Adam Baldych
Adam Baldych - violinist, composer and music producer. Was born in Gorzow Wlkp. (Poland), 18.05.1986. New York City - based. Extraordinarily creative artist performing and recording with best Polish and international musicians. His nickname "Evil" is probably the best word defining his emotioning kind of playing and improvising. In the age of 16 started performing internationally ( Germany, Poland, Serbia, Hungary, Indonesia, Spain, France). First called "infant prodigy" evolved to being named a one of the most interesting jazz violinist in Europe. Adam Baldych music is a extremely expressive combination of modern musical flows. The virtuosity, which is the trademark of the artist make Adam's concerts a unique sight full of energy, youthful zing, but also a mature sound, that recieves popularity and respect both from the audience as critics. Author of music for Theatres and Film Scoring. He got scholarship at Berklee College of Music. Graduated with honours Music Academy / jazz departament in Katowice (Poland). In 2007 he did a tour with grammy-award winer - Jim Beard, presenting his own music combined with Jim's great compositions. Year after, he makes music with Leszek Mozdzer and Lars Daniellson for movie "Arne Treasure". In 2009 he is recording album called "Tribute to Seifert" with most influating violinist nowadays such as: Didier Lockwood, Pierre Blanchard, Jerry Goodman, Krzesimir Dębski or Christian Howes and the leader - Jarosław Śmietana on guitar. As a instrumentalist he cooperated and played with many great artists as: Jim Beard, John Benitez, Luluk Purwanto, Clarence Penn, Joe Sanders, Taylor Eigsti, Rene Van Helsdingen, Urszula Dudziak, Didier Labbe Quartet, Billy Cobham, Cezary Konrad, Nigel Kennedy, Grazyna Auguscik, Paulinho Garcia, Monty Waters. As a lider and composer he perform with Adam Baldych SynthDrome (USA) ( Igmar Thomas, Joel Holmes, Burniss Earl travis & Dana Hawkins) & Damage Control (PL)(Pawel Tomaszewski, Piotr Zaczek, Cezary Konrad). Jazz music awards: 2001 - Jazz Juniors (Kraków, Poland), 2 price & indyvidual price 2002 - Sax Club (Gdynia, Poland), 1 price & indyvidual price 2002 - Jazz Celebration (Gorzów, Poland), Key for Career 2001 to 2011 - Jazz Forum Magazine, First 4 on Jazz Top 2005 - Rura Jazz Festival (Wroclaw, Poland), 1 price 2005 - Krokus Jazz Festiwal (Jelenia Gora, Poland), Indyvidual price 2005 - Rock Festiwal (Gorzów, Poland), Special price 2006 - Jazz nad Odrą (Wroclaw, Poland) Grand Prix & Indyvidual price Classical music awards: 1999 - 3 price - "Telleman" National Violin Contest (Poznan, Poland) 1999 - 1 price - Violin Contest (Szczecin, Poland) 1999, 2000 - 1 Price - Baroque Music Contest (Gorzow, Poland) Jazz Festivals: 2002 - Summer Jazz Days (Gdynia, Poland) 2003 - JakArt (Jakarta, Indonezja) 2003 - Jazz Tage (Ingolstadt, Germany) 2003 - Jazz Festiwal (Wrocław, Poland) 2004 - Jazz in der Baum (Heringsdorf, Germany) 2004 - Jubileumi Jazz festiwal (Canessia, Serbia) 2005 - Jazz pod 5 (Gniezno, Poland) 2006 - Jazz nad Odrą z Up to Date (Wrocław, Poland) 2006 - Festiwal Jazz na Kanapie (Oleśnica, Poland) 2006 - JVC Jazz Festival Jazz Jamboree (Warsaw, Poland) 2007 - Artus Jazz Festival (Torun, Poland) 2007 - Romane Dyvesa (Gorzów Wlkp, Poland) 2008 - Jazz Od Nowa Festival (Torun, Poland) 2008 - Jazz w Muzeum (Ostrów Wlkp., Poland) 2008 - Posk Jazz Festival (Londyn, UK) 2008 - EXPO (Zaragoza, Spain) 2009 - Era Nowe Horyzonty (Wroclaw, Poland) 2009 - Liepziger Jazztage (Liepzig, Germany) 2010 - Gorlitz Jazz Festival (Gorlitz, Germany) Choosen Discography: 2002 "Hotel Nadmorski" (Up to Date) 2003 "Singel" (Squad) 2005 "Imagination" (Up to Date) 2005 "Transporter" (ΠR2 (Pi-eR-2)) 2006 "Mutru" (Piotr Żaczek) 2006 "Moje Miasto" (Adam Bałdych) 2008 "Tu i Teraz" (Kreszendo) 2009 "Live in Yavorkee" (Squad) 2009 "Damage Control" (Adam Baldych Damage Control) 2009 "Storyboard" (Adam Bałdych) 2009 "Balboo" (Piotr Żaczek) 2009 "A Tribute to Seifert" (Jarosław Śmietana) 2010 "Are you a wizard, sir?" (Silberman Quintet) 2010 "Groove Razors" (Groove Razors) 2011 "Magical Theatre" (Adam Baldych Damage Control)