Maciej Fortuna is a Polish jazz trumpet player, composer and musical educator. He runs the
Fortuna Music
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record label.
Jerzy Milian dedicated his composition "Music For Mr. Fortuna" to Maciej Fortuna.
Education
Maciej graduated from the
University of Poznan Law School in 2007 and obtained a master's degree with first class honours from the Academy of Music in Wroclaw, Piotr Wojtasik jazz trumpet class (2010). In 2012 he obtained a doctors degree in performing arts at The Academy of Music in Poznań.
Performances
He has played with artists from Poland, Europe and the USA. He has won prizes as a soloist and with his bands.
Maciej Fortuna is also a
session musician for radio or television. He is a lecturer in The Academy of Music in Poznan (Poland), jazz trumpet class.
Group membership
As a leader:
* Maciej Fortuna Solo
* Maciej Fortuna Trio
* Maciej Fortuna Quartet
* Maciej Fortuna Quintet
As co-leader:
* An On Bast/Maciej Fortuna
* Mack Goldsbury Quartet feat. Maciej Fortuna
* Maciej Fortuna and Stefan Weeke Project
Member of groups:
* Piotr Lemańczyk Quartet, featuring David Kikoski
* Mack Goldsbury and The Polish Connection
* Ernst Bier and Mack Goldsbury Group
* Switch On Quintet
Awards
* Grand Prix, TVP KULTURA prize, TVP President Prize during Young Talent Competition ‘Niemen Non Stop’ in Słupsk (July 2008)
* First prize during Kodolanyi Jazz Competition (July 2008) with Switch On Quintet
* Finalist of Junior Jazz in Usti Nad Laba (2008) with the same group
* finalist of Ist International Tarnow Jazz Contest (2008) with Maciej Fortuna Quintet
* Second prize during Jazz Juniors Competition (2008) with Maciej Fortuna Quintet
* Best soloist prize during Bydgoszcz Big Band Festiwal 2008 and Baszta Jazz Festiwal 2008
* Honourable in the same category during Big Band Festival in Nowy Tomysl (2008)
Discography
Maciej Fortuna/ Krzysztof Dys
* ''
Maciejewski - Variations'' DUX 1151 (2014)
Fortuna / Goldsbury / Minchello / Grassi
* ''
The Last of The Beboppers'' Fortuna Music FM 018 (2014)
Maciej Fortuna Ethno Quartet
* ''
Zakhaar'' Fortuna Music FM 016 (2014)
Fortuna / Fortuna
* ''
Music for Trumpet and Pipe Organ'' Fortuna Music FM 015 (2014)
Riboflavin
* ''Full Circle'' Riboflavin' Inc. (2014)
Mack Goldsbury Quartet feat. Maciej Fortuna
* ''
Active Rush'' Fortuna Music FM 014 (2013)
Maciej Fortuna Acoustic Quartet
* ''
Jazz From Poland VOL. 1'' Fortuna Music FM 012 (2013)
Fortuna / Dys
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'' Fortuna Music FM 011 (2013)
Maciej Fortuna Trio
* ''At Home'' Fortuna Music FM 008 (2013)
* ''
Sahjia'' Fortuna Music FM 007 (2012)
* ''
Solar Ring'' Fortuna Music FM 005 (2012)
* ''
Jazz
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'' Fortuna Music FM 021 (2016)
An On Bast & Maciej Fortuna
* ''
Electroacoustic Transcription of Film Music by Krzysztof Penderecki'' Fortuna Music FM013 (2013)
* ''Live'' Fortuna Music FM 010 (2013)
* ''1'' Fortuna Music FM 006 (2012)
Mack Goldsbury Quartet featuring Maciej Fortuna
* ''
Live at CoCo's
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Arts, entertainment, and media Films
* ''Live!'' (2007 film), 2007 American film
* ''Live'' (2014 film), a 2014 Japanese film
*'' ''Live'' (Apocalyptica DVD)
Music
*Live (band), American alternative rock band
* List of albums ...
'' Cadence Jazz Records (2012)
Piotr Lemańczyk Quartet feat. David Kikoski
* ''
Guru
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'' Soliton (2012)
Switch On Quintet
* ''
Our Car Will Never Stop
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* Our (river), in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany
* Our, Belgium, a village in Belgium
* Our, Jura, a commune in France
* Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), a government utility regulat ...
'' Fortuna Music FM 004 (2011)
Mack Goldsbury and The Polish Connection featuring Reggie Moore
* ''
Salt Miners Blues
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'' Fortuna Music FM 003 (2011)
Ernst Bier and Mack Goldsbury Group
* ''
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Artesia ma ...
'' Konnex (2010)
Maciej Fortuna Quartet
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Lost Keys
Lost may refer to getting lost, or to:
Geography
*Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland
* Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US
History
*Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have b ...
'' Fortuna Music FM 002 (2010)
Maciej Fortuna and Stefan Weeke Project
* ''
In The Small Hours
IN, In or in may refer to:
Places
* India (country code IN)
* Indiana, United States (postal code IN)
* Ingolstadt, Germany (license plate code IN)
* In, Russia, a town in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Businesses and organizations
* Independ ...
'' Fortuna Music FM 001 (2009)
Maciej Fortuna International Quartet
* ''
Zośka'' Fortuna Music FM 020 (2016)
Maciej Fortuna Quartet with Strings
* ''
Jerzy Milian – Music For Mr. Fortuna" Jazz Poznan Association SJP 002 (2016)
External links
Maciej Fortuna home page
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Polish trumpeters
Polish Esperantists
Living people
21st-century trumpeters
Year of birth missing (living people)