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Polish pianist and composer (born 1981)

Dominik Wania
Dominik Wania playing Piano
Background information
Born	(1981-11-24) 24 November 1981 (age 43)
Origin	Poland
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instrument	Piano
Labels	For Tune, ECM Records

Website	www.jazzfest-bonn.de/en/dominik-wania-trio

Musical artist

Dominik Wania (born 24 November 1981 in Sanok, Poland) is a Polish pianist and composer.

Biography

Wania started his piano studies at age three. In 2005 he graduated from the Academy of Music in Kraków, Poland, where he was an honors music student studying classical piano performance. In 2006 he was awarded The Helena Foundation Presidential Scholarship at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where he pursued Master of Music degree in Jazz Performance. While at NEC Dominik Wania studied with Danilo Perez, Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Ran Blake, Allan Chase and Frank Carlberg. He also was a member of one of NEC’s prestigious Honors Ensembles.

Wania has performed and collaborated with musicians like Vladislav Sendecki, Tomasz Stańko, Marcus Miller, Dave Liebman, Lee Konitz, Anders Jormin, Gary Thomas, George Garzone, Eddie Henderson, Marilyn Mazur, Joey Baron, Nguyen Le, Don Byron, Jacek Kochan, Zbigniew Namysłowski, and Janusz Muniak among others. Currently he is involved with projects including Maciej Obara International Quartet with Ole Morten Vågan, Gard Nilssen, and Noise Trio. Besides giving performances he is also a DMA faculty member at the Academy of Music in Krakow and Institute of Jazz in Katowice. The release of his debut album Ravel (2013) was with Ravel’s Miroirs arranged for jazz trio.

Honors

2003: 1st Prize at the 7th International Contemporary Chamber Music Competition in Kraków
2005: 1st Prize at the 2nd Jazz Piano Competition in Warsaw
2008: Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Scholarship 'Młoda Polska'
2014: Gwarancja Kultury in the 'Jazz, Rock, and Other' category
2014: Fryderyk Awards in categories: Jazz Album of the Year (Ravel), Jazz Artist of the Year, Jazz Debut of the Year

Discography

Solo albums

2020: Lonely Shadows (ECM)

Trio with Lisa Gerrard/Zbigniew Preisner

2019: Zbigniew Preisner: Melodies of My Youth (Preisner Productions, Universal Music Polska, Chester Music Ltd.)

With Dominik Wania Trio

2013: Ravel (For Tune)

Collaborations

With George Garzone, Jacek Kochan Andrzej Święs

2011: Filing The Profile (Intuition)

With JWP.org

2004: Organizacja Live at Radio Katowice

With Vitaliy Ivanov Quartet

2006: Returning Live in Kiev DVD

With Bronisław Suchanek & Dominik Wania duo

2008: Sketch in Blue (Self Release)

With Geni Skendo & Dominik Wania duo

2008: Portraits (Shakuhachi & Piano Duets)

With Jacek Kochan and Michał Barański feat. Gary Thomas

2008: Man of No Words (GOWI)

With Tomek Grochot Quintet feat. Eddie Henderson

2010: My Stories (Self Release)

With Jacek Kochan Trio feat. George Garzone

2011: Filling the Profile (Intuition)

With Maciej Obara Quartet

2011: Equilibrium (Ars Cameralis Silesiae Superiors), with Maciej Garbowski, Krzysztof Gradziuk
2017: Unloved (ECM Records), with Ole Morten Vågan, Gard Nilssen
2019: Three Crowns (ECM Records), with Ole Morten Vågan, Gard Nilssen