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Leszek Możdżer (Polonia)

5 July 2023

Main Stage, Poiana Lupului, Gărâna

An outstanding pianist, composer and producer, Leszek Możdżer is widely considered to be Polish Jazz’s greatest revelation of the last decades. His international reputation as one of the outstanding pianists in jazz is founded on his groundbreaking and smooth interweaving of sound aesthetics and mixing the culture of classical music with the openness and energy of jazz. He became famous as the romanticist among the European jazz pianists for his improvisations on themes by Frédéric Chopin, and his sparkling and technically unrivalled playing style has been connected to lyrical and emotional melodies ever since. Możdżer’s international career was strongly influenced by playing with Swedish bassist Lars Danielsson. Their collaboration on the albums “Pasodoble” (2007) and “Tarantella” (2009) fascinated their audience with melodious jazz sounds in a chamber musical style. Możdżer has also performed and recorded with many internationally acclaimed musicians, including Tomasz Stankor, Zbigniew Preisner, Michal Urbaniak, David Friesen, Pat Metheny, Arthur Blythe, Buster Williams, Billy Harper, Joe Lovano, Archi Shepp, David Liebman, Charles Fox, Lester Bowie, David Gilmour, Marcus Miller, John Scofield, Steve Swallow. Leszek Możdżer has recorded over 100 albums, many of them released under his name.

A colaborat de-a lungul timpului cu Zbigniew Namysłowski, Tomasz Stańko, Michał Urbaniak, David Friesen, Pat Metheny, Arthur Blythe, Buster Williams, Billy Harper, Joe Lovano, Archi Shepp, David Liebman, Charles Fox, Lester Bowie, David Gilmour, Marcus Miller, John Scofield, Steve Swallow, Eddie Daniels, pentru a numi doar câțiva. Discografia lui cuprinde peste 100 de albume, sub nume propriu sau colaborări.