Nikola Kołodziejczyk (born 1986 in
Krakow) is a Polish
jazz
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pianist,
composer, arranger and conductor.
Kołodziejczyk graduated from and is a former faculty member of the
Academy of Music in Katowice.
Biography
His teachers have included Irena Rolanowska, Andrzej Jagodziński, Emilian Madey, Edward Anthony Partyka and Wojciech Niedziela.
He leads a jazz orchestra
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, the Nikola Kołodziejczyk Orchestra. In 2014 they recorded and released their debut album entitled ''Chord Nation'', which led to a Fryderyk award
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in 2015 for 'Best Jazz Debut' and three nominations. His second album entitled ''Barok Progresywny'' was awarded the Fryderyk 2016 for 'the Album of the Year'. He is co-leader of the jazz trio Stryjo which plays live-improvised music. Kołodziejczyk together with Michał Tomaszczyk co-founded the Warsaw-based Konglomerat Big Band, whose debut album ''Albo Inaczej'' was certified gold
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.
Nikola Kołodziejczyk Orchestra
* Benny Brown - lead trumpet
* Erwin Żebro - trumpet
* Oskar Torök - trumpet
* Štěpánka Balcarová - trumpet
* Paweł Niewiadomski - trombone
* Marcin Wołowiec - trombone
* Mateusz Łysoń - trombone
* Mateusz Mendyka - bass trombone
* Ewelina Serafin - flute
* Szymon Kamykowski - soprano saxophone
* Dawid Główczewski - alto saxophone
* Mariusz Pędziałek - English horn
* Przemysław Florczak - tenor saxophone
* Marek Pospieszalski - tenor saxophone
* Grzegorz Grzeszczyk - bass clarinet
* Ala Sierpińska - violin
* Leszek Dzierżęga - violin
* Wojciech Witek - viola
* Marta Sołek-Młynarczyk - cello
* Marta Gabriela Nagawiecka - cello
* Gabriela Rudawska - vocal
* Bartek Pieszka - vibraphone
* Jazz trio Stryjo:
** Maciej Szczyciński - double bass
** Michał Bryndal - drums
** Nikola Kołodziejczyk - piano, conductor
Discography
* 2014: ''Chord Nation'' (For-Tune)
* 2015: ''Barok Progresywny''
Awards and nominations
References
External links
Official page
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1986 births
Musicians from Kraków
Polish conductors (music)
Male conductors (music)
Polish jazz pianists
Living people
21st-century conductors (music)
21st-century pianists
21st-century male musicians
Male jazz musicians