prix Jazz Melomani by TVP Programme 2 and Jazz Melomani Society.

Honors

*2013: ECHO Jazz Award "International Artist of the Year Other Instruments/Violin", for ''Imaginary Room''

Discography

Solo albums

*2009: ''Storyboard'' (Adam Bałdych) *2009: ''Damage Control'' (Adam Bałdych) *2011: ''Magical Theatre'' (Adam Bałdych) *2012: ''Imaginary Room'' (ACT) *2014: ''The New Tradition'' (ACT), with Yaron Herman *2015: ''Bridges'' (ACT), with Helge Lien Trio *2017: ''Brothers'' (ACT), with Helge Lien Trio & Tore Brunborg *2019: ''Sacrum Profanum'' (ACT), with

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*2020: ''Clouds'' (ACT), with Vincent Courtois and Rogier Telderman

Collaborations

*2009: ''Balboo'', with Piotr Żaczek *2009; ''A Tribute to Seifert'', with Jarosław Śmietana *2012: ''My History of Jazz'' (ACT), with

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*2014: ''Anyone With A Heart'' (ACT), with

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baldych, Adam Polish jazz violinists Male violinists Polish jazz composers Male jazz composers Berklee College of Music alumni People from Gorzów Wielkopolski 1986 births Living people 21st-century violinists 21st-century male musicians