Bartosz Smorągiewicz

Bartosz W. Smorągiewicz was born in Żagań, Poland. He graduated from Hochschule fuer Musik in Wuerzburg, Germany in saxophone at Prof. Leszek Żądło's studio and in composition as a student of Prof. Chris Beier. As an acclaimed saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist he has succesfuly performed throughout Europe and United States. He composed a great amount of music in different styles (classical, jazz, pop, folk among others) and for different groups of instruments, from pieces for cello solo to full orchestra. As a member of the group Ensamble Nuages he performed his music on Bayerisches Jazzweekend in Regensburg, Heilbronne Jazztage, Wuerzburger Giterrentage, Django Festival in Burgthann, Jazztage Gaggenau, Germany. He served as a composer-in-residence for Wuerzburger Jazz Orchestra (Germany) and Big Band of Academy of Music in Poznań (Poland). He is also a winner of IV International Krzysztof Komeda Composition Competition in Słupsk, Poland. While studying in Germany he was awarded a Leni Geisler Stiftung scholarship and Adam Mickiewicz Foundation. He was commissioned to compose music to honor the 10th Anniversary of International Chopin & Friends Festival which also he performed with his quintet during the Festival in New York City. For Diaspora Crossings project Bartosz, Nobuko Miyazaki and Emi Inaba received a grant from "Meet The Composer" Organization. He participated in a legendary BMI Jazz Composers' Workshop. Currently Bartosz performs in Warsaw as a freelance artist.

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