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Mateusz Smoczyński

Born: March 6, 1984

Mateusz Smoczyński is a distinguished Polish violinist, composer, and bandleader renowned for his versatility across various musical genres. He is a co-founder of the Atom String Quartet and New Trio, leads a quintet, and performs in a duo with cellist Stephan Braun.

Smoczyński has performed on prominent stages worldwide, both as a soloist and with diverse ensembles, collaborating with acclaimed artists such as Branford Marsalis, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Markus Stockhausen, Paquito D’Rivera, Tomasz Stańko, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Bobby McFerrin, Anna Maria Jopek, Leszek Możdżer, and the NDR Big Band. As soloist he performed with leading Polish orchestras.

Ride to Heaven

By Andrés Coll

Label: XJAZZ! Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: Good Morning; Debussy Dances; The Docks; Acceptance Steps; Repicada; Call of the Faun; Fly Low, Fly High; Keep the Hope; Ride to Heaven.

Good Morning

June 28, 2026

Album: Ride to Heaven
By Andrés Coll
Label: XJAZZ! Music
Released: 2026
Duration: 04:40

Andrés Coll: Ride to Heaven

by Artur Moral
April 17, 2026

Some instruments can come across as far removed from the jazz orbit--especially when we think of them as vehicles for a soloist's showcase. Yet a number of resolute experimenters have worked hard to prove otherwise, with commendable skill. Among others, such is the case with Dorothy Ashby on harp, Julius Watkins on French horn and Garvin ...

Sunbird (Andrés Coll Odyssey)

By Andrés Coll

Label: Balaio Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Es Credo (Traditional from Ibiza); Sandia (Traditional Gnawa); Sa Llarga (Traditional from Ibiza); Lando (Traditional Gnawa); Dragonfly; Balini-Youmala (Traditional Gnawa); The Sun shines Now.

Adam's Apple

By Mateusz Smoczyński

Label: Warner Music Group
Released: 2024
Track listing: Adam's Apple Concerto For Violin and Orchestra: i. Genesis; ii. Eden; iii. Temptation; iv. Cadenza; v. Apocalypse; Jazz Concerto For Violin, Rhythm Section And Symphony Orchestra: i. Rubato--Tempo--Ad Libitum--Fast Tempo; ii. Rubato--Tempo; iii. Solos--Ad Libitum; iv. Rubato.

Mateusz Smoczyński: Adam's Apple

by Ian Patterson
December 18, 2024

Polish violinist Mateusz Smoczyński has long slipped effortlessly between the worlds of jazz and classical music, flitting between his own small jazz combos and contemporary string ensembles. Albums such as Confetti Man (Azica records, 2014) with The Turtle Island Quartet, Penderecki (Universal Music Poland, 2019) with Atom String Quartet, and the duo albums Speaking Sound (ACT ...

Yazz Ahmed with Emel and Rabih Abou-Khalil at Barbican Hall

by Chris May
December 19, 2022

Yazz Ahmed With Emel And Rabih Abou-Khalil Barbican Hall London 13 December, 2022 The intersection of jazz and classical Arabic music, both of which have improvisation and rhythm at their core, has long been fertile ground for exploration. Tonight's concert featured two adepts in the field, the British-Bahraini trumpeter Yazz Ahmed ...

Sounds Good

By Fryderyk HD

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: First Cycle (Intro); Little Prince; Looking Back; LnF; Spaced Out; Passing (Interlude); DeScent; Core Alchemist; Between You and Me; SG.

Stefan Braun & Mateusz Smoczynski: Keep On Turnin'

by Ian Patterson
January 28, 2021

A violin and cello duo might spark thoughts of chamber music, but Polish violinist Mateusz Smoczynski and German cellist Stefan Braun, classically trained though they are, are improvising musicians at heart; with Keep on Turnin' they revisit the jazz, fusion and funk songs that provided the soundtrack in their formative years. Though this is Smoczynski and ...