The Komeda Jazz Festival and the Krzysztof Komeda Composers Competition has been held in

Słupsk Słupsk (; , ; formerly german: Stolp, ; also known by several alternative names) is a city with powiat rights located on the Słupia River in the Pomeranian Voivodeship in northern Poland, in the historical region of Pomerania or more specific ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

each November since 1995. The festival and the competition is dedicated to the memory of the Polish musician

Krzysztof Komeda Krzysztof Trzciński (27 April 1931 – 23 April 1969), known professionally as Krzysztof Komeda, was a Polish film music composer and jazz pianist. Perhaps best known for his work in film scores, Komeda wrote the scores for Roman Polanski’s f ...

. Leszek Kułakowski, jazz pianist and composer, is the initiator of this event and was also the first one to arrange Komeda's music for symphonic orchestra.

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External links

Official webpage
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