Maciek Grzywacz is a Polish

Poles

thumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...

 jazz

Jazz guitarist

Jazz guitarists are guitar players who play jazz music on the guitar using an approach to playing chords, melodies, and improvised solo lines which is called jazz guitar playing. The guitar has fulfilled the roles of accompanist and soloist in small and large ensembles and also as an unaccompanied...

 and classical guitarist.

Grzywacz studied classical guitar in Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

, Poland, and for 8 years in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

, Germany

Germany

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. While in Germany, he performed solo classical guitar concerts, and played at jazz clubs in Munich. He leads the ‘Maciej Grzywacz Quartet’, which includes Avishai Cohen, they have toured Israel and Poland. Grzywacz has performed at the Warsaw Summer Jazz Festival, and jazz clubs in Poland, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Bulgaria, Romania and Israel. He has collaborated with musicians Maciej Sikała, Jacek Kochan

Jacek Kochan

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, Janusz Muniak, Adam Pieronczyk

Adam Pieronczyk

Adam Pierończyk is a Polish saxophonist, active in the jazz and band leader of the Adam Pierończyk Trio.He studied music at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen.- Discography :...

, Wojciech Staroniewicz, Leszek Mozdzer

Leszek Mozdzer

Leszek Możdżer is a Polish jazz pianist. He is also a music producer and a film music composer.He has graduated from the Academy of Music in Gdansk, Poland...

, Jakob Dinesen, and Tyler Hornby. Grzywacz's albums, including two as a co–leader and composer of the Polish jazz group 0–58, received nominations for the Fryderyk Polish music award.

Discography

• Freep (2005)
• Tryby (2003)
• Follow The Soul (2003)
• Hand Made (2002)
• Slowa (2002)
• Nikt Poza Nami (2002)
• Do dziesieciu (2001)
• Offshore (2000)
• Rewizor (????)

External links

• Artist's website