Piotr ‘PianoHooligan’ Orzechowski is a Krakow, Poland-based virtuoso pianist, composer and bandleader hailed by critics for his uncompromising creativity. He has a Masters degree from the Berklee College of Music, is a winner of the prestigious Montreux Jazz Piano Competition and the founder of the celebrated High Definition Quartet. He has collaborated with such prominent contemporary composers as Philip Glass, Steve Reich and Krzysztof Penderecki, as well as orchestras including the Polish National Radio Symphony. Piotr’s monumental 2016 solo piano double album 24 Preludes & Improvisations (Decca/Universal), which alluded in form to Bach’s 24 Preludes & Fugues, won international accolades. Its long-awaited follow up – a visionary take on swing, as conceptualised by improvised piano – is forthcoming.


New Polish Jazz: Ones To Watch is a series of five in-depth interviews hosted by jazz critic Jane Cornwell (Jazzwise, London Evening Standard) during lockdown and featuring creators whose contribution to the jazz canon within and outside Poland is considerable. Each musician is wildly different. All are authentic, visionary and internationally acclaimed.

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