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Igor Falecki

Drummer12.07 Barczewo

Igor Falecki — a Polish drummer of the younger generation, active on the jazz and session scene. In 2026 he appears at Wschód Piękna on 12 July in Barczewo with the Raduli / Grzech / Sojka / Tomaszewski / Falecki line-up.

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Sofia Le

ax.polski · poet · multi-instrumentalist12.07 Olsztynek — ax.polski (Sofia & Grzech)

Sofia Le — an artist working at the intersection of word and sound. Known on social media as ax.polski, she inspires thousands to hear their language anew — drawing poetry from plain sentences, narrative from grammar, music from words. Though not born in Poland, she speaks about Polish with a passion that is contagious — tasting words, breaking them into syllables, looking beneath their meanings. A songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist (cello, piano, guitar) and performer. Her collaborators include Artur Witkowski, Maciek Czemplik, Michał Puchała and ShataQS. In 2026 she opens the Jazz w Młynie series on 24 May with the Grzech Piotrowski Trio.

Leszek Możdżer

Pianist · Composer10.07 Amfiteatr Olsztyn — Solo

Leszek Możdżer (b. 1971, Gdańsk) — one of the most internationally recognised Polish jazz pianists. A composer, producer and arranger whose personal voice fuses jazz, classical and improvised music. A multiple Fryderyk award winner, he has collaborated with Tomasz Stańko, Pat Metheny, Archie Shepp, Lars Danielsson and Zohar Fresco, among others. In 2026 he opens the XII edition of Wschód Piękna with a solo recital — 10 July at the Czesław Niemen Amphitheatre in Olsztyn.

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Paweł Tomaszewski

Jazz pianist12.07 Barczewo

Paweł Tomaszewski — Polish jazz pianist. In the Festival Network he performs at Wschód Piękna on 12 Jul (Barczewo) alongside Marek Raduli, Filip Sojka and Igor Falecki.

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Marek Raduli

Guitarist · Arranger · Composer12.07 Barczewo

Marek Raduli (b. 1959, Kędzierzyn) — Polish guitarist, drummer, arranger and music producer. He gained the widest recognition as the guitarist of Budka Suflera (1993–2003), recording 9 albums and hits such as "Takie Tango", "Jeden Raz" and "Bal Wszystkich Świętych". A member of Bajm, collaborator of Tadeusz Nalepa and Maryla Rodowicz. Guitarist of the Year — Gitara i Bas (1997). In Network 2026 he appears twice: Młyn Jazz 23 Aug (with Grzech Piotrowski) and Wschód Piękna 12 Jul (Barczewo).

Daniel Herskedal

Tubist · Composer (Norway)11.07 Olsztyn — Kościół Ewangelicko-Augsburski

Daniel Herskedal — Norwegian tubist and composer, an experimenter blending jazz, classical music and Middle Eastern traditions. His projects with chamber orchestras rank among the most compelling in European jazz. In Festival Network 2026 he performs on 11 July at the Evangelical Church as part of Wschód Piękna — a solo concert in a space of exceptional acoustics.

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BLU/BRY

Jazz × electronics duo11.07 Jeziorany — Kościół Św. Jadwigi

BLU/BRY — a jazz-and-electronics duo, one of the most original acts on the Polish scene. They appear multiple times across the Festival Network 2026: Młyn Jazz (28 Jun, feat. Grzech Piotrowski), Wschód Piękna (11 Jul, Jeziorany church), World Orchestra Festival MOXO (13 Sep). Their aesthetic blends acoustic intimacy with electronic textures.

Bratislava Hot Serenaders

Swing orchestra (Slovakia)10.07 Amfiteatr Olsztyn

Bratislava Hot Serenaders — a Slovak orchestra recreating the sound of 1920s and 1930s American swing. One of the best vintage-jazz ensembles in Central Europe. In Network 2026 they perform twice with Natalia Muianga: at the Olsztyn Amphitheatre (Wschód Piękna, 10 Jul) and in Iława with the "Rhapsody in Blue" programme (OJM, 8 Aug).

