Wojciech Myrczek

Wojciech Myrczek (* 1987 ) is a Polish jazz musician ( vocals , composition ).

Live and act

Myrczek grew up in a family of musicians; He therefore learned the basics of playing the cello at an early age . During his studies he turned to jazz; he graduated from the jazz singing class at the Katowice Music Academy .

In 2010 he released his debut album We'll Be Together Again with his own quintet , which was followed in 2013 in a duo with pianist Paweł Tomaszewski Love Revisited . With the Piotr Schmidt Electric Group he can be heard on the album Silver Protect . In the course of his career Myrczek worked with Tomasz Stańko , Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski , Henryk Miśkiewicz , Anna Serafińska , Michael Patches Stewart, Camerata Silesia Katowice City Singers Ensemble, Aga Zaryan and with his sister Sabina Meck. He has performed at international jazz festivals such as the Montreux Jazz Festival , Brisbane Vocal Jazz Festival , Kolory Polski (Poland), Sofia Jazz Peak (Bulgaria) and Celje International Jazz Festival (Slovenia).

Myrczek has been a faculty member of the AST National Academy of Theater Arts in Krakow since 2018; He previously taught at the Katowice Music Academy since 2012.

Prizes and awards

Myrczek won First Prize and Audience Prize at the 2013 Shure Montreux Jazz Voice Competition . In 2011 he received the Grand Prix of Jazz Voices (Lithuania) and in 2010 was a prizewinner at the Festival Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa 2010 . The readers of Jazz Forum magazine voted him “Singer of the Year” every year between 2015 and 2019.

Discographic notes

We'll Be Together Again (Stowarzyszenie Sztuka Teatr 2010, with Marcin Kaletka, Michal Wierba, Michal Kapczuk, Sebastian Kuchczynsk)

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personal data
SURNAME	Myrczek, Wojciech
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish jazz musician (vocals, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH	1987