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Wojciech Lichtański
In 2013, he obtained his Master of Arts degree in Saxophone at the Academy of Music in Katowice. At the same Academy he was awarded a Bachelor of Music Degree in Composition and Arrangement. He is currently a PhD student at the Academy of Music in Katowice.
Wojciech co-creates several outstanding Polish jazz bands: Piotr Budniak Essential Group, Mike Parker Quintet, Bartosz Pernal Sextet or Vehemence Quartet. He is also the leader of his own quartet – Wojciech Lichtański Questions. He had the opportunity to perform at many festivals in Poland and abroad: Leverkusen Jazz Festival, Delhi Jazz Festival, Stara Zagora Jazz Festival, Jazz nad Odrą and many more. He cooperated with such musicians as: David Doróżka, Jorge Vistel, Leszek Możdżer, Janusz Muniak, Piotr Wojtasik, Ed Partyka and Piotr Wyleżoł.
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Wojciech Lichtanski Questions: Iga
by Jerome Wilson
Wojciech Lichtanski is a young Polish saxophonist who works in several contexts as a leader and sideman. His music, on this CD with his band Questions, draws on the contemplative melodicism heard from many European musicians associated with the ECM label, as well as carrying its own frisky energy. Some of Lichtanski's compositions, like Iga?" and Mr. Muniak, What's Now?," have a stately classical vibe as the leader's alto quietly hovers over the slow, deliberate progressions of the ...
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A Short Form in Your Dorm
From: Heart, Mind & SpiritBy Wojciech Lichtański