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Piotr Turkiewicz: Putting Wroclaw On The Jazz Map

by Ian Patterson
September 18, 2017

At just thirty seven years of age it's hard to believe that Piotr Turkiewicz has been pulling the strings of Jazztopad for almost a decade already. The festival, staged each November in the Polish city of Wroclaw, was already a few years old when Turkiewicz became Artistic Director in 2008, but under the canny stewardship of ...

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Jazztopad 2015: World Premieres

by Ian Patterson
December 17, 2015

Jazztopad 2015: World Premieres National Forum Of Music Wroclaw, Poland November 27-29, 2015 November in Wroclaw means jazz. Ten days no less. Jazztopad, however, is more than just another jazz festival. A core component of the programme since Piotr Turkiewicz took up the reins as Artistic Director in 2008 ...

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Jazztopad 2015

by Henning Bolte
December 17, 2015

National Music Forum Jazztopad 2015 Wroclaw, Poland November 21-25, 2015 The city of Wroclaw by the Odra River in the southwest of Poland has occupied a pre-eminent position throughout its long, turbulent history, and it still does. Wroclaw's Jazztopad festival is a relatively young one. This year celebrated had ...

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Maciej Lewenstein: Quantum Mechanics of Polish Jazz

by Cezary L. Lerski
October 11, 2015

Maciej Lewenstein was born in 1955 in Warsaw. He is a theoretical physicist and currently an ICREA professor at Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (ICFO) in Castelldefels near Barcelona, Spain. He has written more than 500 scientific papers and is the recipient of many international and national prizes. Next to theoretical physics his other passion is music ...

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Jazztopad 2014

by Henning Bolte
December 8, 2014

Jazztopad 2014 Wroclaw November 19-22, 2014 The city of Wroclaw by the Odra river in the southwest of Poland has occupied a pre-eminent position throughout its long turbulent history, and it still does. The Wroclaw way Wroclaw's Jazztopad festival is a relatively young one. This applies to the ...

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Jazztopad 2014, Three World Premieres

by Ian Patterson
November 24, 2014

Jazztopad Wroclaw, Poland November 13-15, 2014 Jazztopad enters its second decade with confident stride. The festival has come a long way in the first ten years, evolving, experimenting and growing as any good festival should. In 2014, Jazztopad stands as an internationally renowned festival with a clearly defined ethos, one that combines ...

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