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LUDOVICA

An original project by Grzech Piotrowski10.07 Amfiteatr Olsztyn — LUDOVICA

LUDOVICA — a new musical venture by Grzech Piotrowski, built on original compositions rooted in Polish traditions and woven with jazz improvisation and well-known folk songs such as „Lipka" and „Czerwone jabłuszko". Every piece is a multi-layered story — a folk landscape of sound. The concert also features saxophone mantras that lift listeners into unfamiliar space, only to sweep them back into the vortex of a rhythmic oberek. Line-up: saxophone, voice and cello, jazz section. In 2026: Wschód Piękna on 10 July (Olsztyn Amphitheatre), Rawa Jazz Fest on 27 June (Piłsudski Square) with special guest Urszula Dudziak, plus selected concerts at MOXO Warsaw.

Grzech Piotrowski

Founder of Wschód Piękna festival · Saxophonist · Composer10.07 Amfiteatr Olsztyn — LUDOVICA / Grzech Piotrowski

Grzech Piotrowski — for more than thirty years an artist balancing on the edge of film music, classical, jazz, ethno, roots and open improvisation. A saxophonist, composer and music producer, he builds projects full of space, emotion and magic — projects driven by the coherent collaboration of strong personalities and musical temperaments. In 2009 he founded the international „World Orchestra", a project that slips past frames and standards — gathering outstanding soloists, vocalists and instrumentalists from different parts of the world: the roots of world music colliding with symphony orchestra, jazz, folklore and film music. Within this multicultural ensemble, a string of spectacular musical productions has been born. At the same time, through solo performances and smaller formats, he has shaped a musical signature — the distinctive sound of his saxophone. A graduate of the prestigious Jazz and Popular Music Department at the Academy of Music in Katowice (saxophone class). Three-time nominee for the Fryderyk awards (2012, 2013) and for the Polish Radio Mateusz 2012 award. Grand Prix winner at the Hoeilaart Jazz Festival (Belgium, 1998), Grand Prix of the Dwa Teatry festival in Sopot for the music to Škvorecký's „The Bass Saxophone", and first-place winner at the „Jazz nad Odrą", „Pomorska Jesień Jazzowa" and „Jazz Juniors" festivals. Founder of the bands World Orchestra (from 2010), Alchemik, Oxen, Dekonstrukcja Jazzu, Freedom Nation and Head Up. RECENT SYMPHONIC WORKS · Symphony „Lech, Czech and Rus" — premiered 9 July 2016 at the NOSPR Hall in Katowice, on the 1050th anniversary of the Baptism of Poland; inspired by the encounter between the music of pagan Slavs and the Gregorian chant. · Symphony „Stu" — premiered 3 March 2018 at the Grand Theatre / National Opera, performed by the Orchestra and Choir of the National Opera together with World Orchestra; nearly two hundred artists on stage. Collaborators include Jon Christensen, Arild Andersen, Mino Cinelu, Bendik Hofseth, Eivind Aarset, Theodosii Spassov, Bulgarian Voices Angelite, Ewa Bem, Urszula Dudziak, Grażyna Auguścik, Ruth Wilhelmine Meyer, Marcin Wasilewski, Atom String Quartet, Terje Isungset, Kayah, Sinikka Langeland, Wu Wei, Sainkho Namtchylak, Sergey Starostin, Lrk Trio, Vladiswar Nadishana, Sebastian Karpiel-Bułecka, Anna Maria Jopek, Elnatan Shachar, Peter Somos, Piotr Matusik, Tamara Behler, Marcel Comendant, Lars Andreas Haug, Michał Barański, Hadrien Feraud, Sebastian Wypych, Robert Luty, Liz Rosa, Fatu Djaquite, Jenifer Solidade, Gregory Privat, Rain Sultanov — and many others.

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