Dorota Miśkiewicz

Dorota Miśkiewicz (born 12 September 1973) is a Polish singer, songwriter, composer, and violinist.

With a background in jazz, her work extends into other musical genres, including Latin rhythms. She has released a number of solo and collaborative albums and singles, and her 2008 album Caminho won a gold disc. She has twice received nominations for the Fryderyk Polish music awards.

Early life Dorota Miśkiewicz was born on 12 September 1973 in Kłodzko, southern Poland. Her father Henryk (born 1951) is a well-known jazz saxophonist and composer. Her younger brother Michał (born 1977) would become a jazz percussionist, winning Fryderyk awards with the Simple Acoustic Trio (renamed the Marcin Wasilewski Trio in 2008).

Dorota studied the violin at the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw, graduating in 1997. In 1994 she joined the sextet of jazz musician Włodzimierz Nahorny, recording four albums with the group as vocalist and violinist. Other artists appearing on the album include Brazilian percussionist Guello, jazz pianist Marcin Wasilewski, guitarist Marek Napiórkowski, who also co-wrote some tracks, and Grzegorz Turnau, who wrote the lyrics to the title track and one other song. The song "Magda, proszę" ("Magda, please") was performed at the Opole Festival and was given second place by the jury. The album won a gold disc and a Fryderyk nomination.

According to the Rzeczpospolita newspaper, although her background is in jazz, she has successfully turned her hand to other genres, including pop, bossa nova and samba.

Her fourth album Ale ("But") was released in May 2012.

Discography Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales CertificationsPOL Zatrzymaj się Released: November 17, 2002 Label: Grami Formats: CD —Pod rzęsami Released: October 24, 2005 Label: Sony BMG Formats: CD, digital download 15Caminho Released: September 19, 2008 Label: Sony BMG Formats: CD, digital download 13Ale Released: May 8, 2012 Label: Sony Music Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download 20Lutosławski Tuwim. Piosenki nietylko dla dzieci (with Kwadrofonik) Released: November 12, 2013 Label: Sony Music Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download 36 POL: 15,000+ POL: Gold "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.