Piotr Damasiewicz

Piotr Damasiewicz also known as Damaś (born April 11, 1980 in Wroclaw) is a Polish composer, trumpeter and music curator.

He 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) He founded the ‘Music According To Art Association’ (MATA) which promotes artists looking for alternative solutions in music and art. In his musical work, he references the languages of modal jazz, free jazz, European classical music, new European improvised music, sound art and electroacoustic improvisation.

Damaś has collaborated with the artistic circles of art contemporary galeries, academies of fine arts, and foundations of modern art where he has presented his music during various mutual events.

One of the most significant achievements in this area was the exhibition of his artwork in the Modern Art Gallery BWA in Katowice. For this project, he experimented with space and form in a dialogue with ”Pojęciokształty” (”figures of meaning”) by Stanisław Dróżdż.[1]

Damasiewicz has performed / collaborated with artists such as Jason Moran, James Carter, Phil Minton, Lotte Anker, Tomasz Stańko, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Magda Mayas, Raymond Strid, Pall Nilssen Love, Dave Rempis, Michael Zerang, Gerard Lebik, Andrzej Bauer, Cezary Duchnowski, Jeb Bishop, Rudi Mahall, Spinifex, Red Trio, Igor Pudło, Jon Falt, Per Zanussi, Samuel Blaser, Hans Koch, Joker Nies, Bettina Wenzel, Satoko Fuji, Morihide Sawada, Maciej Garbowski, Maciej Obara, Dominik Wania.[1]

Damaś has performed at such a important places like North See Jazz Fest., Tokyo Jazz Fest., London Jazz Fest., Jazz Jamboree., Dizzy’s Club Lincoln Centre, Jazztopad, Isai Festival Chennai., Cracow Autumn Jazz Fest., Menchester Jazz Fest.,Warsaw Summer Jazz Days., Paris Banlieues Jazz Fest., Music Biennale Zagreb., Ars Musica Brussels, Vancouver International Jazz Fest., and many others.

Bands and projects[2]

As leader
  • Power Of The Horns
  • Hadrons
  • ImproGraphic
  • Mnemotaksja
  • Piotr Damasiewicz Quintet
  • Art Escape Quintet

As co-author with Gerard Lebik
  • VeNN Circles,
  • Este Mutual Group,
  • Red Trio Quintet (Red Trio/Damasiewicz/Lebik)

As multicultural curator
  • Festival Art Meeting in Lviv,
  • Art platform Melting Pot in Wrocław (Jazztopad).

Cooperation with different artistic platforms and projects
  • Take Five European Project,
  • Polish German coproduction of Avant Art Festival,
  • Gerngesehen and Mex,
  • JazzPlayesEurope,
  • Composer in the celebration of 25 anniversary of the European Jazz Network,
  • International improvised music summit Alpenglow III/Styria Meets Wrocław,
  • Tilde-Polish Experimental Music tour in Scandinavia,
  • Jazztopad-USA and Canada tour

Prizes
  • Polish Music Award „Fryderyki” (2013)[3][4]
  • Krzysztof Komeda's International Composers Competition,[5]
  • Cultural Award „Warto” of the newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza,
  • Wrocław's Music Award

Selected discography

As leader
Year Project/Title Band Label
2011 Piotr Damasiewicz / "Hadrons" Piotr Damasiewicz trumpet

Gerard Lebik sax tenor,

Maciej Obara sax alt,

Maciej Garbowski bass,

Wojciec Romanowski drums

Chamber Orchestra Aukso

 Ars Cameralis Records
2013 Piotr Damasiewicz / ''Power Of The Horns'' Piotr Damasiewicz – founder, compositions, tp

Adam Pindur – spr sax

Maciej Obara – alt sax

Marek Pospieszalski – tenor sax

Paweł Niewiadomski - tb

Dominik Wania - piano

Maks Mucha - bass

Jakub Mielcarek - bass

Gabriel Ferrandini - drums

Wojciech Romanowski - drums

Thomas Sanchez – perc

 For Tune
2013 Piotr Damasiewicz/ "Imprographic" Piotr Damasiewicz tp

Gerard Lebik sax

Jakub Mielcarek bass

Gabriel Ferrandini dr

 For Tune
2014 Piotr Damasiewicz Quartet / ''Mnemotaksja'' Piotr Damasiewicz tp

Gerard lebik sax

Maciej Garbowski bass

Wojciech Romanowski dr

 For Tune

As co -founder
Year Project/Title Band Label
2013 veNN circles Tuple

feat. Marek Brandt

 B.D.T.A.
2014 veNN circles Gerard Lebik el

Piotr Damasiewicz tp

Gabriel Ferrandini dr

 Bocian
2015 Red Trio / Lebik / Damasiewicz Mineral Rodrigo Pihneiro p

Hernani Faustino bass

Gabriel Ferrandini dr

Gerard Lebik sax

Piotr Damasiewicz tp

 Bocian

As a sideman
Year Project/Title Band Label/Country
2011 ''Concept Art Orchestra Katowice''

Conductor Ed Partyka

 Cesky Rozhlas / Czech Republic
2012 ''Maciej Garbowski Elements'' Maciej Garbowski bass

Piotr Damasiewicz tp

Jon Falt dr

 IMP (international music production)
2012 "Kariera Kolysanki" Marcin Ożóg, Maciek Markowski

Sebastian Szczepanowski, Marcelina Stoszek

Iwona Szczygieł, Piotr Damasiewicz

Damaian Borowiec

 kariera.art.pl
2015 ''Maciej Garbowski Sesto Elemento'' Maciej Garbowski bass / Piotr damasiewicz dr

William Soovik dr

 Fundacja Sluchaj
2015 ''Marek Kądziela ADHD In Bloom'' Marek Kadziela g/ Rudi Mahall cl

Andreas Lang b/ Kasper Tom Christiansen dr

Maciej Obara sax / Piotr Damasiewicz tp

 For Tune
2015 Spinifex „Maximus” Tobias Klein – alto saxophone / clarinet Piotr Damasiewicz / Gijs Levelt– trumpet

Jasper Stadhouders – guitar/ Goncalo Almeida – bass

Philipp Moser – drums

Maximus: joined by

- Bart Maris (BE) – trumpet - Matthias Muche (DE) – trombone

- Jeb Bishop (US) – trombone - Pascal Rousseau (F) – tuba

- Edoardo Marraffa (IT) – tenor saxophone - Josh Sinton (US) – baritone saxophone

- Onno Govaert (NL) – drums

 Tryton / Holland
2018 Michał Jaros “Floating Bridges” Piotr Damasiewicz tp

Maciej Obara sax alt

Jan Smoczyński piano

Michał Jaros bass

Michał Miśkiewicz drums

Other

Damasiewicz has been artistic director of Music Academy (DCMA) on Zanzibar. (2018)

He also composes soundtracks for movies and theatrical performances. One of the most important work is the movie soundtrack “The smell of Lviv”.

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References
  1. "Piotr Damasiewicz | Artist | Culture.pl". Culture.pl. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  2. "Piotr Damasiewicz | Artist | Culture.pl". Culture.pl. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  3. MW. "Wrocławianin Piotr Damasiewicz laureatem Fryderyka". Gazetawroclawska.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  4. Matuszewska, Małgorzata (2013-02-21). "Wrocławianie nominowani do Nagrody Fryderyka 2013". sycow.naszemiasto.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  5. "Piotr Damasiewicz". Serious. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
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