Michał Wróblewski - Award-winning jazz pianist and composer. Born in 1983 in Poland; piano teacher and music producer.
Education: Graduated from Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland -
Master of Arts - Composition and arrangement,
Master of Arts - jazz piano performance.
Awards: Jazz Juniors Festival Grand Prix 2010 winner, Transatlantyk Contest Award, Nottingham International Jazz Piano Competition finalist. In 2014 Michal was chosen a “Hope of the Year” by JAZZ FORUM magazine, and received a Grand Prix from Polish Jazz Melomani Society.
Performed at many festivals with his trio, including.: Jazz Fest Berlin, Prague International Jazz Festival, Jazz Madrid, Jazz Juniors Festival, Kaunas Jazz, Moscow "Triumph of Jazz" Festival, Gdańsk Jazz Jantar Festival, JazzArt Festival, Transatlantyk International Film And Music Festival, Nottingham International Jazz Piano Competition, Ars Cameralis Festival, Bansko Jazz Festival and many more.
The turning point for Michal's career was touring with in Europe with TERENCE BLANCHARD, who joined Michal's trio as a guest in 2013. As a result of this cooperation Michal was invited to New York in 2015 for a recording session in MSR studios in Manhattan, where he founded a neo-soul group named Radiostatik. Radiostatik toured twice in Europe 2016/2017, including performances arranged for Symphony Orchestra.
PROJECTS AS A LEADER:
Michal Wróblewski Trio - "I remember" (2010/2011 Fonografika, Ellite Records) Jazz Forum European Magazine
Jazz and Orchestra ( Jazz i Orkiestra ) - (2013 Fonografika, Ellite Records) - an hour long suite for jazz quartet and symphony orchestra were successful in Poland and Japan; chosen the Jazz album of the year by Polish National Radio Trójka ; distributed in Jazz Forum European Magazine in October 2013
Michal Wróblewski Trio ft. Terence Blanchard - European concert tour - 2013.
Michal Wróblewski Trio City Album (2014, Gats Production Ltd, Japan / Fonografika, Poland);
Radiostatik (2016/2018) ; working on release of his upcoming album; recorded in MSR Studios in New York, February 2016 with the guest appearance of Terence Blanchard and legendary sound engineer - Russell Elevado.
COOPERATION:
Michal Wroblewski Trio, Terence Blanchard, NOSPR (Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra"Amadeus" Orchestra cond. by Agnieszka Duczmal, Russell Elevado, Joshua Crumbly, Dana Hawkins, Andre Washigton, Zbigniew Namyslowski, Michal Miskiewicz, Maciej Obara, Pawel Dobrowolski, Sebastian Kuchczynski, and many more.
As a leader:
Michał Wróblewski Trio - "I remember", (Fonografika, Jazz Forum, 2011r.)
Michał Wróblewski i NOSPR - "Jazz i Orkiestra", ( Ellite Records, Fonografika 2012 )
Michał Wróblewski Trio - City Album ( Gats Production, Ellite Records, 2014 )
Michał Wróblewski - Radiostatik feat. Terence Blanchard ( To be released in 2018 )