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Piotr Damasiewicz
Born
Piotr Damasiewicz

(1980-04-11) April 11, 1980 (age 44)
Wrocław, Poland
OccupationComposer
Websitehttps://piotrdamasiewicz.com/en/

Piotr Damasiewicz, (born April 11, 1980, in Wrocław), also known as Damaś or Damas is a Polish composer, vocalist, and instrumentalist who plays trumpet, double bass, and piano. He performs classical music, including Gregorian chant and choral music.[1] He has also worked in chamber conducting, music arrangement, and composition, incorporating jazz, 20th century classical music, ethnic music, modern music, and European improvised music.

Damasiewicz studied music in Wrocław, Bydgoszcz, and Katowice.[2]

Piotr Damasiewicz, photo by Grzegorz Czech

Damasiewicz has represented Poland in four international music platforms: Take Five Europe, Jazz Plays Europe Laboratory, Art Meetings, and Melting Pot Laboratory (Jazztopad). He is currently studying for his doctorate at the Instrumental Department of Feliks Nowowiejski Music Academy in Bydgoszcz.[3]

Biography

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In 2019, he walked 4,186 kilometres from the Ukrainian border to Santiago de Compostela. Over six months, he made more than 100 audio recordings in sacred spaces, utilising their unique acoustic properties.[4][5]

Band activities and composing

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Damasiewicz has participated in the bands Power Of The Horns, Mnemotaksja, and Into the Roots, and in orchestral works such as Hadrons and Suite 29. He also performs as a solo composer.[6]

Damasiewicz has worked collaboratively in VeNN Circles, Red Trio Quintet, and Hangar Music, as well as Elements and Sesto Elemento with Maciej Garbowski.[7]

Compositional works

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Damasiewicz composed Hadrons, commissioned by the Jazztopad festival. Suite 29 was written for the World Jazz Days for Polish Radio Program II. He also composed for 27 improvisers as part of the final Melting Pot (Jazztopad) platform in Wrocław, and Some Kind Of Greek Story, commissioned by Casa de Musica in Porto. Damasiewicz also created music for The Scent of Lviv by Grzegorz Korczak.[6]

He is a co-composer of the European jazz anthem for the 25th anniversary of the European Jazz Network.[citation needed]

Educational activities

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Damasiewicz worked at the Music Academy in Zanzibar as an artistic director.[citation needed] From 2006 to 2007, he conducted a brass band at the Ryszard Bukowski State Secondary Music School in Wrocław.[citation needed] He co-created the orchestral project "Wszystko Gra" with Władysław Kosendiak, in cooperation with the Lower Silesian Music Society.[citation needed]

Damasiewicz studied at the academies of music in Wrocław (Akademia Muzyczna im. Karola Lipińskiego we Wrocławiu), Bydgoszcz (Akademia Muzyczna im. Feliksa Nowowiejskiego w Bydgoszczy), and Katowice (Akademia Muzyczna w Katowicach). Afterward, he founded MATA.[6]

Collaborations

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He frequently collaborates with Maciej Obara and Dominik Wania.[9]

Awards

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  • Winner of the Fryderyk 2013 phonographic award
  • Winner of the Wareto Award granted by Gazeta Wyborcza
  • Winner of the Wrocław Music Award
  • Laureate of the Krzysztof Komeda composer competition
  • Trumpeter of the year in the "Jazz Forum" Jazz Top 2020 Critics' poll
  • Trumpeter of the year in Jazz Top "Jazz Forum" 2021 readers’ poll
  • "Watra" in the ranking of top 10 Polish jazz albums 2021 according to Polska Płyta / Polska Muzyka
  • "Watra" took 3rd place in the JazzPRESS 2021 editorial ranking

Selected discography

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As leader

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Year Project/Title Label
2011 Piotr Damasiewicz / "Hadrons" Ars Cameralis Records
2013 Piotr Damasiewicz / ''Power Of The Horns'' For Tune
2013 Piotr Damasiewicz/ "Imprographic" For Tune
2014 Piotr Damasiewicz Quartet / ''Mnemotaksja'' For Tune
2020 Piotr Damasiewicz Into The Roots / "Śpiwle" L.A.S listening and sounding
2021 Piotr Damasiewicz / "Hadrons" L.A.S listening and sounding
2021 Piotr Damasiewicz Into The Roots / "Watra" L.A.S listening and sounding[10]

As co-founder

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Year Project/Title Label
2013 veNN circles Tuple B.D.T.A.
2014 veNN circles
2015 Red Trio / Lebik / Damasiewicz Mineral Bocian

As a sideman

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Year Project/Title Label/Country
2011 ''Concept Art Orchestra Katowice''

Conductor Ed Partyka

Cesky Rozhlas / Czech Republic
2012 ''Maciej Garbowski Elements'' IMP (international music production)
2012 "Kariera Kolysanki" kariera.art.pl
2015 ''Maciej Garbowski Sesto Elemento'' Fundacja Sluchaj
2015 ''Marek Kądziela ADHD In Bloom'' For Tune
2015 Spinifex „Maximus” Tryton / Holland
2018 Michał Jaros “Floating Bridges”

References

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  1. ^ "Piotr Damasiewicz – Sokolowsko.org". www.sokolowsko.org. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
  2. ^ "Piotr Damasiewicz". Serious. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
  3. ^ "Góry, jazz i muzyka świata. Wkrótce premiera albumu wrocławskiego muzyka i jego zespołu". www.tuwroclaw.com (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  4. ^ "Granie dla św. Jakuba - pielgrzymka trębacza". parafiasaczow.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  5. ^ "The acoustic climate of spaces located under overpasses in the context of adapting them for outdoor public events – a pilot case study". Budownictwo i Architektura. 20 (4): 63–90. 2021. ISSN 1899-0665.
  6. ^ a b c Karłowski, Maciej (August 20, 2024). "Piotr Damasiewicz". culture.pl.
  7. ^ "About me – Piotr Damasiewicz | piotrdamasiewicz.com". Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  8. ^ Rodak, Wojciech (2017-10-20). "Program festiwalu Jazz Jamboree 2017. Które koncerty należy koniecznie zobaczyć?". Polska Times (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  9. ^ "SEIFERT NIGHT: THE BEST OF POLISH JAZZ Piotr Damasiewicz & Into the Roots". 37th Belgrade Jazz Festival 2020. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  10. ^ "Watra". audio.com.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-04-09.
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