10th Jazztopad Festival New York

Poland’s leading jazz and improvised music festival will take place in New York for the tenth time. This edition features special projects resulting from collaborations between Polish and American artists. We will also hear premiere compositions written especially for Jazztopad. We invite you to events at renowned concert venues in New York: Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Atrium at Lincoln Center, CloseUp!, as well as in private apartments.

The American edition of the Jazztopad Festival is presented in partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute New York and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute 

Tomasz Dąbrowski NYC Quartet feat. Marta Sánchez, Luke Stewart & Kweku Sumbry - premiere
 
17.06
Wed.
7:00 PM
New York, Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Tomasz Dąbrowski NYC Quartet feat. Marta Sánchez, Luke Stewart & Kweku Sumbry - premiere
 
17.06
Wed.
9:00 PM
New York, Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center
SutariNova with Special Guest Shahzad Ismaily - premiere
 
18.06
Thu.
7:30 PM
New York, David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
Home Concert with Festival Artists
 
19.06
Fri.
6:00 PM
New York, private apartment
DoYeon Kim Quartet with Matylda Gerber, John Hébert, Satoshi Takeishi - premiere
 
20.06
Sat.
7:30 PM
New York, David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
Tomasz Dąbrowski, Henry Fraser, Jon Starks with special guests
 
21.06
Sun.
7:30 PM
New York, CloseUp
Tomasz Dąbrowski, Henry Fraser, Jon Starks with special guests
 
21.06
Sun.
9:00 PM
New York, CloseUp
Yvonne Rogers, Solomon Gottfried with special guests
 
21.06
Sun.
10:30 PM
New York, CloseUp
Olga Humeńczuk
Director

Olga Humeńczuk is a manager with many years of experience in running a cultural institution and producing artistic events, as well as a certified cellist. As a coordinator of works related to the design and construction of the National Forum of Music – on the part of both the investor (City of Wrocław) and the organisation (NFM) – she worked with acoustic designers, architects, engineers and other investment partners. At the same time, she participated in the process of merging the Witold Lutosławski Philharmonic in Wrocław and the International Festival Wratislavia Cantans and creating the organizational structure and internal processes of the newly established institution: the Witold Lutosławski National Forum of Music.

Piotr Turkiewicz
Artistic director of Jazztopad Festival

Since 2008, Piotr Turkiewicz has been Artistic Director of the Jazztopad. The festival presents unique projects (often commissioned by Jazztopad) and hosts the most important jazz musicians, such as Wayne Shorter, Kenny Wheeler, Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, Charles Lloyd, and Jack DeJohnette. Since 2015, the festival has its annual edition in New York. Since 2015, Piotr Turkiewicz has been the Head of International Development and Programming (jazz, world music, dance, special projects) at the National Forum of Music in Wrocław. From 2006-2015 he was responsible for international collaborations of the Wrocław Philarmonic, and from 2006-2009 he was Assistant to Artistic Director of the International Festival Wratislavia Cantans. 

Contact
Patrycja Gbyl
Producer / Programme Coordinator of Jazztopad Festival
Wiktoria Smędra
Producer / Manager of Lutosławski Quartet
Wratislavia Cantans
Musica Polonica Nova
Musica Electronica Nova
Leo Festival
Forum Musicum
Early Music Academy
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