Mateusz Smoczyński
Mateusz Smoczyński
Person from Poland
Genres: jazz, composer, Contemporary, World Music, classical music
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About Mateusz Smoczyński
Mateusz Smoczyński is a violinist, composer, and bandleader who moves freely between musical genres. He is the co-founder of Atom String Quartet and New Trio, leads his own quintet, and performs as a duo with cellist Stephan Braun. He has appeared on major stages around the world, both as a soloist and as part of various ensembles, collaborating with artists such as Branford Marsalis, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Markus Stockhausen, Paquito D’Rivera, Tomasz Stańko, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Bobby McFerrin, Anna Maria Jopek, Leszek Możdżer, and the NDR Big Band. As a soloist, he has performed with the most important Polish orchestras. In recent years, Smoczyński has successfully devoted himself to symphonic composition. He is the author of five violin concertos with orchestra, including Adam’s Apple for violin (2018), 2PiX for violin and saxophone (2021), performed together with Branford Marsalis, and Fallen Angel (2022), written for Janusz Olejniczak. His discography includes over 100 albums, among them a solo record and a duo album with Joachim Kühn (Speaking Sound, ACT Music, 2020), recognized by DownBeat magazine as one of the most important releases of the year. In 2024, his first album of symphonic works, Adam’s Apple (Warner Music), was released. From 2012 to 2016, Smoczyński was a member of the legendary American group Turtle Island Quartet, a two-time Grammy Award winner. With the quartet, he performed over a hundred concerts on major stages across the United States and appeared as a guest on Tierney Sutton’s Grammy-nominated album After Blue. Turtle Island Quartet’s album Confetti Man, featuring Smoczyński, was named the best American chamber music recording of the year by the National Federation of Music Clubs. Mateusz Smoczyński is the winner of the 2nd International Zbigniew Seifert Jazz Violin Competition and has repeatedly been named Jazz Violinist of the Year in Jazz Forum magazine’s Jazz Top poll. He is a graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, where he studied under Andrzej Gębski. Since 2017, he has taught jazz and world music violin at the same institution (now the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music). He is the recipient of the 2025 Fryderyk Award for Jazz Composer of the Year.
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