Adam Pieronczyk

Adam Pierończyk (born January 24, 1970, Elblag) is a Polish jazz saxophonist and composer. He started playing saxophone at age 18 and at that time, moved to Germany with his family. He studied at the Jazz Department of Folkwang University of the Arts (Essen, Germany), graduated in 1996 and moved back to Poland. He plays tenor, soprano and alto saxophone as well as Arabic zoucra.

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Pierończyk is a winner of multiple awards, both musical and cultural. Among them, 18 nominations in 12 different categories and double Polish industry music awards - Fryderyk (the Polish Grammy) for Artist of the Year, Best Jazz CD of the Year, Jazz Melomani etc. and has been chosen Best Soprano Saxophonist of the Year for the 11th consecutive year by Jazz Forum, a Polish jazz magazine.

Served as Artistic Director for the Jazz aux Oudayas festival and Jazz Au Chellah in Rabat, Morocco in 2004-2005, and as Artistic Director of the Sopot Jazz Festival in Poland - 2011 -2015. He also composes music for theatre. He currently resides in Kraków, Poland. Adam Pierończyk has worked with musicians such as: Miroslav Vitous, Gary Thomas, Greg Osby, Sam Rivers, Archie Shepp, Bobby McFerrin, Tomasz Stańko, Ted Curson, Anthony Cox, Joey Calderazzo, and Leszek Możdżer.