Raphael Rogiński

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Raphael Rogiński (2015)

Raphael Rogiński (* 1977 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a Polish electric guitarist .

Live and act

Raphael Rogiński was born into a family of Jewish emigrants from Poland and grew up in Frankfurt. His parents had left Poland as a result of the reprisals against Jews after 1968. He returned to Poland with his mother in the early 1980s. He was trained in classical music and jazz, and also studied music theory and ethnomusicology .

He plays blues , folk , free jazz , swing and klezmer . In 2012 he performed in a duo with the lute player Jozef van Wissem at the Berlin Biennale .

A central element in Rogiński's music is the engagement with traditional music and folklore, especially with Jewish music. In the Trio Shofar (with Mikołaj Trzaska and Macio Moretti ), which has existed since 2006, he interprets traditional Jewish songs in a free jazz context . With future he will pursue the Jewish music tradition in quieter arrangements, while with Alte Zachen he combines it with elements of surf rock . On Yemen: Music of the Yemenite Jews , he interpreted to Perry Robinson , Waclaw Zimpel and Michael Zerang traditional music of Yemenite Jews.

With his band Wovoka , Rogiński dedicated himself to the American gospel tradition from the repertoire of Blind Willie Johnson . With the folk singer Genowefa Lenarcik he interprets Kurpish folk songs as Żywizna . In 2016 they released their joint album Zaświeć niesiącku and other Kurpian songs . In the same year Woman Blue appeared in the band Shy Albatross , in which Rogiński works with the well-known singer Natalia Przybysz .

Rogiński also interpreted compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach ( Bach Bleach ), John Coltrane (on his solo album Plays John Coltrane and Langston Hughes ) and Henry Purcell ( Plays Henry Purcell ). In 2012 he recorded the album The Mono as Sisters with the Polish DJ Lenar .

In 2008 he played as a guest banjo on gospel by Lao Che .

Discographic notes

  • Future Lider fun Mordechaj Gebirtig (2005)
  • Shofar (with Mikołaj Trzaska and Macio Moretti , 2007)
  • 2525252525 (with Marcin Masecki and Macio Moretti, 2008)
  • Bach Bleach (2009)
  • Cukunft Itstikeyt / Fargangenheit (2010)
  • Jazzgot: Five (with Noël Akchoté and Michał Gos, 2011)
  • Alte Zachen Total Gimel (2012)
  • Sisters The Mono (2012)
  • Robinson / Zerang / Rogiński / Zimpel Yemen: Music of Yemenite Jews (2012)
  • Hera with special guest Hamid Drake Seven Lines (2013)
  • Wovoka Trees Against The Sky (2013)
  • Future Wild Flowers (2013)
  • Shofar Ha-huncvot (2013)
  • Shofar Live at Powiększenie (Live-DVD, 2014)
  • Shofar Gold of Małkinia (live album, 2015)
  • Plays John Coltrane and Langston Hughes. African Mystic Music (2015)
  • Żywizna Zaświeć niesiącku and other Kurpian songs (2016)

Web links

Commons : Raphael Rogiński  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Raphael Rogiński: Przeciw klezmerskiej cepeliadzie. Gazeta Wyborcza , August 22, 2013, accessed November 6, 2016 (Polish).
  2. ↑ Raphael Rogiński , at Alchemia (en, 2015).
  3. ↑ Music-action by Jozef van Wissem (lute) and Raphael Roginski (guitar) ( Memento of the original from June 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , KW Institute for Contemporary Art May 15, 2012, accessed March 4, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.berlinbiennale.de
  4. ↑ Trio Shofar, which combines Hasidic music with free jazz
  5. ↑ Cukunft - so it was , the Polish Institute in Dusseldorf in February 2015.
  6. ↑ Żywizna czyli Raphael Rogiński i Genowefa Lenarcik w Pardon, To Tu. Jazzarium.pl, accessed on July 19, 2016 (Polish).
  7. ↑ Eric McDowell: Raphael Rogiński - Plays John Coltrane and Langston Hughes. African Mystic Music. FreeJazzBlog.org, September 30, 2015, accessed October 2, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Philip Coombs: Sisters - The Mono. FreeJazzBlog.org, July 11, 2012, accessed October 2, 2015 .


personal data
SURNAME Rogiński, Raphael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish electric guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main