Dominik Wania (born 24 November 1981 in

Sanok, Poland Sanok (in full the Royal Free City of Sanok — pl, Królewskie Wolne Miasto Sanok, rue, Санок, ''Sanok'', ua, Cянік, ''Sianik'', la, Sanocum, yi, סאניק, ''Sonik'') is a town in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship of south-eastern ...

) is a Polish pianist and composer.

Biography

Wania started his piano studies at age three. In 2005 he graduated from the

Academy of Music in Kraków The Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków ( pl, Akademia Muzyczna im. Krzysztofa Pendereckiego w Krakowie) is a conservatory located in central Kraków, Poland. It is the '' alma mater'' of the renowned Polish contemporary composer Krz ...

, Poland, where he was an honors music student studying classical piano performance. In 2006 he was awarded The Helena Foundation Presidential Scholarship at

New England Conservatory of Music The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) is a Private college, private music school in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest independent music Music school, conservatory in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world. The ...

in Boston where he pursued Master of Music degree in Jazz Performance. While at NEC Dominik Wania studied with Danilo Perez, Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Ran Blake, Allan Chase and Frank Carlberg. He also was a member of one of NEC’s prestigious Honors Ensembles. Wania has performed and collaborated with musicians like

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, Gary Thomas,

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, Eddie Henderson,

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, and

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, and Noise Trio. Besides giving performances he is also a DMA faculty member at the Academy of Music in Krakow and Institute of Jazz in Katowice. The release of his debut album ''Ravel'' (2013) was with Ravel’s Miroirs arranged for jazz trio.

Honors

* 2003: 1st Prize at the 7th International Contemporary Chamber Music Competition in Kraków * 2005: 1st Prize at the 2nd Jazz Piano Competition in Warsaw * 2008: Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Scholarship 'Młoda Polska' * 2014: Gwarancja Kultury in the 'Jazz, Rock, and Other' category * 2014: Fryderyk Awards in categories: Jazz Album of the Year (Ravel), Jazz Artist of the Year, Jazz Debut of the Year

Discography

Solo albums

* 2020: ''Lonely Shadows'' (ECM) Trio with Lisa Gerrard/Zbigniew Preisner * 2019: ''Zbigniew Preisner: Melodies of My Youth'' (Preisner Productions, Universal Music Polska, Chester Music Ltd.) ; With Dominik Wania Trio * 2013: ''Ravel'' (For Tune)

Collaborations

With George Garzone, Jacek Kochan Andrzej Święs * 2011: ''Filing The Profile'' (Intuition) ; With JWP.org * 2004: ''Organizacja Live at Radio Katowice'' ; With Vitaliy Ivanov Quartet * 2006: ''Returning Live in Kiev'' DVD ; With Bronisław Suchanek & Dominik Wania duo * 2008: ''Sketch in Blue'' (Self Release) ; With Geni Skendo & Dominik Wania duo * 2008: ''Portraits'' (Shakuhachi & Piano Duets) ; With

and Michał Barański feat. Gary Thomas * 2008: ''Man of No Words (GOWI) ; With Tomek Grochot Quintet feat. Eddie Henderson * 2010: ''My Stories'' (Self Release) ; With Jacek Kochan Trio feat.

* 2011: ''Filling the Profile'' (Intuition) ; With Maciej Obara Quartet * 2011: ''Equilibrium'' (Ars Cameralis Silesiae Superiors), with Maciej Garbowski, Krzysztof Gradziuk *

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

: ''Unloved'' (

ECM Records ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music) is an independent record label founded by Karl Egger, Manfred Eicher and Manfred Scheffner in Munich in 1969. While ECM is best known for jazz music, the label has released a variety of recordings, and ECM's a ...

), with

* 2019: ''Three Crowns'' (

), with Ole Morten Vågan, Gard Nilssen ; With Piotr Baron Quintet * 2012: ''Jazz na Hrade Live at Prague Castle'' (Multisonic) ; With Wojtek Fedkowicz Noise Trio * 2013: ''Post-Digital Dreamers'' (Audio Cave) ; With Power of the Horns * 2013: ''Alaman Live'' (For Tune) ; With Maciej Obara International (Ole Morten Vågan, Gard Nilssen) * 2013: ''Live at Manggha'' (For Tune) * 2013: ''Komeda Live'' (For Tune) * 2015: ''Live in Mińsk Mazowiecki'' (For Tune) ; With Nak Trio * 2015: ''The Other Side of If'' (Double Moon) * 2017: ''Ambush'' (ForTune), Nak Trio & Arcos ; With N S I Quartet (Bartek Prucnal, Cyprian Baszyński, Dawid Fortuna, Maciej Adamczak) * 2017: ''The Look of Cobra'' (Audio Cave)

References

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