2021 is the second year of life in the shadow of the pandemic, which literally paralysed the whole world and did much damage to the music market. The previous edition of the Jazz Juniors Festival, though threatened with cancellation, was nevertheless eventually held...
The International Jazz Juniors Festival and Competition in Cracow is an annual four-day music feast for all jazz lovers. On the three concert evenings, we will hear performances by artists from different parts of the world, including, apart from Adam Pierończyk and...
The six best bands selected by an international jury to perform at the final auditions held on 6th October in Cracow are: Federico Calcagno & The Dolphians, Nagy Emma Quintet, Superminimalism, Twospeak, Unleashed Cooperation, and Ziemia. The finalists of this...
Founded in 1976, the International Contest of Young Jazz Ensembles Jazz Juniors has always been strongly entwined with the history of Polish jazz, since it is at the Jazz Juniors where the most famous Polish artists – such as Leszek Możdżer, Krzysztof Ścierański,...
The last concert of Jazz Juniors 2020 continued the experiment initiated on the previous night, bringing together on the stage musicians who strove to find a common language and create a new quality together. These were: Kamila Drabek, Kasia Pietrzko, Marek...
On this day, the stage of Jazz Juniors Festival belonged first and foremost to young musicians, accompanied by a few seasoned jazz personalities. Altogether nine musicians performed in concert: Natalia Kordiak, Marta Wajdzik, Andrzej Święs, Jakub Paulski, Rafał...
The thrill of the Competition being over, the time has come for the festival part of Jazz Juniors, which opened with our artist-in-residence Adam Pierończyk’s concert played with invited guests: Dominik Wania, Sławomir Kurkiewicz, Dawid Fortuna, and DJ Eprom. They...
Ziółek Quartet has won the Grand Prix of Jazz Juniors 2020, announced the jury consisting of Adam Pierończyk, Dominik Wania, and Sławomir Kurkiewicz. The 2nd prize went to Kuba Banaszek Quartet, the 3rd – to Semiotic Quintet. The six bands admitted to the finals of...
This year’s Jazz Juniors Festival (held on 1st-4th October in Cracow) is unique in that its program features exclusively Polish artists. What is more, rather than presenting familiar bands, we will show groups of musicians who have so far never performed in such...
Adam Pierończyk, Dominik Wania, and Sławomir Kurkiewicz make up the jury of this year’s Jazz Juniors Competition. Entries for this one of the oldest and most important jazz competitions in Poland may be submitted till 15th September. The Competition has been an...