Nikola Kołodziejczyk

Nikola Kołodziejczyk (born 5 July 1986) is a Polish jazz pianist, composer, arranger and conductor.

Biography Kołodziejczyk was born on 5 July 1986 in Kraków. He graduated from and is a former faculty member of the Academy of Music in Katowice. His teachers have included Irena Rolanowska, Andrzej Jagodziński, Emilian Madey, Edward Anthony Partyka and Wojciech Niedziela.

He leads a jazz orchestra, the Nikola Kołodziejczyk Orchestra. In 2014 they recorded and released their debut album entitled Chord Nation, which led to a Fryderyk award in 2015 for 'Best Jazz Debut' and three nominations. His second album entitled Barok Progresywny was awarded the Fryderyk 2016 for 'the Album of the Year'. He is co-leader of the jazz trio Stryjo which plays live-improvised music. Kołodziejczyk together with Michał Tomaszczyk co-founded the Warsaw-based Konglomerat Big Band, whose debut album Albo Inaczej was certified gold.

Nikola Kołodziejczyk Orchestra Benny Brown – lead trumpet Erwin Żebro – trumpet Oskar Torök – trumpet Štěpánka Balcarová – trumpet Paweł Niewiadomski – trombone Marcin Wołowiec – trombone Mateusz Łysoń – trombone Mateusz Mendyka – bass trombone Ewelina Serafin – flute Szymon Kamykowski – soprano saxophone Dawid Główczewski – alto saxophone Mariusz Pędziałek – English horn Przemysław Florczak – tenor saxophone Marek Pospieszalski – tenor saxophone Grzegorz Grzeszczyk – bass clarinet Ala Sierpińska – violin Leszek Dzierżęga – violin Wojciech Witek – viola Marta Sołek-Młynarczyk – cello Marta Gabriela Nagawiecka – cello Gabriela Rudawska – vocal Bartek Pieszka – vibraphone Jazz trio Stryjo: Maciej Szczyciński – double bass Michał Bryndal – drums Nikola Kołodziejczyk – piano, conductor

Discography 2014: Chord Nation (For-Tune) 2015: Barok Progresywny

Awards and nominations