Renowned Polish jazz musician Jarek Smietana will play a jazz concert at the Hanoi Opera House on Nov. 18.
Smietana won the Polish Music Award "Fryderyk" in 1998.
He has composed nearly 200 songs and was the leader of three musical groups – Sounds, Symphonic Sound Orchestra, and Polish Jazz Stars Band, which gathers top Polish jazz musicians. He also is a co-leader of the very famous Namyslowski-Smietana Quartet.
Throughout his musical career he has played with various great artists, such as Art Farmer, Freddie Hubbard, Eddie Henderson, Joe Zawinul, Gary Bartz, and Carter Jefferson.
Smietana will be joined by three other Polish musicians in Hanoi , drummer Adam Czerwinski, pianist and keyboardist Seb Bernatowicz, and bass guitarist Tomasz Kupiec.
Czerwinski, who graduated from a music school in Gdansk , has been one of the best Polish jazz drummers for over 15 years. He has been involved with many major Polish jazz groups, and became a member of Smietana's group in 1991.
Bernatowicz graduated from the Cracow Academy of Music and works as a composer and arranger as well as a pianist and keyboardist. He is the leader of some popular jazz groups in his country, including Seb Bernatowicz Trio, Jazz fusion Eastcom, and Jazzelectric.
The prize-winning bass guitarist, Kupiec, has collaborated with some distinguished European jazz musicians like violinists Vadim Brodzki and Nigel Kennedy.
The quartet will perform 11 repertoires at the concert, three of which were written by Smietana. His compositions include Kite Dance, My Love and Inspiration, and Mr Soul.
The concert will also feature compositions by Frederic Chopin and other Polish composers.
Before the concert at the Opera House, the quartet will perform for a limited audience at the Latino Bar in the Melia Hanoi Hotel on Nov. 16.
Organised by the Polish Embassy in Vietnam , the concert is to celebrate the 92nd anniversary of the Polish Independence Day and Chopin's 200th birthday./.
Smietana won the Polish Music Award "Fryderyk" in 1998.
He has composed nearly 200 songs and was the leader of three musical groups – Sounds, Symphonic Sound Orchestra, and Polish Jazz Stars Band, which gathers top Polish jazz musicians. He also is a co-leader of the very famous Namyslowski-Smietana Quartet.
Throughout his musical career he has played with various great artists, such as Art Farmer, Freddie Hubbard, Eddie Henderson, Joe Zawinul, Gary Bartz, and Carter Jefferson.
Smietana will be joined by three other Polish musicians in Hanoi , drummer Adam Czerwinski, pianist and keyboardist Seb Bernatowicz, and bass guitarist Tomasz Kupiec.
Czerwinski, who graduated from a music school in Gdansk , has been one of the best Polish jazz drummers for over 15 years. He has been involved with many major Polish jazz groups, and became a member of Smietana's group in 1991.
Bernatowicz graduated from the Cracow Academy of Music and works as a composer and arranger as well as a pianist and keyboardist. He is the leader of some popular jazz groups in his country, including Seb Bernatowicz Trio, Jazz fusion Eastcom, and Jazzelectric.
The prize-winning bass guitarist, Kupiec, has collaborated with some distinguished European jazz musicians like violinists Vadim Brodzki and Nigel Kennedy.
The quartet will perform 11 repertoires at the concert, three of which were written by Smietana. His compositions include Kite Dance, My Love and Inspiration, and Mr Soul.
The concert will also feature compositions by Frederic Chopin and other Polish composers.
Before the concert at the Opera House, the quartet will perform for a limited audience at the Latino Bar in the Melia Hanoi Hotel on Nov. 16.
Organised by the Polish Embassy in Vietnam , the concert is to celebrate the 92nd anniversary of the Polish Independence Day and Chopin's 200th birthday./.
