TWO LESZEK MOŻDŻER CONCERTS AT WROCŁAW’S POLISH THEATRE

an eloquent jazz creator of the younger generation

He began learning the piano at the age of five and, after progressing through every stage of musical education, graduated from the Academy of Music in Gdańsk in 1996. He became interested in jazz in his final year of secondary school. He earned his spurs in clarinettist Emil Kowalski's band and held his first rehearsal with Miłość on his 20th birthday. Early in his musical career, he was also a member of Zbigniew Namysłowski's quartet.

The artist has recorded with Poland’s most distinguished jazz musicians, including Tomasz Stańko, Janusz Muniak, Michał Urbaniak and many others. Możdżer has also performed and recorded with international stars such as 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, Eddi Daniels and Tan Dun. He finds his fullest expression in solo projects and his own trio with Lars Danielsson and Zohar Fresco.

Since 2011, Leszek Możdżer has been artistic director of Enter Music Festival, an outdoor music festival beside Lake Strzeszyńskie in Poznań.

Leszek Możdżer thus emerges as the creator of a new style in jazz, where sound and atmosphere are built through impressions, mood and a unique, personal approach to performance. Perhaps this is why the pianist is embraced as an eloquent jazz artist of the younger generation: a sophisticated artistic proposition made up of the musical fascinations and discoveries of Leszek Możdżer, today's most popular jazz musician in Poland — (Dionizy Piątkowski).