Adam Pierończyk Quartet
Adam Pierończyk – saxophones
Szymon Mika – guitar
Adam Kowalewski – double bass
Max Olszewski – drums
Adam Pierończyk – a leading Polish jazz saxophonist, composer, band leader and producer. Recognized by the international media as one of the most interesting and creative European musicians and one of the greatest innovators of Polish jazz.
As a leader, Adam Pierończyk has released almost 30 albums that have won numerous awards. He has been chosen the Best Soprano Saxophonist of the Year by the Jazz Forum magazine as many as 20 times (both in a critics’ and readers’ poll), and he has also repeatedly taken second and third place as the Best Tenor Saxophonist of the Year.
He has been nominated 20 times for the Fryderyk Award (the Polish equivalent of the Grammy) in four categories: Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Soloist of the Year and Composer of the Year, winning the two most important statuettes: Jazz Musician of the Year and Jazz Album of the Year.
Since 1998, Adam Pierończyk has been one of the main endorsers of the German saxophone brand B&S / VMI (along with artists such as Branford Marsalis). The company produced acclaimed instruments such as B&S 2001, 2006 and Medusa, which the artist enjoys playing to this day.
Pierończyk has served as the artistic director of the following festivals: Jazz aux Oudayas and Jazz au Chellah in Rabat (Morocco, 2005–2006), Sopot Jazz Festival (Poland, 2011–2015), as well as Krakow Jazz Week and Jazz Juniors in Krakow (2019–2023).
He has m.in given concerts in Brazil, Mexico, the USA, Japan, China, Morocco, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Iran and all over Europe: Poland, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Cyprus, Great Britain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and Serbia.
Pierończyk composes theatre music, conducts workshops and masterclasses all over the world – m.in. in Mexico, Morocco, Iran, Italy, Cyprus, Switzerland, Hungary, Austria, Germany and Poland.
He has collaborated with such artists as:
Sam Rivers, Archie Shepp, Miroslav Vitous, Gary Thomas, Greg Osby, Bobby McFerrin, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Trilok Gurtu, Mino Cinelu, Tomasz Stanko, Ted Curson, Avishai Cohen, Adrian Mears, Ernst Reijseger, Wolfgang Puschnig, Lage Lund, Orlando Le Fleming, Joe Martin, Jean-Paul Bourelly, Majid Bekkas, Mouloud el Meskaoui, Anthony Cox, Ed Schuller, Lars Danielsson, Zohar Fresco, Nelson Veras, Nelson Ayres, Guello, Hernan Hecht, Lee Konitz, Eddie Henderson, Anthony Joseph, John B. Arnold, Branford Marsalis, Joey Calderazzo, Eric Revis, John Betsch, George Cables, Jimmy Owens, Joe Lee Wilson, Billy Harper, Buster Williams, Ben Riley, Mircea Tiberian, Vitold Rek, Jeff Williams, Brice Winston, Janusz Stefański, Vladislav Sendecki, Janusz Muniak, Zbigniew Namysłowski, John Schroeder, Frank Möbus, Rudi Mahall, Manfred Bründl, Bänz Oester, Ramberto Ciammarughi, Fabio Zeppetella, Ferenc Snétberger, Tony Lakatos, John Hollenbeck, NOSPR (Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra), AUKSO (Chamber Orchestra), Agata Zubel, Cezary Duchnowski, Krzysztof Knittel, Gunnar Geisse, Andy Manndorff, Fisz Emade, DJ Eprom, Marek Napiórkowski, Marcin Wasilewski Trio and Leszek Możdżer.