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Maciej Afanasjew
Maciej Afanasjew- violinist and composer
About Me
Maciej Afanasjew – violinist and composer
Maciej has graduated from The Academy of Music in Katowice (jazz violin class and
composition and arrangement class). He was studying at Universität für Musik und
darstellende Kunst in Graz. Maciej is a Ph. D. student at The Academy of Music in
Bydgoszcz in a class of prof. Paweł Radziński.
He cooperated with such musicians as Erick Allen, Susan and Martin Weinert,
Krzysztof Herdzin, Cezary Paciorek, Piotr Biskupski, Maciej Sikała, Piotr Baron,
Janusz Skowron, Karol Szymanowski, Joachim Mencel, Grzegorz Nadolny, Jerzy
Główczewski, Uli Rennert czy Matúš Jakabčic to name a few. Maciej was performing
in most european countries and China, playing at such festivals as:
• EFGLondonJazzFestival2014
• XXVIVilnusJazzFestival
• DelemontJazzDays2013
• NortheastJazzFestival2014
• VII Summer Jazz Academy, Łódź
• ISilesianJazzFestival
• Handelsbeurs Festival 2013, Ghent
• ArtRockFestival2014,Würzburg
• The Bydgoszcz Jazz Academy (edition: I, II, III, V)
• V Drums Foozje
• IV Christian Music Festival, Warszawa
• X Mózg Festival, Bydgoszcz
• 27thLeedsInternationalFilmFestival
• VIInternationalFestivaloftheAegean
• XVIII International Gospel Festival, Gniew
• GdyniaMusicImpressions2013
• Music River Festival 2014, Bydgoszcz
Performances of Maciej Afanasjew were broadcasted by Polish National TV 2 („I love
what I like” Wojciech Mann Show), 3rd Channell of Polish Radio (Basia Raduszkiwicz
„Wild rose” live recording), Český Rozhlas, Magyar Televízió and Polish National TV
Katowice („Fives with jazz” and „The Art Roundabout”).
Maciej was awarded a 2nd prize at The All-polish Young Musicians Competition in
Bydgoszcz in 2001 and a distinction at The All-polish Jazz Competition in Elbląg at
the same year. With a big band of The Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz he received
2nd prize at XVII Big Band Festival in Nowy Tomyśl. Maciej Afanasjew was awarded
1st and 2nd prize at The Composer Contest organised by The Polish Choirs and
Orchestras Society in Poznań. In 2013 with Kanaan Maciej received 1st prize and an
audience award at III Christian Music Festival in Warsaw. A composition of Maciej “To
co najlepsze” was performed at The New York Wind Band Festival at Carnegie Hall in
2011. He arranged for Basia Włodarska and Anova String Quartet, U Studni, Happy
Big Band. Maciej is a composer of music performed during X John Paul II Days in
Bydgoszcz.
Maciej Afanasjew is a tutor at The Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz and Gdańsk. In
2011 he was a tutor at XLI International Jazz Workshops in Chodzież (violin class and
big band). In 2014 he wrote “Jazz passages for violin”, published by The Academy of
Music in Bydgoszcz.
